People read the Bible from a variety of perspectives. Some read it as an interesting gathering of ancient literature. Others read it as words that God has given us through the hand and pen of humans, written as if the writer placed his pen on the paper, closed his eyes and mysteriously the ink flowed. I find myself reading the Bible at a place between these two extremes. I believe the Bible is the witness of the Christian faith, written by faithful people with whom God's Spirit had shaped their lives and inspired their words. It is what God wants us to know about himself.
It is true that we can discern some things about God as we live our daily lives and look at the world around us, but a far clearer picture of who God is and the way God works is found in God's Word, the Bible. And the clearest picture of God and the way God works is found in the one whose flesh carried the Word of God, Jesus the Christ.
As we read the Bible together, I believe that we will come to know God better and be shaped and molded as his Word takes hold of our lives. As the Bible says in 1 Corinthians 13:12, "For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known."
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