A Good Place to Start (ESV)

The book that you are holding - the Bible - is an amazing book. It is the best-selling book ever, with more than three billion copies distributed worldwide.

It is the book where untold millions have found hope and joy and peace-and the answer to life. This is because the words of the Bible are truth and life. They are the very words of God.

What the Bible is All About
What you have in your hands right now is a supernatural book. The words of this book-the Bible-are not merely human words. Instead, these are God's own words. His own personal revelation of Himself to us. Here in the Bible we encounter God and come to know His amazing love for us.

It is no wonder that the Bible is as relevant today as when it first was written. It is the most popular book in human history, and through the centuries millions have risked their lives to have their own Bible. Only a supernatural book could survive the countless attempts to destroy it.

The Bible is unique book. It actually includes 66 different books-some short, some long-written over a period of 1,500 years. It was written by more than 40 people from all waks of life and in three different languages. But the Bible is especially unique in that the words of each book were inspired of "breathed out" by God(2 Timothy 3:16). Taken together, the books of the Bible are "the sacred writtings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus" (2 Timothy 3:15)