Popular Guide to Reading the Bible

Two basic principles should guide us each time we pick up the Bible: (1) The Bible is the Word of God and the words of human beings. (2) The Bible is not a book, it is a library,"" writes Scott. The Bible is divine (the author of the Book of Genesis affirms that the whole world comes from a single, loving Creator) and human (the same author presumed the earth was a flat disk). Literary form matters (for example, a newspaper editorial differs in style and purpose from a humor column). The Bible contains similar literary diversity, always to be read and pondered in a spirit of prayer and humility.