Even though the Bible is really a library of 66 individual books written on three continents in three different languages over a period of approximately fifteen hundred years by more than 40 authors who came from all walks of life, the Bible remains one unified book from beginning to end, without contradiction.

Some may object to the idea that there are no contradictions in the Bible, but there has been no other book so scrutinized over such a long period of time in an attempt to find real contradictions, and yet there’s not a single alleged contradiction that does not have a satisfactory explanation. This unity sets the Bible apart from all other books as utterly unique and is evidence of the divine origin of the words that God moved men to record.

The Bible is a true collaboration between God and human beings. It's a library of books by many human authors and a unified work by One Divine Author, 100% Divine and 100% human without diminishing either.

We all approach the Bible with our own ideas about what the Bible is, which shape the way we read it, which shapes our understanding of ourselves, the world, and God. Most of our ideas about Scripture are shaped by good intentions, but do they reflect what the Bible has to say about itself? This season is about learning to read the Bible along the grain of its own design because when we learn to see Jesus in every theme, law, story, and symbol we will be transformed into his image from glory to glory.