Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast where pastor and bestselling author Paul David Tripp connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

What is the Bible really? It's not just a collection of ancient texts or moral teachings.

It's the grand sweeping story

of God's gracious redemption of broken humanity,

a story where Christ takes center stage in every chapter

and where God breathes his truth into our everyday lives.

In this episode, Paul Tripp unpacks these foundational truths

to reignite your awe for the Word of God.

Whether you're new to the Bible or have read it for years,

this message will inspire you to pick up the good book and mine its pages for the treasure within.

Here's Paul.

If you had to write a paragraph or two of what the Bible is, what would you write?

That's a rhetorical question.

You don't have to answer it.

Well, I want to talk about some of the things that you have to understand in order to get the best out of the Word of God.

Here's the first thing. It's very, very important to understand the glorious gift that you

are holding in your hands when you hold your Bible. Your Bible is a physical demonstration of the power and glory of the grace of your

Redeemer.

Because without that redemptive zeal that's unstoppable and inexhaustible, you would not have

a Bible.

Between the already of our conversion and the not yet of our homegoing,

what is a better gift to us other than our relationship of Jesus than this book?

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