When I was a child I learned a song in Sunday School, “The B.I.B.L.E. yes, that’s the book for me. I stand alone on the Word of God–the B.I.B.L.E.!” I still believe the Bible is the Word of God, but not because my parents, grandparents and my Sunday School teachers told me. I’ve examined the evidence, and I’ve come to believe it for myself.

The Bible is the most remarkable book ever written. How many other books of 3,000 year old poetry do you read on a regular basis? But thousands read a portion of Psalms and Proverbs every day, and it speaks to them.

From the beginning of our nation, the Bible has been the basis for our morality. Every American President since George Washington has taken the oath of office with his hand on the Bible. Abraham Lincoln wrote: “I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given man.” George Washington said, “It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.” Patrick Henry said, “The Bible is worth more than all the other books which have ever been printed.”

The Bible has endured through the ages unlike any other book. The Psalmist wrote: “Your word, O Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.” (Psalm 119:89) The Bible has had many enemies through the centuries, yet it remains the most sold book year after year. Why? Let me tell you, it is because it is the enduring Word of God! As Isaiah 40:8 says,

“The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever.”