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Foundations / How Scripture reached us

History of the Bible

The Bible is a received witness: written in history, preserved by God's people, and read as one story moving toward Christ.

ReadingWhy careful testimony matters.

Luke 1:1-4

Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us, it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order.

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A Library With A Story

The Bible did not arrive as one dropped book. It is a library of testimony, law, poetry, prophecy, Gospel, letter, and apocalypse, gathered through the life of God's people.

The New Testament comes from eyewitness testimony, apostolic preaching, and churches that received these writings as faithful witness to Jesus.

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