The Good Book

This week I noticed that one of my mentors, Pastor George Mulford was in Tallahassee recently. He was there with a number of our state reps for prayer and recognition of our country’s earliest notable Bible(s).  The Aitken Bible (1782) became the first complete English-language Bible printed in America and is the only Bible ever officially endorsed by Congress. On display was one of the few that still exist.

Regarding the Bible, “When all your favorite preachers are gone, and their books are forgotten, you will have your Bible. Master it.” J.Piper

Consider Jesus’ prayer for all believers, “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.” John 17:17. I am confident that increased engagement with Scripture will lead to greater blessings in your life.

Here are specific reasons that reading through the entire Bible will benefit you:

1. It helps you learn the overarching story of Scripture.

After reading through the Bible a few times, the redemptive-historical storyline will become second nature

2. It will improve your ability to interpret Scripture.  This is a natural consequence of the first reason.
3. It will keep you habitually in the Bible.

This discipline will force you to spend many hours in God’s Word, and that is always fruitful. If you commit to reading through Scripture in 2026, there will be precious few days, if any, when you won’t be ingesting Scripture. You will increasingly delight in God’s Word—all of it.

4. It will ensure you are engaging (and being engaged by) Scripture at least as frequently as you’re engaging in other books.
5. It will force you to navigate those tricky, less-traveled roads of Scripture.

The Spirit inspired every word of Scripture for our edification (Romans 15:4) let’s read them.

May we Invest our time in being a person of The Book, Pastor Larry