The Bible – the Most Endorsed Book

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I’m back looking at the Bible again. And by now you can probably quote my list of accolades about the Bible with your eyes closed. (Try it – if you can’t get it right check the final sentence in this blog posting to see how many you got)

It is no wonder that the Bible is the most Endorsed book in human history. A book of such extensive significance as the Bible holds would certainly be accorded many accolades and would be credited by all manner of people, young and old, from around the world and through the centuries.

The Bible has been endorsed by prince and commoner. Queen Victoria of England asserted that the entire British Empire stood on the teachings of the Bible. Founding Fathers and Presidents of the United States of America gave whole-hearted affirmation of the importance of the Bible. George Washington said, “It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.” French Emperor, Napoleon, said the Bible surpassed all other books.

Ghengis Khan, who once ruled China, apparently called for the church to send missionaries to teach the Bible to his nation. The Christians were slow to respond and so Khan passed the call to Buddhist monks, who turned the nation toward Buddhism.

In more recent history men of science declared that it was their confidence in the Bible and what it taught that led them to expect laws of nature and scientific principles on which the world could be understood. Most of today’s scientific facts came from the work of men and women who ardently believed the Bible to be the accurate and reliable basis for all understanding. Scientists from Kepler, Pascal & Boyle to Pasteur, Einstein and Fleming, and through to many thousands of scientists today, happily endorse the Bible as the cornerstone of their life and beliefs.

Recent history’s political and social leaders have also given keen endorsement to the Bible, including Sir Winston Churchill and USA President Ronald Reagan. President Reagan claimed that, “Of the many influences that have shaped the United States into a distinctive nation and people, none may be said to be more fundamental and enduring than the Bible.”

The Bible is the most Enduring, Authoritative, Profound, Resilient, Enlightening, Impactful, Endorsed and Significant book in all of human history.

The Bible – Book of Impact

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The most valuable book in all your life is the Bible. The Bible is the most Enduring, Authoritative, Profound, Resilient, Enlightening, Impactful, Endorsed and Significant book in all of human history.

Over the past week I have discussed many of these qualities in my posts. Today I will discuss the Impact of the Bible.

The notion of the Bible’s impact has already been discussed in such observations as its ability to convert its critics and transform the communities in which it is allowed to be read. As far back as the days of the New Testament the message of the Bible was blamed for turning the world upside down (see Acts 17:6). The impact of the Christian faith, based on the Bible, was such that it overturned kingdoms and cultures, right through human history.

Alfred the Great, of England, had great personal impact on forging that nation into what it was later to become. He did that by relying on the Bible. He personally taught the Bible to the Viking King who had invaded and settled in the land. Alfred the Great personally baptised the Viking Lord and brought a new unity and destiny to the island nation.Charles Darwin personally noted the impact of the Bible. On his first voyage to the South Seas, in which he visited the Galapagos Islands, he also visited Tierra del Fuego and recorded that the natives of that region were so reprobate that there was no hope for their future. Yet on his second voyage he discovered that those very people had been ennobled and transformed. When he made inquiry he discovered that missionaries had taught the Bible there. Darwin was so impressed that for the rest of his life he donated money to the Bible Society which served that area.

Geisler and Nix summarise the Impact of the Bible by saying, “Civilization has been influenced more by the Judeo-Christian Scriptures than by any other book or series of books in the world.

”That’s Impact!

The Bible – Enlightening

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This is yet another post on the topic of the Bible – the book I uphold as the most important book in all the world. The Bible is the most Enduring, Authoritative, Profound, Resilient, Enlightening, Impactful, Endorsed and Significant book in all of human history.

The Bible is an Enlightening book. It has the power to “turn the lights on” for people. While many books are filled with information that informs the mind, the Bible has the ability to inform the heart of the reader. As well, the Bible contains information about important things which are not revealed anywhere else. Add to that the experience which the Bible is able to create in its readers of transforming their thinking and their heart.

The Bible is often credited with opening people’s eyes. Even when people read a very familiar passage which they have read even hundreds of times before, it is common to experience a revelational insight. The experience is that of something suddenly making sense on the inside. I have enjoyed this experience many times. And it is not some temporary illusory perception, such as my school friends described from their use of hallucinogenic drugs. Those revelations gave the impression of an insight which was unable to be recaptured or nailed down when the drug-induced state wore off.

Revelation that comes through the Bible is able to be documented, explained, referred back to, built upon and integrated into a person’s whole life. The enlightenment which comes from the Bible is truly a gift to the reader. The Bible’s ability to produce such enlightenment in people of all ages, cultures, socio-economic backgrounds, education levels, and so on, makes the Bible an amazing gift to humanity.

The Bible – The Resilient Book

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The Bible is the most Enduring, Authoritative, Profound, Resilient, Enlightening, Impactful, Endorsed and Significant book in all of human history.

The Bible is the basis of my life. And one of the reasons I find this book so amazing and valuable is its Resilience. This is one of those qualities which makes the Bible a Profound book. The Bible has endured vigorous attack, down through the centuries.

For all of its authority and profundity the Bible has been the most vigorously opposed book in all of human history. Kings and philosophers and opposing religions have waged long and bitter war against the Bible, and yet never with success. Roman Emperors opposed the Bible. In modern times Communist governments banned the Bible. Yet neither could frustrate its resilience.

An example of one who opposed the Bible is the noted French infidel, Voltaire, who died in 1778. He predicted that in one hundred years from his time Christianity would be swept from existence and passed into history. Sidney Collett notes, in All About The Bible, that “Voltaire has passed into history, while the circulation of the Bible continues to increase”.

Note too that when opposition to the Bible is removed and it is allowed to be disseminated among a people, the positive results are measurable. And the Bible not only outlived its opponents, in many instances it has converted them. 
 

The Bible – Authoritative

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The Bible is the most Enduring, Authoritative, Profound, Resilient, Enlightening, Impactful, Endorsed and Significant book in all of human history.

The last time I posted on this subject I discussed the fact that the Bible is Enduring. Now let me tell you why I see the Bible as Authoritative.

Some things have Endured but are of nothing more than novel significance. The great pyramids are hardly more than tourist attractions. So, impressive though the ability to endure may be, that does not make the Bible significant in and of itself. The Bible, however, is not a relic but an Authoritative source book for humanity.

Unlike other books from antiquity the Bible is authoritative in matters of history and science. Its description of and prescriptions for human nature stand up to scrutiny. This book stands tall, despite its antiquity.

There is no other work from antiquity which echoes the authority with which the Bible speaks. The Egyptian book of the dead, the Hindu Vedas, the code of Hammurabi, and so on, give us clues as to the attitudes and values of the people of past times, but they do not speak into today’s reality in the amazing way that the Bible still does, so universally today. The Bible is the authoritative source for legal, domestic, social, spiritual and scientific endeavour through history as just as much today as ever.