Top Highlights

• Instead, this book will use Jesus as the starting point. (That’s controversial, I know.) Ultimately, you see, our trust in the Bible stems from our trust in Jesus Christ: the man who is God, the King of the world, the crucified, risen and exalted rescuer.1 I don’t trust in Jesus because I trust the Bible; I trust the Bible because I trust in Jesus.
• just consider the way Jesus fights. He has the resources of heaven available, yet he fights by using the authority of the Scriptures.
• Not as a one-off, or as a change of tactics, but each and every time. ‘It is written … it is written … it is written’ he repeatedly emphasises. His position is unequivocal: ‘You’re trying to tempt me, but the Scriptures have spoken. That’s the end of the conversation.’
• Jesus, it seems, loved the word of God with his heart (being satisfied by it), his mind (understanding it), and his will (obeying it). If that was true of Jesus, I really want it to be true of me.
• The Bible writers, if you like, are the instruments of revelation – a trumpet here, an oboe there, a saxophone here – and they all make different sounds. But the musician, the skilled artist who fills them all with his breath and ensures the tune is played correctly, is the Holy Spirit. That’s kind of how inspiration works.