Are you looking for an easy-to-follow guide to help you understand the Christian faith? Books in the Foundations of Faith series are the perfect resource for you!

This book, “Exploring The Bible”, will help you gain an insight into its history and content. It also provides you with a step-by-step guide for starting your study of the Bible.

What do you think of when you hear the word “Bible”? It’s just a book, after all, and I don’t imagine you usually approach any book by asking, “Is there a user guide for this?” As long as the text is in a language you understand, it functions much like any other book.

You dive into a fiction book, starting with an introduction to the characters and the plot. As you progress through the narrative, you encounter various events that unfold, culminating in a final revelation or conclusion. Picture the classic opening, “Once upon a time…,” leading into a series of events, and wrapping up with the phrase, “they all lived happily ever after.”

A non-fiction book provides information on a specific subject. As you delve into it, you uncover facts that build from foundational concepts to more advanced ideas.

Lastly, we have the anthology, a collection of articles authored by various writers, all centred around a common theme. In this format, readers have the flexibility to choose which chapters to engage with and the order in which to read them.

What kind of book is the Bible? While it is categorized as non-fiction, many people find it challenging to read from cover to cover and often abandon it before making significant progress. Perhaps a better description would be that it functions as an anthology. The Bible is a collection of writings by various authors, all centred on the theme of God’s love and His connection with humanity. However, randomly selecting passages to read does not quite fulfil its purpose either. Each segment you encounter connects back to earlier content and often foreshadows themes or events that have yet to happen

Exploring the Bible is written to help those of you who find the Bible difficult to read and wish to have a better understanding of its content.

What comes to mind when you think “Bible”? After all, it is a book and I doubt that you ever pick up a book and say to yourself, “This is a new thing for me. Does it have a user guide?” As long as it is written in a language you can read that book is like most other books.

What type of book is the Bible? It is non-fiction, but on trying to read it from beginning to end, most people do not get very far before giving up. Is anthology a better fit? The Bible is, indeed, a series of articles by different authors around the central topic of God’s love and his relationship with people. Dipping in and choosing what to read does not satisfy either. At any point, what you are reading relates to something that was written about earlier in the Bible and also points towards something you will read later on.

The Bible does not follow the standard instructions for reading a book. It is as though the “handbook for our Christian life” needs its own handbook. This book aims to create a user guide specifically for the Bible so that you can read it with understanding and benefit from all it has to reveal to you.

Sections include:

• The history of the Bible
• Can I trust the Bible?
• How the Bible is translated
• Choosing a Bible for yourself
• Simply guide to studying the Bible