THE BIBLE -Cherished and Suppressed

The Tide of Secular Thinking

A popular belief is that we can make our way in life solely through reason and human cooperation.  The Bible is treated as just one of many books about religious opinions and personal experiences, no as a book of facts and truth.

So how do people deal with the increasingly complex and troubling issues in life?  They operate in a spiritual vacuum, with no solid moral and religious guidelines and direction.  They have become likes ships without rudders, "tossed backward and forward and blown about by every breath of human teaching, . . .by the trickery and the craftiness of men." -Ephesians 4:14, The Twentieth Century New Testament.

We must ask, then, is the Bible just another religious book?  Or is it truly God's Word, containing practical and essential information?  (2 Timothy 3:16,, 17)  Is the Bible worthy of our consideration?  The following article will address these questions.

Next time: THE BIBLE - A Textbook for Living

Watchtower, 2000