What is the Bible for?

Spiritual comfort and challenge, guide and warning

What’s the Bible for? We asked dozens of writers to respond to this question in seven words or less, as well as to expand on their response in a few sentences. To see all of the responses together as they are posted, bookmark this page.

Spiritual comfort and challenge, guide and warning

The Bible is a spiritual guide that helps remind me I stand in a long line of folks who are striving to bring in the new heaven and new earth—the good Lord willing and the creek don’t rise.