How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.

Can an intelligent person believe the Bible?

Well, that's what our teacher, Dr. J. Vernon McGee, talks about this time as we make our way through the Bible.

I'm your host Steve Schwetz, and I'm so glad that you've hopped aboard the Bible bus for our fourth message in his small but important series called Guidelines for Understanding Scripture.

It's a practical series, and more importantly, it lays

the foundation for all of our studies of God's word beginning in Genesis next week. So if you missed

one of the first three messages in this series, they're available anytime on our app or at

TTB.org. Or if you'd like some help finding a local radio station that carries through the Bible,

call us at 1-865 Bible. Let's pray as we dive into our study. Heavenly Father, thank you for your word

that helps us understand your plan and purpose for our lives. We pray for those who are listening

who don't yet know you, Lord. Please speak to their hearts, prompting the faith response that

would change them forever. Thank you that your word

will reach far and wide according to your promise. In Jesus' name, amen.

Here's through the Bible with Dr. J. Vernon McGee.

Now we want to return to the study of the Bible, and we're talking about the Bible now, and we mention the

fact that there are four great divisions, and I spoke on revelation, inspiration, illumination,

and interpretation. Now, these are such important subjects that I'm returning to them today,

just to add a word or two as we go along, because very candidly, we are dealing with a book

today that's under attack as no book has ever been under attack. Dr. McGifford years ago

made this statement. He was a great professor, by the way, of history, but he took this viewpoint.

And I'm quoting him now. And there are probably few Protestant theologians today who treat the early

chapters of Genesis as sober history. And may I say to you, these statements like that could

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