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

There is no shortcut to the Christian life.

There's no easy way.

May I say to you today the yoke the Lord Jesus gives us is not an easy chair.

That's some of the hard truth our teacher Dr. J. Vernon McGee shares in our study on through the Bible.

I'm Steve Schweets, welcoming you to another great journey through God's

Word. So if you've been with us for very long, you know that Dr. McGee doesn't sugarcoat

the truth, does he? But you know, God's Word does have plenty of good news too. Now if you're new to

through the Bible don't let this scare you off we're glad to have you join our

listening family that today spans the globe and speaks more than 250 languages.

Now as you begin there are a few things that we always like to tell people about.

First we teach the Bible and that's all that we do.

For five years we travel systematically through every book and then we start all over again.

First in the Old Testament and then the new teaching from every book at every chapter and

right now we're in the Old Testament book of Isaiah.

But the neat thing is it really doesn't matter where you start.

You just hop aboard the Bible bus,

that's what Dr. McGee called it,

and in five short years you'll make it through all 66 incredible books.

Not too many people can say they've done that.

And second, we provide Dr. McGee's notes and outlines

free of charge to help you get the most out of each lesson.

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