The Bible does not have authority in the lives of most believers.

Dr. Tony Evans says many Christians doubt the Bible's power because they misunderstand its source.

A lot of us believe it's the word of man, about God, rather than the word of God, to man.

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives of Dr. Tony Evans.

When it comes to hearing from God, people may ask, why just the Bible? Well, today, Dr. Evans explains why the

collection of books we call scripture is complete, trustworthy, and final. Let's join him as he presents

this important look at how God chose to speak and why that matters today. When we talk about

canon, we're not talking about a gun that fires. The word canon was used. It meant a reed.

And this read was used like you would use a ruler today to measure something.

While this read or canon became that which measured a standard, something that would be the standard for something that would become

the rule or the guideline or the boundary. Well, when applied to the Bible, the word canon came to be used

of the completed list of books that make up the Bible.

When we talk about the canon, we're talking about the books that make up the Bible.

Remember, the Bible is one book composed of 66 books written by over 40 different authors over a period of

1,500 plus years. And these 66 books, 39 in the Old Testament, 27, the New Testament,

make up the canon or the rule that God

established for the revelation that he wanted to record, an inspiration, and passed down to

man. The Bible is the complete and binding determinative standard for rule, faith, and life,

by which every other writing, every other concept, and every idea must be measured.

So that's where it's canon is.

It's the standard or the measuring rod for anything else that's written, for anything else

that's thought, idea, for anything else that's communicated or any other concept, the

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