This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the audio broadcast ministry of Pastor Rick Warren.

Today we continue with a series called 40 Days in the Word.

In these messages, Pastor Rick shares practical Bible study tools

that will reignite your passion for God's Word and revolutionize your life

as you grow closer to Jesus.

In just a few moments, we're going to tell you how you can go even deeper in this series.

With Pastor Rick's video-based Bible study called 40 Days in the Word,

this study will ignite your passion for God's Word and revolutionize your relationship with Jesus.

You can take a sneak peek at this valuable tool by going to PastorRick.com

while you listen to today's message.

That's PastorRick.com or you can text the Word daily to 800-600-5,000-4.

That's the Word daily to 800-600-5,000-4.

Right now, here's Pastor Rick Warren with the final part of a message called,

Why Can I Trust the Bible?

Jesus said this in Matthew 2435,

Heaven and Earth will pass away,

but my words will never pass away.

The only thing on this planet that's going to last is the Word of God.

It's eternal. Everything else is going to burn up.

But the Word of God is eternal, but because truth is lasting forever.

You know, Voltaire, the famous French philosopher, is a brilliant man, flat out brilliant man.

He was an atheist, but he was flat out brilliant.

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