We need to read the Bible crystal logically.

The Bible just doesn't have Christ at the center.

Everything in Scripture leads us to Christ.

Luther said it, until you see Christ in the Scripture you're reading,

you aren't seeing the Scripture.

When you grew up, what was your view of the Bible?

Could it be trusted?

I assume that it was a book written and changed by the church over the years.

I didn't realize that it was the revealed word of God.

You're listening to renewing your mind on your host, Nathan Delvie-Bingham.

Well, the Bible can be trusted, and I'm thankful to believe that now.

Well, today and tomorrow, our chief academic officer at Ligonier Ministries

and the president of Reformation Bible College, Stephen Nichols,

is joining us to explain why we trust the Bible.

In fact, the Bible will be our theme all week on renewing your mind.

And today, he considers why there are so many interpretations of the Bible.

He suggests seven ways to read it, to help us correctly interpret what we're reading.

And he reminds us of the clarity of Scripture.

Here's Dr. Nichols.

In our last time together, we took a detour off of our discussion of the attributes,

of necessity, authority, clarity, and sufficiency, and discussed canon.

Well, we're going to go back to those attributes this time,

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