D.L. Moody, the famous evangelist and forerunner to Billy Graham, said: “The Bible was not given to increase our knowledge, but to change our lives.” God speaks to us through the Bible; it’s like a guidebook for life: It tells us how we should live our lives; it answers many of life’s questions; it feeds us and encourages us; it warns us; it’s like a spiritual antibiotic; it provides protection against the world, the flesh and the devil; it has the power to change us… making us more and more like Christ.

Adapted from Stephen Gaukroger, First Steps: The handbook to following Christ, p.58