What is the Bible for?

Discovering salvation through the triune God’s story

What’s the Bible for? We asked dozens of writers to respond to this question in seven words or less, as well as to expand on their response in a few sentences. To see all of the responses together as they are posted, bookmark this page.

Discovering salvation through the triune God’s story

The Bible’s purpose is to narrate the story of the triune God—with Christ’s resurrection as the pivot on which everything turns. The Bible invites us to locate our own lives, and everything, in that story. This story of everything, rooted in the love that is God, includes twists and turns, suffering and hope, tragedy and triumph, and the promise of salvation so that, as Julian of Norwich notes, “all shall be well.”

L. Gregory Jones

L. Gregory Jones was the Dean and the A. Morris and Ruth W. Williams Distinguished Professor of Theology and Christian Ministry at Duke University Divinity School. He currently serves as President of Belmont University.

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