{"id":98788,"date":"2026-10-29T09:15:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T14:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=98788"},"modified":"2026-10-29T09:15:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T14:15:17","slug":"the-nature-of-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-nature-of-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nature of the Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

“The Bible is one continuous and organic story though told in a variety of genres and by a variety of authors who provided different perspectives on the same truth. The Bible is composed of many books but in the end it is a single book. It has many authors but ultimately is the product of a single Author. It is important to study the books of the Bible from the perspective of their distinctive contribution as well as their connection to the whole” [Tremper Longman, Proverbs<\/em>, p. 65].<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“The Bible is one continuous and organic story though told in a variety of genres and by a variety of authors who provided different perspectives on the same truth. The Bible is composed of many books but in the end it is a single book. It has many authors but ultimately is the product of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[201],"tags":[219],"class_list":["post-98788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-notes","tag-bible"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37089,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-unusual-style-of-the-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":98788,"position":0},"title":"The Unusual Style of the Bible","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 2, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: II Peter 1:16-21 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0When we talk about the Bible, a major point made in its defense is to point out the unusual unity it displays despite being written by about 40 writers over a 1,500 year period. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The authors lived in different regions, had\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Audio"","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14428,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-do-you-think-about-reading-books-by-denominational-authors\/","url_meta":{"origin":98788,"position":1},"title":"What do you think about reading books by denominational authors?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 23, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: What do you believe about reading books on Christian topics by authors that have a Calvinistic background? 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