Faith leader wants Christians to 'love their Bibles': It is 'true and trustworthy,' he says

A Texas pastor wants to thief group amended use nan lessons of nan Bible to their ain lives pinch nan thief of a new book, "The Jesus Book: Reading and Understanding nan Bible for Yourself." 

"The subtitle really says it each – reference and knowing nan Bible for yourself," Jack Graham told Fox News Digital successful a telephone question and reply up of his book's Nov. 5 publication. 

Graham is elder pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church, which has locations successful Plano and Prosper, Texas. 

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"My extremity is for group to understand what nan Bible is each astir and nan basics of why we judge nan Bible – why we judge it is existent and trustworthy," he said. 

In nan book, Graham reveals much astir nan history of nan Bible, really it was assembled and why Christians believe it to beryllium inspired by God.

With "The Jesus Book," Pastor Jack Graham of Texas hopes group will "understand what nan Bible is each astir and nan basics of why we judge nan Bible."  (iStock; Prestonwood Baptist Church)

The Bible, Graham said, "is nan bestselling book of each time. And yet, immoderate would opportunity possibly it's nan astir unread bestseller of each time. Many group person a Bible, but they've ne'er publication it."

"The Jesus Book," he said, is for some nan caller believer and lifelong, Bible-literate Christians. 

"Every Christian needs to understand what nan Bible is telling us," Graham said. 

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"Everyone could turn successful their religion arsenic a consequence of what we talk about," he said of nan book. 

"The Jesus Book" includes what Graham called nan "fundamentals" of nan Christian faith, describing nan differences betwixt nan Old Testament and nan New Testament, arsenic good arsenic explaining "what nan Gospels are about." 

"The Jesus Book" has thing for each believer successful Christ, Graham said.  (iStock)

Beyond nan basics, nan book "talks astir manuscripts that beryllium nan veracity of scripture, and we talk astir apologetics – arsenic to why you tin spot nan Bible – and we talk astir worldviews, which are very heavy subjects," he said. 

One of nan chat points successful nan book is really group tin unrecorded retired their religion successful nan world and "view nan world done nan lens of scripture alternatively than viewing scripture done nan lens of nan world," he said. 

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"The taxable is wide capable and large capable that there's thing for everyone," Graham said. 

Graham has written galore different books, but he told Fox News Digital that "The Jesus Book" is nan "signature book of my life." 

"It's what I've built my life and activity on, the ministry that I've been given," he said.

Jack Graham is elder pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church successful Texas.  (Prestonwood Baptist Church)

He said his life is "a grounds to nan powerfulness of nan Bible and really God's connection has ministered to me, and done me, to others," he said. 

"And there's thing much important – extracurricular of Christ himself – than nan measurement we cognize Christ," he said. 

The measurement to cognize Christ is "not done quality experience," but "through nan Bible and God's tone moving done nan Bible." 

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Another conception of nan book is centered connected meditating and interpreting scripture, Graham said. 

"When you're reference nan Bible … God's tone uses His connection to speak to our hearts and our minds," he said. 

Graham is hoping group usage "The Jesus Book" to amended understand nan Bible.  (Getty Images)

When a personification is meditating connected scriptures, he aliases she originates to understand it differently, he said. 

"Pondering and contemplating, profoundly reflecting upon scriptures – and it is erstwhile we do that, I believe, erstwhile we're meditating connected God's word, that we statesman to understand it for ourselves and statesman surviving it out, and we get a connection from God," he said. 

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Through "The Jesus Book," Graham said he hopes to animate scores of group and thief them amended understand and promote God's word. 

"My desire and dream is that if personification sounds this book, they would beryllium an advocator for nan connection of nan Bible, a messenger of nan truth of nan Bible and would unrecorded nan Bible," Graham said. 

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"I want group to study to emotion their Bibles and unrecorded God's connection out," he said.  

"The Jesus Book" is published by Bethany House Publishers.