“If you’re digging in for the first time,” he says, “start with the Gospel of Mark, and then go on to John.” and Eastern Europe how to get into the Bible and mine the truths it contains. For years, he has taught students in the U.S. We talked to Bob Grahmann, Ph.D., InterVarsity’s Link Director. Its books are “shelved” by type and topic, just as in a public library: history, the Law, the Prophets, poems and wisdom literature, eyewitness accounts of Jesus (the Gospels), collections of letters, and mind-blowing apocalyptic descriptions of the past, present and future. But it’s a readable library, and you can get through it. It’s actually a library, or collection, of books written by different authors in several languages over several thousand years. Is there a good way to start?įirst, it’s important realize that the Bible is not an ordinary book that reads smoothly from cover to cover.

I’m not even sure what the Bible is or how it’s laid out. Here’s a Good Question from a reader: I’d like to start reading the Bible, but it feels like a massive undertaking. That’s a worthy ambition, but where do you begin? Many would-be readers are paralyzed by the sheer size of the Bible and by not knowing where to start. A lot of people would like to become more familiar with the Bible’s characters, stories and message.

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