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Posted on Feb 21, 2026 by Mike LeDuke

How do you think about God? As in, when you think about Him and when you think about Jesus, what do you think about? Do you think about what God has done in the past? Do you think about how Jesus gave his life for you? Do you think about Jesus’s return? Maybe all of the above?

One final question: do you think about what God and Christ have done in your life?

We believe the Bible. Throughout this last series, we’ve explored reasons to believe. We’ve seen that the resurrection must be true. We’ve seen that the gospels are historically reliable accounts. We’ve considered archaeology and prophecy. All of these things point towards the conclusion that the God of the Bible is real, and the Lord Jesus is truly His son.

But so what? What does that all mean?

If we recognize that the Bible must be true, then it follows that the Bible will change our lives. Consider how Paul explained this to Timothy: 

“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:16–17).

Because Scripture comes from God, it has power. It isn’t just a story like a human would write — that can inspire and possibly encourage us to think about something in a new light. It’s earth-shattering. It turns our world upside down. Suddenly, life isn’t about this life anymore. We look for something to come. We have a hope. We have meaning. And, we can see God working.

When we recognize that the Bible is true, we can look back at our lives and we can see the hand of God. We can see when just the right person came into our lives and said just the right thing. Or we can see when circumstances crushed us and yet somehow, we came out of those events stronger.

We can look back and we can see that God was working all things for our good.

Thus, while proving the Bible’s truth can sometimes be an academic exercise, it really can’t stop there. Academics are just the beginning because ultimately, as we begin to see God active and working, we become more and more convinced of His existence and His presence. And that experience, in addition to the academics, becomes why we believe.

— Jason Hensley PhD