We believe...the Bible is not a book, but THE Book! We believe...the Bible consists of (66) books, (39) Books in the Old Testament and (27) Books in the New Testament.

Yet, the Bible is ONE Book:

It bears witness of ONE God

It forms ONE continuous story

It has ONE plan of salvation

It has ONE central theme---Jesus Christ, John 5:39

We believe...in Psalm 119 "Word of GOD Psalm":

Law -- verse 1

Testimonies -- verse 2

Precept -- verse 4

Statutes -- verse 5, The Statutes are the life applications of the Law.

Commandments -- verse 6

Judgments -- verse 7, The judgments are defined in I Kings 3:9,11.

We believe...the Bible consisted approximately (40) human writers that were used to pen the Word of God. These men were separated by time and their station in life. We believe...its Symbols,

A Mirror: Revealing power -- James 1:23-25

A Seed: Regenerative power -- I Peter 1:23

A Lamp: Illuminating power -- Psalm 119:105,130; Proverbs 6:23; II Peter 1:19

A Sword: Convicting power -- Ephesians 6:17; Hebrews 4:12

A Hammer: Destructive power -- Jeremiah 23:29

A Tree: Flourishing power -- Proverbs 3:18; 4:7-9

Water: Cleansing power -- John 15:3; Ephesians 5:25-27; Psalm 119:9,11

Milk, Meat, Bread, and Honey: Nourishing, sustaining, and satisfying power -- I Peter 2:2; I Corinthians 3:1,2; Hebrews 5:12-14; Psalm 19:10; 34:8; 119:103; Amos 8:11; Matthew 4:3,4

We believe...there are 1189 chapters in the Bible:

929 in the Old Testament and 260 in the New Testament

The shortest chapter is Psalm 117

The longest chapter is Psalm 119

The middle chapter of the Bible is Psalm 117. There are 594 chapters before it, and 594 chapters after it. Significantly, it reads: "O Praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD."

There are 31,174 verses in the Bible

The middle verses in the Bible (#s 15,587 & 15,588) are Psalm 118:8,9. Significantly, they read: "It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man." "It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes."

The longest verse is Esther 8:9

The shortest verse is John 11:35

There are 774,746 words in the Bible

The shortest Book in the Bible is II John. Obadiah is the shortest Book of the Old Testament.