A Quick Overview of the New Testament

   No other book in the history of humankind has captured the attention of readers like the Bible. The great 17th century German thinker, Immanuel Kant said, “The Bible is the greatest benefit which the human race has ever experienced…A single line in the Bible has consoled me more than all the books I ever read besides.” French poet and novelist, Victor Hugo observed in the 18th century that, “England has two books, the Bible and Shakespeare. England made Shakespeare, but the Bible made England.” America’s 6thpresident, John Quincy Adams was said to have treated the Holy Scriptures as a key resource in the education of his children: “So great is my veneration for the Bible,” he would write, “that the earlier my children begin to read it, the more confident will be my hope that they will prove useful citizens to their country and respectable members of society.” Before any of these great men, the great reformer, Martin Luther wrote, “The Scriptures begin very gently, and lead us on to Christ as a man, and then to one who is Lord over all creatures, and after that to one who is God. So do I enter delightfully and learn to know God.” Thus, it would seem reasonable enough to suggest based on the reading of the world’s countless historical documents, that civilization without the Bible wouldn’t be very civilized at all.