Everybody asks this...

Is the Bible still relevant today? 

Most of it is about one small nation a long, long time ago. Their lives were drastically different than ours are today. What can they tell us that we don't already know? Besides, look at the trouble this nation has with their neighbours today, if their own history hasn't benefitted them, how will it benefit us?

Then there are those who say the Bible is God's love letter to us...really? You don't have to be a romantic to know that love letters shouldn't be full of bloodshed and threats of cosmic wrath. 

But I've found reading the Bible does bring light and insight to me. While the people, culture and life circumstances completely differ from our 21st century living, I find that people's nature hasn't changed that much in thousands of years. For example, people fought with knives and sticks back then and we fight with smart bombs today; the point is, we still fight. We don't need the Bible to tell us that human nature is hard to change. Anyone remotely familiar with world history knows this. 

But the Bible does tell us some things that history doesn't tell us. The Bible is God's self-revelation. God doesn't change, but he changes difficult people and transforms the world. Getting to know Him--in the sense of what He is like, what pleases Him and what doesn't--should be our goal when we listen to His word. And in this encounter we too become transformed--we become new.