Can you trust the Bible?

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Can you trust the Bible?
Short answer? Yes. Why? Let me give my thoughts.
I’m a Bible reader. Though not a scholar with advanced degrees, a professor, or expert in Hebrew or Greek, I’ve read and studied the book daily for over 30 years. Yet, there is so much more that I can and need to learn. I’m just a preacher, who opens it’s pages week after week for the sermon and finds in it not only direction for living, but authority over life. It speaks "Thus saith the Lord", and "well done thou good and faithful servant".
Many have observed that the Bible was written over a period of 1500 years by over 40 different authors, with many varied backgrounds. The Bible teaches God’s will for humanity through their history.
It’s a book of controversy. Not only controversy within the pages themselves, but controversy over the nature of the book itself. Many everyday people may not realize this.