There’s a famous story about a pastor named Dr. William Evans who once stood at his pulpit, raised his Bible in the air, and started ripping pages out of it. The room was silent. Then a man in the congregation stood and cried out, “No, go on, go on. We want more.” If we don’t have all of the Bible, we have none of it. That’s what brings us to one of the most important passages in all of Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:14-17.

If you’ve ever opened a Gideon Bible—the kind you find in hotel nightstands—you’ve probably seen this introduction: “The Bible contains the mind of God, the