My Journey with the Bible | Jesus in All of Scripture | #1 | Sept. 22, 2026

"I did not master the Bible. The Bible mastered me." After more than 60 years of reading, studying, teaching, and wrestling with Scripture, Bernie Gillespie opens Jesus in All the Scriptures with a confession — and an invitation. This first episode is about how the Bible took hold of him, and about the single urgent question that will drive the whole series: how does the Holy Spirit intend for us to read the Scriptures so that we see Jesus in all of them? None of us comes to the Bible empty-handed. The question is whether we know what we're bringing. 🔗 A new website — http://WeWantToSeeJesus.com — is coming soon as the home for this series. 🔔 Subscribe and turn on notifications so you never miss an episode. 💬 Questions or comments? Leave them below — we read every one. 👍 If this encouraged you, like, share, and pass it along to someone who needs to hear it. ---------------------------------------- Timestamps: 00:10 – Welcome 01:37 – My Journey 12:43 – Takeaways 13:00 – Many Books, One Story 13:26 – The Story has a Center 13:59 – How We Read Matters 14:30 – The Word of God Reads Us 15:28 – Wrap Up ---------------------------------------- 4 TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE: 1. The Bible has many books, but it tells one great redemptive story. It comes to us through many writers across many centuries, in different places, circumstances, and forms — genuinely human, yet God-breathed. Through all those voices runs one unfolding story of God and his redeeming work. 2. That story has a center — Jesus Christ. Jesus is not simply one part of the biblical story; he is the one who gives the whole story its spine, its unity, its meaning, and its purpose. The goal is not merely to find Jesus here and there in the Bible, but to learn how the Scriptures themselves lead us to him. 3. How we read matters. None of us comes to Scripture empty-handed — we bring our traditions, assumptions, and blind spots, and every reader is an interpreter. We must learn to read carefully, humbly, and prayerfully, willing to let Scripture challenge not only what we believe, but how we came to believe it. 4. We do not simply read the Word of God — the Word of God reads us. Hebrews says it is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Bernie's testimony after sixty years: "I have never mastered this book, but it is mastering me. And above all, it's brought me again and again to Jesus Christ." ---------------------------------------- Next episode: The Goal of the Bible is Jesus — why John's purpose statement ("these are written so that you may believe…") may tell us not just why he wrote his gospel, but why God has given us Scripture at all. ----------------------------------------