Here is rock, said J. C. Ryle of the Bible; all else is sand. Whether the rival has been tradition, reason or personal experience, Scripture is still supreme: God-breathed, reliable and trumping every other authority.

Yet the supremacy of Scripture is not a decree imposed by a faceless despot. Tim Chester shows that these words are the words of Jesus, the Good Shepherd who speaks to His own, which is why the Bible is to be trusted, cherished and obeyed rather than merely defended. Part of the Union series.