The Bible is a wonderful book filled with poetry, historical events, exciting narratives, and stories from the life of Jesus.

But because it is an ancient text, it can also be intimidating and confusing. Its complexity makes many people wonder if we even need the Bible—can’t we experience God without it? In this six-session series, author and Bible teacher Lisa Harper unpacks the value and importance of the Bible for everyday believers. In this series, we will learn about what the Bible is, how God communicates with us through it, and why we should read it.

Lisa Harper is an accomplished author and a sought-after Bible teacher and speaker. Her books include A Perfect Mess, Untamed, Stumbling Into Grace, and Believing Jesus: Are You Willing to Risk Everything?  She also has two best-selling video-based Bible study curriculums: Malachi: A Love That Never Lets Go and Hebrews: The Nearness of King Jesus. 

Lisa spent six years as the director of Focus on the Family’s national women’s ministry where she created the popular Renewing the Heart conferences—attended by almost 200,000 women—followed by six years as the women’s ministry director at a large church in Nashville. She was on the Women of Faith national arena tour for eight years and speaks at many other large multi-denominational events as well as at hundreds of churches all over the world. Lisa holds a Masters of Theological Studies from Covenant Seminary in St. Louis, and currently lives in Nashville with her adopted daughter, Missy.