Why read the Bible? Because no other book of literature comes personally with the Author. And when you get into God's book, the God of the book gets into you. "For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart" (Hebrews 4:12).