Tim Allen Finishes Reading Bible: ‘I’m Humbled, Enlightened and Amazed’

by Zachary Mettler | February 5, 2026 | Culture

Tim Allen has finished reading the entire Bible, concluding a 13-month journey the conservative actor and comedian says left him “humbled, enlightened and amazed.”

“Finished the entire Bible. It’s been a 13-month word-by-word page-by-page no skimming journey,” Allen wrote in a Feb. 4 post on X. “Humbled, enlightened and amazed at what I read and what I learned.”

“I will rest and meditate on so much,” he added. “I will begin it again.”

Allen, known for his roles as Tim “The Toolman” Taylor in Home Improvement, Mike Baxter in Last Man Standing and Buzz Lightyear in the Toy Story film series, announced in August 2024 he had begun reading Scripture.

“Never took the time in all my years to ever read and really read the Bible,” Allen shared, adding, “Currently almost through the Jerusalem Bible Old Testament and almost done with the Prophets. … So far amazing and not at all what I was expecting.”

Since then, Allen has posted periodic updates on his journey through the Bible.

“Finished the Old Testament,” the actor said in June 2025, “It is such a gift when I get out of the way and the words and meaning flow.” Allen also shared he had begun reading the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Romans. “I am amazed in seven pages!” he exclaimed.

In their book From God to Us: How We Got Our Bible, Professors Norman Geisler and William Nix write,

The Bible is a unique book. It is one of the oldest books in the world, and yet it is still the world’s bestseller. It is a product of the ancient Eastern world, but it has molded the modern Western world.
Tyrants have burned the Bible, and believers revere it. It is the most quoted, the most published, the most translated, and the most influential book in the history of humankind.

Additionally, Geisler and Nix explain how Scripture is inspired by God (Greek: theopneustos), a teaching which appears in 2. Tim. 3:16, where the Apostle Paul writes, “All Scripture is breathed out by God (theopneustos) and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness” (ESV, emphasis added).

Geisler and Nix explain that Scripture being “God-breathed” encompasses:

  1. Divine Causality. God is the main author of the Bible. He is the ultimate source and original cause of biblical truth. God revealed His Word to the prophets, and spokespersons of God recorded the truths God revealed.
  2. Prophetic Agency. The prophets who wrote Scripture were not automatons. They used their own literary styles and vocabularies. The Bible which they wrote is the Word of God, but it is given and expressed through the word of humans. God used their personalities to convey His propositions.
  3. Written Authority. The final product of divine authority working through prophetic agency is the written authority of the Bible.

As Christians, when we read Scripture, we are not simply reading a book written and compiled by human beings. Rather, we are reading God’s Word to us, which teaches and informs us in how we should live.

Furthermore, all of Scripture points us to Jesus Christ, who is the very Word of God who has been revealed to us. In John 1:1-5, we read,

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it (ESV).

We congratulate Tim Allen in reading all of Scripture for the very first time. Please join us in praying God would continue to speak to him as He draws all men to Himself (John 12:32).

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