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"The Inspiration, Inerrancy, and Authority of the Bible", by Ron Rhodes

Reason #1:  Accuracy To Known Facts
The Bible is arguably the most historically, geographically, scientifically, and archaeologically accurate book of it's time.  It is repeatedly corroborated by other ancient and modern texts and findings.  Not only that, but it has remained undefiled in it's transmission to us from it's completion, nearly 1900 years ago.  If the Bible was not the Word of God, one would expect it to have erred in any of these areas, but it has never once been proven to be inaccurate at all in any of these areas.  Throughout the years, researchers have found the exact opposite:  That the Bible is totally consistent with known fact.

"The Ancient Text:  How the complete transmission of the Bible shows its authenticity", by Martin Glynn
"Jesus Before the Bar", by U. Michelson

Reason #2:  Prediction and Fulfillment of Thousands of Prophecies
One way of knowing that the Bible had it's origin in the mind of God, is that in the Old Testament, thousands of prophecies were made, and were fulfilled in the New Testament (if they were not already fulfilled in the Old Testament).  In fact, there has never been a false prophecy in the Bible.  Furthermore, the prophesies are often times very unambiguous and detailed, thus ruling out the possibility of human origin.  When skeptics ask me why to trust the Bible, one example I use from the realm of prophecy is this:  I open up to Isaiah chapter 53, and read it aloud.  I do not tell the person where in the Bible I am reading from.  When I am finished, I ask the person to tell me who the chapter is talking about.  Every time, they reply, "Well, that's obviously talking about Jesus".  Then I tell them that chapter of the Bible was written 700 years before Jesus was born, and that by their own confession, it was obviously talking about Jesus!  In addition to this example are hundreds more.  Certain prophecy is not predictive, but rather typological.  For example, Genesis chapter 22 is not obviously speaking about a future event, but in retrospect, one sees that it foreshadowed Christ's death in great detail...hundreds of years before Christ was born.  In fact, the entire Old Testament testifies to Jesus Christ.  When drawn to it's logical conclusion, it is obvious that the Bible did not originate in the mind of man, but rather in the mind of an all-knowing God.

"Notes on Genesis 22:1-14", by Dan Curry
"Notes on Zechariah", by Dan Curry
"Old Testament Prophecy / New Testament Fulfillment", by Dan Curry
"Messianic Prophecy and Jesus", Author Unknown

Reason #3:  Common Themes Despite Different Authors
The Bible was written "over many centuries by more than forty people.  The writers include a couple of kings, a fisherman, a tax collector, a physician, and a rabbi." 1  Despite the wide range of personalities which contributed to the penning of the Bible, the Bible remains consistent in thought.  While drawing from many different people of many different walks of life, times of existance, areas of habitation, and cultures, the Bible continually (and miraculously) remains unified by one central theme:  Jesus Christ.  In addition to this, there are other themes (or, threads) which run throughout the Bible, which give the Bible an uncanny unity which could not possibly have been coordinated by the minds of men.

"Get up, Peter.  Kill and eat", by Dan Curry
"The Bronze Serpent", by Dan Curry
"The Red Sea", by Dan Curry
"The Rock", by Dan Curry (coming eventually)