Full Description
We know about the Bible. We may know some Bible stories, or maybe we've even read large portions for ourselves. But what it's really all about? How do all the different pieces fit together?
Without a sense of the big story the Bible is telling, we'll miss out on the good news God has for us. In The 30-Minute Bible, experienced Bible teachers Craig Bartholomew and Paige Vanosky present the story of Scripture in thirty short readings, each designed to take about half an hour. Each includes a passage from the Bible and a short chapter explaining how the passage fits into the Bible's wider narrative. Written in straightforward and clear language, the readings are accompanied by Brother Martin Erspamer's lovely illustrations.
Discover the timeless story of the Bible—in thirty minutes a day for thirty days.
Contents
Preface
1. Introduction: How You Can Read and Understand the Bible
Act One: God Establishes His Kingdom:
Creation
2. Creation
3. Adam and Eve: Why Are We Here?
Act Two: Rebellion in the Kingdom:
The Fall
4. Rebellion in Eden
Act Three: The King Chooses Israel:
Salvation Initiated
5. Out of Eden: Rebellion, Judgment, and Mercy
6. God's Solution: Abraham and His Descendants
7. Jacob, Joseph, and His Brothers
8. Out of Egypt
9. Meeting with God
10. God Moves in Next Door
11. The Land
12. No King in Israel
13. A King Like the Other Nations?
14. A King After God's Own Heart?
15. A Wise King?
16. The Northern Kingdom: Israel
17. The Southern Kingdom: Judah
18. Exile and Return
19. An In-Between Time
Act Four: The Coming of the King:
Salvation Accomplished
20. A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
21. The One
22. Jesus Begins His Public Life
23. What Jesus Taught
24. What Jesus Did
25. Fatal Confrontation
26. On the Third Day
Act Five: Spreading the News of the King:
The Mission of the Church
27. The Church Is Born
28. Jerusalem to Judea to the Ends of the Earth
29. Paul, the Sent One
Act Six: The Return of the King:
Redemption Completed
30. The End That Is No End
Acknowledgments
Notes
Further Reading and Resources
