The Story, NIV: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People – Deluxe Edition Author: Visit Amazon's Zondervan Page | Language: English | ISBN:
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The Story, NIV: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People – Deluxe Edition Description
- Hardcover: 512 pages
- Publisher: Zondervan; 3 edition (April 23, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 031095097X
- ISBN-13: 978-0310950974
- Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6.1 x 1.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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"The Story reveals the unfolding, grand narrative of the Scriptures. Using the clear, accessible text of the NIV, this rendering of the Bible allows its stories, poems, and teachings to come together in a single, compelling read."
I am relentlessly convinced that too many Christians are missing the big picture of the overall drama of human fall and salvation, how the Bible spiritual story fits into an integral narrative. As kids we heard tales of Noah and his ark, Jonah and the whale, as youngsters sat through Sunday School, and in adulthood we listened to sermons about salvation history, and the time of fullfillment. Those who continue to carry their daily devotions, may start relating to the biblical message assembling the puzzle pieces.
It astonishes me that as many others of my Christian and Jewish friends alike, who grew up in religious families, may have never got an overall grasp of what the Old Testament, or the New Testament messages are? How they integrate in a vivid story of God's love for his creation that the Bible continues to tell, much less, how to react with it, as a good Samaritan. In modern terms, of Jim Davies words, "To see the Bible with fresh depth through the 3D glasses of drama, doctrine, and directions?" So, after some weeks of study, they may come away with the ten Laws of the Decalogue, or sections of Old Testament history, or few gospel or epistle verses, and even pieces of Apocrepha. But do they fit together, and how would they integrate the verses, books, and the testaments together to clear the puzzle: The book of Old and New?
Reading the Bible is one thing, understanding it is another, but living it is eternal life, here, and now.
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