Tag: Scripture
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The Story of Scripture – Genesis to Revelation – Part 7: The Prophets
If we hit the pause button here and look at the five books of poetry, we see they are written by David and Solomon. We realize that what God had really longed for was a people that had a living relationship with Him and lived out the covenant in community. Carrying on in the chronology […]
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The Story of Scripture – Genesis to Revelation – Part 6: The Kings
The story begins to take a turn in 1st Samuel chapter 8 when the people cry out for a king, and God said “it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king.” Thus, the first king of Israel chosen by the people is Saul. Things started off well for Saul, but it didn’t […]
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The Story of Scripture – Genesis to Revelation – Part 4: Law for the Land
Law for the Land Then we flip the page to the book of Exodus, and it is a different story. There is another Pharaoh who did not know Joseph, and the people have now been enslaved. God miraculously preserves and then calls someone by the name of Moses, who was trained by the enemy and […]
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The Whole Bible Story
I recently read The Whole Bible Story by Dr. William H. Marty, and I wrote this blog to analyze the overall organization of Marty’s presentation, why I think he ordered the structure in the manner he did and what components he utilized that I found helpful in telling the biblical narrative. Marty presented The Whole […]
Surrendered and Free 