Cover to Cover: Understanding the Bible's Big Story Part 1
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The bible is a diverse book.
The bible is a diverse book.
Written by a Farmer, priests, a statesman, fishermen, prophets, a physician, and a tax collector, kings, a tentmaker, homeless prophets, a professional scribe, vocational musicians, pastors
But other parts of the Bible are written by farmers, fishermen, a tentmaker, homeless prophets, a doctor, a professional scribe, vocational musicians, pastors
In the original languages the bible contains approximately 611,000 words.
There are 39 Old Testament books.
There are 39 Old Testament books.
There are 27 New Testament books.
There are 27 New Testament books.
The bible was written primarily in Hebrew and Greek.
The bible was written primarily in Hebrew and Greek.
The bible was written by about 40 human authors over the span of approximately 2000 years.
The bible was written by about 40 human authors over the span of approximately 2000 years.
The bible contains different literary genres including narrative, law, poetry, prophecy, wisdom, gospel, history, letter, and apocalyptic.
The bible contains different literary genres including narrative, law, poetry, prophecy, wisdom, gospel, history, letter, and apocalyptic.
The diversity can cause us to get lost. It is very ease for us to see all the diversity of the bible and fail to understand the unity.
The bible is one book.
The bible is one book.
The bible has one author.
The bible has one author.
16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
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“Let the man who would hear God speak, read the Holy Scriptures.” Luther
The bible has one story.
The bible has one story.
The bible tells the story of who God is and how He redeems His people through the provision of His son.
The bible tells the story of who God is and how He redeems His people through the provision of His son.
The bible must be understood and read as one book with one ultimate author, God, and one ultimate subject, God’s plan of salvation through his Son Jesus. Vaughan Roberts
The bible has one hero, Jesus Christ.
The bible has one hero, Jesus Christ.
39 You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,
15 and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
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12 Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
13 while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it
15 and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.