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Overview of the Bible

The Bible is one story told in two parts: the Old and New Testament. The story of the Bible happens in four acts—creation, fall, redemption, and restoration—and is told over the course of 66 books. But most importantly, from beginning to end, the Bible is one story about Jesus Christ—who he is and what he has done for us.

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What Is Biblical
Theology?

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This story is not
a fairy tale,
but rather it is the story
that all fairy tales
are about.

Greg Koukl
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Unlocking the Big Story
of the Bible

by Tim Mackie

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The Story of the Bible: How the Good News About Jesus Is Essential

by Tim Keller at The Gospel Coalition
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Luke 24:27 NLT

Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets, explaining from all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

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What Kind of God Does the Bible Reveal to Us?

The genius of the biblical story is what it tells us about God himself:

a God who sacrifices himself in death out of love for his enemies;

a God who would rather experience the death we deserved than to be apart from the people he created for his pleasure;

a God who himself bore our likeness, experienced our creatureliness, and carried our sins so that he might provide pardon and reconciliation;

a God who would not let us go, but who would pursue us—all of us, even the worst of us—so that he might restore us into joyful fellowship with himself;

a God who in Christ Jesus has so forever identified with his beloved creatures that he came to be known and praised as “the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Peter 1:3).

by Gordon Fee
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Romans 3:23-25 ESV

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith.

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The Bible Is the True Fairytale

What we have been told [in the Bible] is how we men [and women] can be drawn into Christ—can become part of that wonderful present which the young Prince of the universe wants to offer to his Father—that present which is himself and therefore us in him. It is the only thing we were made for. And there are strange, exciting hints in the Bible that when we are drawn in, a great many other things in Nature will begin to come right. The bad dream will be over: it will be morning.

by C.S. Lewis
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Ephesians 1:9-11 NLT

God has now revealed to us his mysterious will regarding Christ—which is to fulfill his own good plan. And this is the plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ—everything in heaven and on earth. Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us in advance, and he makes everything work out according to his plan.

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George Muller's Advice: Read the Whole Bible

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Genesis
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Genesis

Genre: Historical Narrative
In the book of Genesis, we hear God’s authoritative perspective on the creation of the world and the beginning of all things. We learn about the global flood, that shaped our planet into the world we experience today. Best of all, in Genesis we are introduced to our good and wise Maker, the Creator of all things visible and invisible, and we learn about our relationship to him.
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Unfolding Grace
Unfolding Grace: 40 Guided Readings Through the Bible
By Drew Hunter | Bible Study
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unfolding grace
Unfolding Grace: Study Guide
By Drew Hunter | Bible Study
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The Big Picture Story Bible
by David Helm | Children's Book
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The Story of Reality: How It
Began, How It Ends, and
Everything in Between
by Greg Koukl | Theology
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Behold, the
dwelling place of
God is with man.
He will dwell with them,

and they will be his people,

Revelation 21:3 ESV