The Bible: The Divinely Inspired Word of God, comprising 66 books that were written by 40 human authors over almost 1500 years of time, covering all of human history. The Bible was written to various different cultures, not to mention the diverse geo-political situations on the earth. It would be natural to think the Bible is a fragmented book that records specific eras of history, throwing in some philosophy to make it interesting. To the contrary, the Bible is a unified book that tells one marvelous story. You ask how that can be? We need to remember that the divine author is also the divine sovereign who rules over all of human history to work His divine purposes for all that He has created. The Bible conveys that one story of History that is His-story.

To help us see this on Sunday I want to take us back to High School literature class, using the parts of a good story, I want us to see how the Bible tells a unified story. A story that is true and continues to point people to the message of God’s power, righteousness, love, mercy and grace. Join me this Sunday for the Big Picture Look at what the Bible is telling us about God, the world we live in and ourselves.