The Bible is a complete story from beginning to end. BIG IDEA The Bible is a connected story. Once you understand the framework and the main plot, you will begin to see its theme from cover to cover. You will also start to see other connected subplots, stories, and themes. It’s like putting together a...Read More

The first eleven chapters of Genesis summarize two thousand years of history: the Garden of Eden, the multiplication of humanity, the worldwide flood, the formation of city-states, and the dis- persion of people throughout the earth. In the first few chapters, key ideas emerge. These ideas are central to the main message. CREATION—Genesis 1–2 God...Read More

Genesis 12 to Malachi summarizes two thousand years of history of the Nation of Israel. The Patriarchs God sovereignly chooses Abraham and his descendants through whom to redeem humanity (Gen. 12:3). God also promises to protect and provide for Abrahams’s descendants on the way (Gen. 12:1–3, 17:1–8, 22:17). God chooses Jacob (Abraham’s grand- son) through...Read More

Promised Jesus’s arrival is prophesied in Jewish Scriptures. There are at least 350 prophecies about Him. From outside sources, we know that Jesus lived between the dates of 3 BC and 35 AD. He had a sibling named James and an active following. He was called Messiah, and because of that, He was not liked...Read More

Jesus’s followers are commissioned by Him (Acts 1:8) and empowered by the Spirit (Acts 2) to reach their world. The church in Jerusalem grows daily (Acts 2:42–47) as it branches away asa sect of Judaism. Due to persecution (Acts 8:1), Jesus’s followers disperse to Judea and Samaria. New churches begin in Tyre, Sidon, Ptolemais, Cyprus,...Read More

God is moving history to a future that He has planned since the beginning. There are dozens of passages in the Old Testament, the words of Jesus, the letters to the early church, and the book of Revelation that help articulate what this will look like. Those studying what the Bible teaches about the future...Read More