The Bible Tells the Story of All of Human History

Stories We Tell Ourselves. Deuteronomy 26.

We are a storytelling people. Or rather, we are a storytelling species. Every people group on earth tells stories. We tell them to children. We tell them to adults. The only time we stop telling stories is when someone is telling stories to us! Look at the popularity of movies and television. Before TV thereContinue reading “Stories We Tell Ourselves. Deuteronomy 26.”

Nothing is Really That Remote. Psalm 89.

Statue of Liberty During Pink Sunrise. Copyright Matthew Chimera Photo. Prints available online. “I can’t believe it. I mean, there she is! It’s really her!” My wife was so excited. We were bouncing gently on the bow of a Circle Line Tour boat in New York Harbor. Everyone around us had camera phones pointing atContinue reading “Nothing is Really That Remote. Psalm 89.”

The Bible is the Story of Human History. Hebrews 4:12.

The Bible is not some dusty, ancient book about some forgotten land, none of which is relevant today. The Bible is a cross-section of human history, a cross-section of humanity. When we get to heaven and look back on all of human history, we will see the Bible differently: it is a detailed record ofContinue reading “The Bible is the Story of Human History. Hebrews 4:12.”