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God's Big Picture: Tracing the Story-Line of the Bible
Sixty-six books written by forty people over nearly 2,000 years, in two languages and several different genres. A worldwide bestseller published in countless sizes and bindings, translations and languages. Sworn by in court, fought over by religious people, quoted in arguments. The Bible is clearly no ordinary book. How can you begin to read and understand it as a whole?In...more
Paperback, 160 pages
Published
October 1st 2003
by Inter-Varsity Press
(first published January 1st 2003)
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Oct 26, 2010
Dan Glover
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This is a good, solid introduction to a redemptive-historical reading of the whole Bible. Often, liberals tend to dismiss Scripture as irrelevant for our modern day except maybe for a few of Jesus' moral teachings. In reaction, conservatives tend to mine the Bible for quotes and boil it down to distill doctrines to shoot down the liberal's misuse and abuse of Scripture. While there is a way to do this properly, in such pursuits it can often be forgotten that the Bible is not a systematic theolog...more
When I was younger and I first began to read the Bible in earnest, I learned to read passages in little chunks, deconstructing each sentence so that I could fully understand the meaning of each word in its context before moving on to the next bit. I would sometimes spend days meditating on a particular verse, especially if it presented a list of virtues to consider (e.g. Galatians 5:22-23). I would dedicate a day to each virtue, meditating on how I could cultivate each of these virtues in my lif...more
This is a very useful book. Roberts puts together the narrative of the Bible so that a believer can see the story of God from Genesis to Revelation. Roberts is right: we need to teach the Bible more holistically and not simply proof text our way through the story of the Bible. This book helps us put the truths of Scripture into the broader narrative that allows us to understand the Bible from a biblical point of view.
This is a good introduction for the new/young christian or curious nonchristian who wants to get an overview of whats in the Bible and how it all fits together in a fast simple way. Includes a short bible study at the end of each chapter. The more serious reader might want to check out Gospel and Kingdom by G Goldsworthy for more detail on this subject as this book is apparently largely based on it.
This book is just giving a “big picture” view of the single story of Scripture. It’s not necessarily a “Cliff Notes” of the Bible; it’s not trying to quickly sum up every book of the Bible. It is more tracing key themes and threads through the entire Bible and showing how God continues to reveal Himself, and continues to tell one Story, throughout all of Scripture.
A wonderful book on Biblical Theology, Vaughan Roberts provides an excellent map of the big picture of the Biblical story, written in a style that is appropriate to both novice and academic alike. The reader will gain a good understanding of how the Bible fits together and points to Jesus. A must read for every Christian.
Chronological/historical attributes about the kingdom of God and reinforcing prophetical truths from Genesis to Revelation supporting God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit -- the big picture of where the Kingdom of God is. The writer never mentions the rapture and holds Amillennial position on the Second Coming of Christ.
A great introduction to the metanarrative of the Bible. If you need a "Bible for Dummies" book, this is it. It will help you understand the major storyline of the Bible. Then, you will be able to read any book in the Bible and figure out where it fits into the overall narrative.
We did this book for summer Bible study. The book sets out God's Big Picture, meaning that it views the Bible as a whole and seeks to draw a thread through the Bible that will connect it together. That thread for Roberts is the idea of the kingdom of God, defined as "God's people in God's place under God's rule and blessing." I think that he gets a lot of his material from Graeme Goldsworthy's Gospel and Kingdom. If you have read that, you could probably skip Roberts. I haven't read Goldsworthy,...more
I thought this book was very insightful, and interesting at parts. It certainly helps to grasp the storyline of the Bible, and the repetition of events throughout. It was a bit hard to get into at some points, but pressing on, it was quite good. It was a good read for the travel to and from work. Pretty good Graduation present from School, I reckon. =)
This book is brief and concise, and it ties the Scriptures together quite nicely. For anyone who wants to get a broad understanding of the Word and really understand the metanarrative of the Scriptures, this is an excellent place to start.
Good overview of the bible, albeit in very broad strokes, utilizing the metanarrative framework of the kingdom of God. Intended as a limited introductory text it has its theological and exegetical strengths and weaknesses but remains a decent book for someone very new to the bible.
Excellent primer to the story of the Bible. The alliteration and charts were a little clunky, but very helpful. The anecdotes for understanding were distracting for me, but sparse and I imagine very helpful for some. You can't write a book with this sort of scope without tipping your theological cards a little, but the author did a fairly good job keeping the in-house, denominational points of contention to a minimum. Still the points where he did (gender roles, eschatology, etc) may be enough f...more
I recommend everyone read this book. It does such a great job tying the entire Bible together as one all-encompassing story. This book opened my eyes to new things and is great to reference.
Very helpful introduction to viewing the Bible as one story of redemption. I just taught my youth group through this and its many discussion questions and charts, etc. made it very useful.
a great introduction to biblical theology. grants an orientation to all of scripture in relation to the lord's redemptive history throughout scriptures
Great book on the kingdom epochs throughout the Bible. I still use the chart in the back. Excellent for learning redemptive history throughout the Bible.
A well constructed, easy to read book thats a must have for those new to the christian faith.
this book will put historys best seller in perspective.
this book will put historys best seller in perspective.
Best introductory tool for understanding the broad storyline of the Bible. Does most of what Goldsworthy does, but briefer & simpler.
The Bible tells one story, what God is doing to glorify Himself by restoring God’s people to God’s place under God’s rule and blessing.
A concise and helpful presentation of the storyline of the Bible that is easily understood. Follows a Kingdom of God organization.
Good little book with a brief overview of the Bible as a whole. Good for a little bit of background information.
This book provides an excellent metanarrative for helping provide a picture of God's act of salvation through the entire Bible. For most of us, this is topics you know, but organized in such a way to make them accessible to everyone.
BRILLIANT! Really essential book to read to understand how the Bible fits together.
Very helpful for understanding the overall story of the Bible.
A simple introduction to biblical theology -- Goldsworthy lite.
Very good book giving a high-level overview of scripture.
Terrific, short read on how the Bible all fits together
Completely LOVED this book!
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