No attempt is made in the Bible to define God—that is, to grasp God in our concepts. . . . The Bible tells the story of God; it narrates His deeds and the history of this God as it takes place on earth in the human sphere. The Bible proclaims the significance and the importance of this working and acting, this story of God, and in this way it proves God’s existence, describes His being and His nature. The Bible is not a philosophical book, but a history book, the book of God’s mighty acts, in which God becomes knowable to
