Meet God Again

Forget everything you've ever heard or thought about the Bible. When the author set aside his training, traditions, and prejudices and read the Bible straight through to see what it really said, it changed his life. Amazed at what he'd missed, he discovered a very different book than the one he thought he knew. Specifically, he discovered God's paterns. He discovered a consistency, a dependability, in God's great saving deeds—the Creation, the Flood, the Exodus, the Exile, and the cross. He discovered that the Bible is about telling and retelling the story of the God of promise and covenant who keeps working toward His ultimate goal—the restoration of Eden. Salvation and worship are not about what we need to do, he discovered, but about what God has done. When Jesus—the new Adam, the new Moses, the new David, the new Israel—Book SpecsPaper BackPublisher: Review & Herald Publishing AssociationPrinted: 2003Pages: 159Table of ContentsIntroduction PART 1 - The Bible and the Power of History Retell Me the Good Old Story How It All Began Israel as a Nation Exile and Return The Pattern of New Testament Faith PART 2 - The Bible and the Rules of Relationship Designed for Stability The Old Testament Concept of Law The New Testament Concept of Law PART 3 - The Bible and Everyday Experience A New History A New Relationship With God A New Way to Live