What's in the Bible : A One-Volume Guidebook to God's Word

by SPROUL, R.C.

• ISBN13: 9780849916120
• ISBN10: 0849916127
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2001-01-09
• Publisher: Harpercollins Christian Pub

Summary

Explore the most monumental story ever recorded, a story filled with intrigue, drama, and real-life accounts of God at work in the universe. Theologian R.C. Sproul and best-selling author Robert Wolgemuth have collaborated to highlight the essence of God's voice, activity, and purpose throughout the Old and New Testaments in an understandable and thoroughly readable form. Written from the perspective of a theologian and a layman, What's in the Bible is a road map that will help you better comprehend the whole of Scripture.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	xiii
Authors' Preface	xv
Creation and Blessing	1	(20)
Creation	1	(4)
The Image of God	5	(2)
The Fall	7	(3)
The Covenant with Abraham	10	(3)
Patriarchal Blessing	13	(8)
Summary	17	(4)
Release from Captivity	21	(18)
Moses and the Exodus	21	(11)
The Passover	32	(7)
Summary	36	(3)
The Wilderness	39	(21)
The Giving of the Law	39	(7)
The Tabernacle	46	(4)
Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy	50	(4)
The Old Testament Sacrificial System	54	(6)
Summary	56	(4)
The Land and Its People	60	(28)
Joshua and the Conquest of Canaan	60	(8)
The Cycle of Judges	68	(5)
The Monarchy Begins	73	(15)
Summary	84	(4)
The Kings	88	(20)
David	88	(6)
Solomon and the Temple	94	(6)
The Divided Kingdom	100	(8)
Summary	104	(4)
The Major Prophets I	108	(22)
Elijah	108	(7)
Isaiah	115	(5)
Jeremiah	120	(10)
Summary	126	(4)
The Major Prophets II	130	(26)
The Exile	130	(5)
Ezekiel	135	(7)
Daniel	142	(14)
Summary	152	(4)
The Minor Prophets	156	(24)
Amos and Hosea	156	(8)
Joel, Micah, and Habakkuk	164	(9)
Jonah	173	(7)
Summary	176	(4)
Returning Home	180	(16)
Ezra and Nehemiah	180	(16)
Summary	193	(3)
The Wisdom Books	196	(22)
Characteristics of Wisdom Literature	196	(4)
Psalms	200	(2)
Ecclesiastes	202	(5)
Job	207	(11)
Summary	214	(4)
Preparation for the Coming Messiah	218	(26)
The Intertestamental Period	218	(5)
John the Baptist	223	(4)
The Birth of Jesus	227	(7)
The Early Years of Jesus' Life	234	(10)
Summary	240	(4)
The Early Ministry of Jesus	244	(34)
The Baptism and Temptation of Jesus	244	(7)
Jesus' Inaugural Address and Public Ministry	251	(6)
The Teaching of Jesus: Parables	257	(7)
Interpreting Parables	264	(5)
The Miracles of Jesus	269	(9)
Summary	274	(4)
The Later Ministry of Jesus	278	(35)
The Caesarea-Philippi Confession	278	(7)
The Transfiguration	285	(4)
The Triumphal Entry	289	(2)
The Cross	291	(6)
The Resurrection	297	(6)
The Ascension	303	(10)
Summary	308	(5)
From Pentecost to Paul	313	(24)
Pentecost	313	(6)
The Expansion of the Church	319	(6)
The Conversion of Paul	325	(12)
Summary	333	(4)
Paul's Letters to the Churches	337	(28)
Romans	337	(8)
1 and 2 Corinthians	345	(2)
The Prison Epistles	347	(8)
1 and 2 Timothy	355	(10)
Summary	361	(4)
Hebrews and the General Epistles	365	(19)
Hebrews	365	(7)
James	372	(5)
Other Epistles	377	(7)
Summary	381	(3)
Glory	384
Background of Revelation	384
The Old and New Covenant Connections	388
The Christ of Revelation	390
The Glory of God	392
Summary	396