1-Bible Story Posts, Preliminaries

Preparing for the One Big Story Bible Study

  • 1-Bible Story Posts, Preliminaries

    Here at Last, at Stage #1…

      Well, we have finally arrived at Stage #1—the place where the Bible:  The Love Story of the Ages will soon begin to unfold before us.  As we depart the Truth Train, let’s be sure to carry with us the Program Guides that we were given on the most recent leg of our journey.  We will find that as we watch the many smaller stories of the Bible being acted out on the Earthly Stage before us, these Guides will help us make sense of the One Big Story taking place simultaneously on the Heavenly Stage above us.  So, please find a good seat and make yourselves as comfortable as…

  • 1-Bible Story Posts, Preliminaries

    All the World’s a Stage–and Life its Cosmic Drama

    Having just gone over the presentation of the Bible as a story, the program guide for that story, and the process by which that story will be presented to us—and, since we are rapidly approaching the first stage of the fourteen upon which our story will be presented—let’s use the few minutes we have before we arrive there to try and solidify in our minds the overall concept behind the production that we are about to witness.  The best way I know to do that is to draw upon what may seem like a rather unusual resource for instruction in Bible study, and that is the works of William Shakespeare. It…

  • Travel Time
    1-Bible Story Posts, Preliminaries

    Making the Most of Our Travel Time

    Now that we have all viewed the video, “The Bible:  The Story Behind the Story,” and we are all back on board the Truth Train, heading toward our first stop in the Land of Revelation Knowledge itself, let’s try to make the most of our travel time by… Going over what we learned from the video about the Presentation of the Bible as a story; Going over the Program Guide for the story—something which we will be using throughout the remainder of our study tour; and, Going over the Process by which this story will be presented to us.   The Presentation of the Bible as a Story As we learned from…

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    Let’s Recap, Rethink, Replace–and Then, Resume

    Well, our somewhat extended stopover at the Welcome Center of the Word will soon be coming to an end.  However, before we get back on board the Truth Train and depart for the next stop on our Rocking and Rolling Tour through the Bible, I think it would be helpful for us to pause for a few minutes so that we can… Recap—or review where we have been and what we have learned so far; Rethink—that is, reconsider some of the traditional approaches to Bible study that we have used in the past; and, Replace—the approaches which tend to confuse us, with ones that will provide us with some measure of…

  • The Work of the Spirit
    1-Bible Story Posts, Preliminaries

    Meeting Our Guide, and Getting Connected to His SPS

    In preparation for the next leg of our journey into the Land of Revelation Knowledge, we have visited the first four of the five information booths located here at the Welcome Center of the Word.  During these visits, we have: Been introduced briefly to the Bible—and learned a little about what it is and what it isn’t; Been made aware of, and hopefully eliminated some of, the baggage that each of us has brought along on this trip; Been shown the boundaries , or the limitations placed upon, the knowledge that will be made available to us in the land up ahead; and, Examined our spiritual vision to be sure…