Personal Note: Covid-19 has departed our family, to no one’s regret. Physical stamina increases daily in us, to our relief. Preaching, calling and blogging have returned to our ministry, with heartfelt thanks to God that we’ve lost nothing of our determination to serve his Christ with all our energy, strength, mind and heart. Now, to Part I of this blog….
The entire Bible revelation covers human history from its beginning in Eden’s garden to:
Uncounted human volumes have discussed those 66 books
The Bible has, in a minimum of words:
For example, God stated the creation of the heavens and earth in Genesis 1-2, containing only 56 verses, the classic comprehensive brevity being Genesis 1:16. After creating billions of stars in millions of galaxies, extending untold numbers of light years in space, God summarized it in five words:
What human author would be so short on words and so long on meaning? Consider also:
Then there’s the spread of Christianity in 30 years from one Israelite city to every major imperial city, including Rome itself:
All of which history God inspired Luke to compile in a single book of 28 fast-moving chapters. Following that splendid tradition of comprehensive brevity, the Holy Spirit inspired Mark to record the essence of Christian discipleship in 3:13-15:
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