“Contrary to popular belief, though, the Bible is not simply a collection of principles, platitudes, or abstract life lessons. It is a single, unfolding drama, a story of epic proportions that’s more thrilling than your favorite fairy tale— because it’s true.
That’s God’s word.
If we ever hope to properly handle the stories in the Bible, we must first grasp the story of the Bible. And that story-one that traverses its way from Genesis to Revelation-though recorded for you, is not ultimately about you.
The central focus is higher, and the central figure is better. Given the Bible’s breathtaking diversity, the plotlines essential coherence is astonishing:
- sixty-six books of various genres
- over forty authors from various backgrounds and occupations
- over fifteen centuries
- ten civilizations
- three continents
- three languages
- one unified story of redemption
Remarkably, the Bible has one ultimate plan, one ultimate plot, one ultimate champion, one ultimate hero. And from the beginning we can see His silhouette.”
–Matt Smethurst, Tim Keller on the Christian Life: The Transforming Power of the Gospel (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2025), 10.
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