Introduction

Part One
An Overview of the Bible
What is the Bible?
How Does the Bible Work?
1: Human History and the Experiences of Salvation
2: The Promise of God and the Kings who Failed
3: The Future Kingdom and the Present Tension
4: The Promise Fulfilled
Putting it All Together
Two 'Worked Examples'
Fulfilment and 'Type'
The Life of the World to Come - Amen!
The Bible and the Life of Tension
Reading the New Testament
Conclusion to Part One

Part Two
Methods of Bible Study
So You've Read the Bible - What Next?
The Underlying Problem
Leaving what Lies Behind
A 'Sophisticated' Approach to the Bible
We Ask the Questions
Beginning, Middle and End
Putting it All Together
Taught, not Caught
Accurate Teaching vs Effective Learning

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'It is rare to find a book that gives an overview of the Bible as the whole Bible, but one of the great advantages of this book is its brevity'

John Richardson is now the Assistant Minister in the United Benefice of Henham, Elsenham and Ugley. He trained at St John's College, Nottingham, England, and at Moore College, Sydney, Australia.