1. Gospel-Centered Reading of the Grand Narrative of the Bible Steve McKinion www.stevemckinion.com

2. The Bible is a Book

3. The Bible is Intelligently Designed

4. Joshua 1:8 “This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night...” Psalm 1:2 “And in His law he meditates day and night..”

5. Grand Inclusio Garden To Garden

6. The Bible is Inspired

7. Not spiritualize, but spiritual eyes

8. Comprised of Two Parts Old Testament New Testament

9. Luke 16:31 “But he said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.'”

10. Luke 24:27 “Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.”

11. John 21:31 “but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.”

12. 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 “For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.”

13. The Narrative is the Gospel of Jesus Christ …according to the Prophets … according to the Apostles

14. Gen 1:1 – By means of the Son of God Gen 3:15 – Blessing through the Son of Eve Gen 15 – Blessing through the Son of Abraham 2 Sam 7 – Salvation through the Son of David Ps 2 – Salvation through the Sonof God

15. Faith in the Son who is to come

16. Mat 1:1 –Son of Abraham and David Luke –Show that Jesus is the Son John –Jesus is the Son of God Col 1 – the Son of God

17. Faith in the Son who has come, and is coming again

18. The Bible isn’t just history, it is His Story

19. Because the Bible reveals the Son, the Bible is the self-revelation of God

20. Like the wise man in Joshua 1 and Psalm 1, we meditate on the Scriptures as the written Gospel of Jesus Christ

21. The Grand Narrative is not a story about how to live, but a Story about how to have Life.