This book looks to be a most suitable help for all wanting to understand the flow of God's salvation history. Sharon James (Social Policy Analyst, The Christian Institute) Along the way we can follow Gods redemptive plan in Christ, from Eden right through to the spread of the early church.
BIBLE TIMELINE SERIES
This book provides a wonderful series of timelines, maps and other visuals to help us place those events in their historical and geographical context. Our Triune God reveals Himself through His mighty deeds in history. Beeke (President, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan) This lovely and well-organized book will be a great help for people young and old to fit together the pieces of the history of Gods saving works so that they can see more clearly what God has accomplished in his Son. The rewards will outlive you! - Conrad Mbewe (Pastor of Kabwata Baptist Church and first Chancellor of the African Christian University, Lusaka, Zambia) You cannot go wrong when you invest in this kind of spiritual instruction for your children. No doubt, this is a book you will go to again and again in answering your childrens many questions about Gods saving message.
Trueman (Professor of Biblical and Religious Studies, Grove City College, Pennsylvania) Jonathan Master (President, Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, South Carolina)Ĭlearly written, with helpful commentary on key people, events, context, and theological significance, and beautifully illustrated, this book will be a great resource for parents and Sunday school teachers as they seek to engage children with the biblical story. Linda Finlayson has a great gift for this kind of explanation, and her work, supplemented with delightful color illustrations and charts, makes this an ideal gift for young students of scripture or for those who have the privilege of guiding children in their exploration of Gods Word. David Hogg (Senior Pastor, Christ Baptist Church, Raleigh, North Carolina) The church is once again in Lindas debt. This resource is a wonderful tool that has the potential to guide many through Gods Word in a way that will help them see the whole picture of Gods revelation. Ligon Duncan (Chancellor and CEO, Reformed Theological Seminary) This book helps me with that, and I think it will help you too. I like to have an organizational picture in my head when Im introducing people to the riches of Scripture. It also includes a pullout poster of the whole timeline, and the main heroes and villains mentioned in the Bible. Written and designed by the same people who created the popular Gods Timeline, this companion book will help young and old readers alike to understand the chronology of the Bible. Seeing these things laid out in such a clear format helps to identify the threads of redemptive history that are woven throughout the Bible. Throughout the book there are icons drawing the readers attention to: The timelines are interspersed with descriptions of notable people, maps and illustrations depicting key locations and occasions, as well as explanations of why certain incidents are so important.
These timelines also draw together events from different books of the Bible, clearly showing, for example, when in Israel and Judahs history the prophets were speaking, and what else was happening at the time. The eighteen illustrated timelines place Bible events sidebyside with other historical events, helping readers to understand how biblical history fits with other historical accounts. This absorbing book is split into 6 colourcoded sections: Find out about how the God of all time spoke to his people and still speaks today through his Word. With colour illustrations, pictures, and pullout timelines, this history book brings the whole Bible to life!įrom Genesis to Revelation, from the beginning of time to the early church, from the first promise of a Saviour to the promise that one day that Saviour will return this book spans all of time.