The Bible's Big Picture

Understanding God's Story and Your Role in it.

Over 5 sessions and 2 days, Pastor Emeritus Mark Willey led us from a 30,000 foot view of the Bible, zooming all the way in to how the Bible is personal, relevant and life-changing for each person. Below are a list of some of the questions and ideas that this seminar will cover. You can also watch this video of Pastor Mark introducing the seminar's theme.

  1. Summarize what the Bible is about in 15 words or less.
  2. What are the 6 acts of God's story that summarize the whole Bible?
  3. Who are the 4 cast members of God's story and what relationship do they have to one another?
  4. Why is it important to see the Bible as a story that you are a cast member in rather than a religious book that tells you about God?
  5. The goal with our Bibles is not ultimately to read the Bible, but that the Bible _____ _____.
  6. How long did the Bible take to write?
  7. What is the choice that the Poetic books present to humankind?
  8. Out of 1189 chapters in the Bible, what 3 chapters represent 2 of the 6 acts of the biblical story?
  9. Why does reading the Old Testament have relevance to my life when they didn't even know who Jesus was?