by Steve Green with Bill High
Steve Green is the president of Hobby Lobby. This book was recommended by Al. It’s a short, sweet little book about the Bible. You can tell Steve Green loves the Bible. I think it would appeal to brand new Christians. It’s a chronological recap of the most important stories and truths of the Bible and how everything fits together even though it was written by many different people over a span of 1500 years. God created the world, man chose to rebel and sin entered the world, God chose a people to whom to reveal Himself and bless the world through, God sent Jesus (who is God and fulfilled all the Messianic prophesies throughout the Old Testament) to solve humanities’ sin problem, the New Testament is about Jesus and the early church and Revelations reveals what is to come. He ends the book with the Bible’s claims: There is a God and the Bible is His Word, the Bible is inspired by God, the Bible is alive and judges the heart, the Bible is relevant-a source of instruction, the Bible will last forever. I read the book very quickly.
I really like how he opened the book – with the story of Mephibosheth in 2 Samuel 4:4 and 2 Samuel 9. Who is Mephibosheth and why is his story in the Bible? He’s the grandson of Saul, the son of Jonathan. He is injured and becomes lame when his nurse picks him up and flees in haste. Years later, when David is king, he asks if there are any descendants of Saul. Most kings would have killed any descendants of the prior king, but David rescues Mephibosheth, restores him and invites him to live out his days with David, eating at his table every day. This is what God does for us – we are outcasts, living in fear and hiding, but God comes to us, finds us, invites us to live in His kingdom as His child, restoring us, removing all of our fears, and letting us enjoy Him and His blessings every day forever. Thank you, God Almighty, through our Lord and Savior Jesus!