And yet even as a collection of more than five dozen books featuring various types of literature, written by forty authors spanning sixteen hundred years, this Book is actually—drumroll!—the telling of one single story. We will see Jesus woven (yes, intended) throughout every single bit of it. And that’s the part some people have missed about the Bible and about him. (I know I had.) He shows up in places we never knew to look. The Bible has the distinct honor of being the only book that is alive. Sounds strange, I know, but it’s true. It is active. It pierces us. -- Angie Smith |