Wednesday, September 10, 2008

“Around the bible in 30 seconds”


I think I may be on to a new trend, explaining the whole bible in 30 seconds or less. I’ve done this before at our campus ministry meetings, but the past two nights I asked the students to give it a try. I think they all did great! It was interesting to see how some look at the story of the bible as a whole. Trying to explain all the stories in detail is impossible, but explaining the consistent heart throughout the stories and letters are a different thing. How awesome would it be, if a bunch of students were able to communicate the underlying message of the bible in 30 seconds, using terminology that ANYONE can understand.

Here’s my 30 seconds typed: “God created everything, including us. He loved us so much that He made us in His image, so that He could enjoy relationship with us. Because of our own actions, the relationship between God and mankind was broken. All this happens at the beginning of the bible. From there on out, the rest of the bible is all about God reestablishing the relationship that He intended for us to have in the first place. From Moses to Jesus to the disciples, it’s all unfolding God’s redemptive plan to restore our relationship with Him. That in a nutshell, is the bible.

What do you think? How would you describe the bible in 30 seconds? I’d love to read/hear your rendition. Let’s play “Around the bible in 30 seconds”.

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