We’re often tempted to view the Old Testament as a dull list of “begats.” Instead, these pages come to life as we take a closer look at these very real people, people much like you and me. They overcame obstacles and tasted defeat, laughed and cried, loved and lost. And who watched over them through it all? God the Father, who brought his light into the human darkness, making a way for us to come home to live with him forever. Our problem in the West is that we tend to reduce history to a secular