many years. But the time will come eventually when the family says, That’s all. This house is finished. Nothing more will be added. This pretty much describes how the Bible was put together. It began with people talking about their God, the heroes of their history, and the stories, customs, and beliefs that bound them together as a family of faith. Then, various members of the family decided to write down these things. In the early days of Christianity, if you owned a complete
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