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The Old Testament in Seven Sentences: A Small Introduction to a Vast Topic (Introductions in Seven Sentences) is unavailable, but you can change that!

Some people find the Old Testament to be confusing, out of date, and essentially replaced by the New Testament. They are missing out. The Old Testament offers us a grand narrative that reveals God’s work, God’s purposes, and God’s wisdom. Christopher J. H. Wright fits the pieces together and shows us the coherent whole. Using seven key sentences drawn straight from the Old Testament, he connects...

and significant things take place as the drama moves forward. We can picture the whole Bible as a drama with seven acts.1 • Act 1: Creation. The whole drama begins when the one living and eternal God chooses to create what we call the universe—heaven and earth. He creates it “good,” and he creates human beings in God’s own image, to rule and serve his good creation. • Act 2: Rebellion. Humans choose to distrust God’s goodness, disbelieve God’s word, and disobey God’s instructions. As a result, sin
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