to the Word of God. We don’t need preachers who just claim to preach from the Word; we need pastors whose sermons are clearly in line with what the Word of God actually teaches. That is especially important when it comes to what is taught about the nature and character of God himself. One of the chief marks of a healthy church is a biblical understanding of God in his character and his ways with us. In this chapter, therefore, we will seek to discover the main lines of the great story of the Bible