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Squares:
1.) God has a plan to fix what broke when Adam and Eve committed the first sin, by disobeying
Gods instructions.
2.) Jesus sacrificed himself, by living a sinless life and then dying on the cross. This is how God is
going to accomplish his plan.
3.) The four gospels in the New Testament all describe Jesus’ life, his ministry and his death, but
from all different perspectives.
4.) We are all sinners, and fall short of the glory of God; as it says in Romans chapter 3 verse 23. The
textbook even says “God credits us with Christ’s righteous life. In this great exchange, we inherit
his righteousness, and he takes on our sin” (Hulshof & Cartwright, p.7).
Triangles:
1.) God’s forgiveness is earned based on Christ having kept his promise to God. While God’s love is
unconditional and he loves every one of us, we all need his forgiveness. I have been taught my
whole life that in order to have forgiveness all we have to do is ask. However, I never really
thought about it through the fact of this forgiveness comes through Jesus keeping a promise to
God himself.
2.) In the Everyday Bible Study, it says that we have to look at the Word as a piece of literature with
each book within being a different genre. I never really thought of it that wat, but it does help
to think of it this way when reading, to be able to comprehend the Bible better
3.) I always thought of the Bible, while being God’s word, as the story of his people, and tried to
use it to guide myself. However, the text says “When we do this, we replace the centrality of
God in his own story with our own motives, desires, or plans. We have moved ourselves to the
central character slot and have moved God to the supporting cast member role.” (Hulshof &
Cartwright, p. 4). This helped me to shift my view of the Bible to one of this being Gods story.
Circles:
1.) I am questioning how we look at the Bible as a whole, categorically. I am still a bit uncertain as
to how to group the books into certain eras of time, and genres. (Though the textbook does
help with that).
2.) I am confused a little because the text says that the Bible “reveals his roadmap for reclaiming
what was lost in the garden of Eden” (Hulshof & Cartwright, p.30); and that we are not to use
it as principles for life. However, there is the statement that the Bible is filled with principles
for life. So, which one is true, or is it a little bit of both?
Hearts:
1.) I think what hit me the most, and is staying with me is the two commands that the New
Testament keeps restating over and over again. These commands are love God, and love your
neighbor (Hulshof & Cartwright, p.25). Throughout the New Testament, Christ is continuously
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telling us to love and respect not only Him, but all those around us too. I think a lot of the
problems today could have been avoided had everyone followed these commands.
