As I began to read the book ‘The Drama of Scripture’, I found it very difficult to follow and for a while I regretted not reading the easier option; but as I continued reading, I began to understand the way the book was written and I got into it quite quickly. The first thing that slightly surprised me about this book was in fact the way the two authors chose to write a summery of the bible as a drama, with six acts. I had not seen or heard of anything similar before, and so I was interested in how it would work out.
At the end of each section, I enjoyed the ‘Reflections for today’ as it helped me to understand further what I had just read. As I have not read the whole bible through before, I really enjoyed following the storyline through from beginning to end. There were many things I read throughout the book I had never realised or known before, or how one section of the bible linked with another section.
the part of the book that I enjoyed the most has got to be the ‘Interlude’. I have known for a long time that there was a four hundred year gap between the end of the Old Testament and the beginning of the New Testament, but I have never been told, or have even wondered what happened within those four hundred years. Reading it through, I now have a knowledge of the link between the old and new testament, and it now makes a lot more sense to me.
After reading this book I would definitely recommend it to people as I found it helped me a lot in finding out how the bible and the laws etc. in it can and do relate to my life today. It has helped show me ways to live that would be pleasing to God and that fit into God’s master plan for creation. Also, reading this book has made me feel more important within the role of creation as I am still a part of it. I am part of the whole story, not a side story that God is doing within my life.
Overall I have thoroughly enjoyed reading ‘The Drama of Scripture’ and I feel I know more of what my role is in life. I have found my place in the bible story, have been able to relate the bible to my own life and I know I am part of Gods big plan for his kingdom to come.
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Danny boy, Great to read your thoughts on the Drama of Scripture, really glad you enjoyed it and got stuff from it. Well done for sticking at it - i thought your comments were really perceptive and personal, like when you said it helped you to work out where you fit - not on the sidelines but in the story. The one thing i thought it lacked was examples of what you had read so i thought i would ask you a few questions to probe a bit more! Here we go:
What was in particular that made sense to you about the inter testimental period?
You said that you found out stuff that you had never known or realised before - what were a few of these things?
Also has your reading of the Bible changed since reading this? How?
Look forward to reading your thoughts.
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