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Book Synopsis60 four-page chapters which express the heart and challenge of this book: a new kind of devotional commentary
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Table of ContentsCONTENTS
About the Straight to the Heart Series 11
Introduction: It All Begins with God 13
PART ONE: PRIMEVAL HISTORY (Creation to c.2100 bc)
Creator God (1:1–31) 19
Cat’s Eyes (1:26–31) 25
God’s Day Off (2:1–3) 29
Two Trees (2:8–17) 33
The Line (2:18–25) 37
The Fall and the Curse (3:1–24) 41
God’s Bloodbath (4:1–16) 47
Sin is Not Your Friend (4:7) 51
What Moses Did and Didn’t Say (5:1) 55
The Family of God (4:17–5:32) 59
The Flood (6:1–7:24) 63
Antediluvian Missionary Secrets (6:1–7:24) 67
First Things First (8:1–9:17) 71
Heroes and Zeroes (9:18–10:32) 75
The Disunited Nations (11:1–9) 79
PART TWO: PATRIARCHAL HISTORY (c.2100 bc to c.1805 bc)
Abraham: God’s Nomad (11:27–12:9) 85
Name-Calling (12:8) 89
Pay Cheque (12:10–14:24) 93
Melchizedek (14:18–24) 97
What Happened with the Maid (15:1–16:16) 101
God’s Past Tense (17:1–27) 105
Eight Thousand Square Miles (17:7–8) 111
While You Are Waiting (18:1–15) 115
Destined to Rule (18:16–33) 119
Judgment Day (18:16–19:29) 123
Lot’s Big Mistake (19:1–37) 127
Achilles’ Heel (20:1–18) 131
Listen Without Prejudice (20:11) 135
Isaac: God’s Promised Heir (21:1–21) 139
The Test (22:1–19) 143
A Field and a Cave (23:1–20) 147
The Greatest Love Story Ever Told (24:1–67) 151
Instant Soup (25:19–34) 157
Warts and All (26:1–35) 161
Jacob: God’s Wrestler (27:1–40) 165
Stairway to Heaven (28:10–22) 169
Flies Love Filth (29:1–30:43) 173
Superstition (30:27–43) 177
The Good Shepherd (30:29–30) 183
How to Backslide in Four Easy Steps (31:1–55) 187
The Curse (31:32) 191
Wrestling with God (32:22–32) 195
Jacob’s New Start (33:1–20 & 35:1–29) 199
Rape and Retribution (34:1–31) 203
God of the Nations (36:1–43) 207
Joseph: God’s Saviour (37:1–11) 211
Boomerang (37:12–36) 215
Accidentally Fruitful (38:1–30) 219
Missionary Lesson One: God’s Walk (39:1–23) 223
Missionary Lesson Two: God’s Perseverance (40:1–23) 227
Missionary Lesson Three: God’s Perspective (41:1–40) 233
Missionary Lesson Four: God’s Vindication (41:37–57) 237
Missionary Lesson Five: God’s Message (42:1–45:28) 241
Better Than Freedom (46:1–34) 245
Disappointment and Regret (47:7–10&28–31) 249
Live Looking Forwards (48:1–49:33) 255
The Moral of the Story (50:15–21) 259
The Mummy (50:22–26) 263
Conclusion: It All Begins with God 267
