The Bible Jesus Read

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By Philip Yancey on October 15, 2009 ,

The Bible Jesus Read

Without the Old Testament we don't properly understand God.

By Philip Yancey

My brother, who attended a Bible college during a very smart-alecky phase in his life, enjoyed shock­ing groups of believers by sharing his “life verse.” After listening to others quote pious phrases from Proverbs, Romans, or Ephesians, he would stand and with a perfectly straight face recite very rapidly this verse from 1Chronicles 26:18: “At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.”

Other students would screw up their faces and wonder what deep spiritual insight they were missing. Perhaps he was speak­ing another language? . . .

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Philip Yancey

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Philip Yancey, is the author of numerous books including What's So Amazing About Grace?, and The Jesus I Never Knew. His books have sold more than fifteen million copies in English and have been translated into forty languages, making him one of the best-selling contemporary Christian authors. He attended college in South Carolina and went on to earn graduate degrees in Communications and English from Wheaton College Graduate School and the University of Chicago. In 1971 Yancey joined the staff of Campus Life magazine where he served as editor for eight years. For three decades Yancey contributed as an editor-at-large, for Christianity Today, and also wrote articles for several publications including Reader's Digest, The Saturday Evening Post and The Atlantic.

 

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