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welcome
the Art of life
the Bible’s story is often shaped by the consequences of
humanity’s fall, it becomes a story of hope for us through
God’s healing, redeeming, and reconciling work .
Two-page panoramas artistically illustrate each of these
four major movements in the Bible’s grand story: Garden
of God pictures the wonder of God’s good creation; Wil
derness pictures the dark, chaotic consequences of the
Fall; Pastures reveals dimensions of our hope in God’s
redemption and the community of believers, the church;
River of Life illustrates God’s ultimate work of healing and
restoration, a work that we eagerly await . Take time to reflect on these four revealing panoramas, found on pages
2-3, 766-767, 1240-1241, 1402-1403 . Captions are placed on
the pages where the panoramas appear .
Indexes for People, Plants, Animals, and Panoramas
Indexes are provided at the back to give you quick access
to all the artwork and captions related to people, plants,
animals, and the panoramas . Use the indexes to find the
content most helpful or interesting to you .
Ways to Use This Bible
Begin by paging through the Bible and stopping at illustrations that catch your eye . View the artwork and
read the associated captions . If you want to find feature
content for a particular plant, animal, or person, go to
the indexes at the back to guide you .
you learned anything new about God’s truth? Are
there any aspects of that truth that you can apply
to your lives? Talk about this together .
Spend some time studying the four Art of Life Panoramas
that illustrate for us God’s great story of life . Talk together
about what this story means for you . Do you appropriately appreciate the wonders of God’s creation? Have
you come to grips with the painful consequences of humanity’s fall? Have you begun to experience the beauty
of God’s redeeming work in your life? Do you face life
with an undying hope that God will someday make all
things new? This is the Bible’s story—and it’s also your
story . Talk together about how this story is true for you .
And share what you are seeing with others . Sit down
with your spouse, children, grandchildren, friends, and
neighbors—anyone interested in the wonders of God’s
creation—and reflect together on the amazing art of God .
Read the Scripture passages associated with each
item . Talk about what interests you in each passage .
Look closely at the artwork provided . What details
of a person’s face stand out? Do the features and
expressions catch something of what you see in
the Scripture accounts you have read? What do you
see in the illustrations of the plants and animals?
Remember that we all, in varied ways, express our good
Creator’s work and reflect his image, and that he is in
the process of healing and remaking his broken creation, including us . We as creatures made in God’s image
have been invited to join in God’s work in the world . Take
some time each day to demonstrate your alliance with
the loving God who made us . Take some time each day to
join all God’s creatures in the praise of our good creator .
Read and discuss the captions and the truths they
reveal about the people, plants, or animals . Have
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