Introduction:Over the course of a month, I want to help you appreciate the Bible more by helping you get a better understanding of the story the Bible tells.As Tim Keller has written, “We usually read the Bible as a series of disconnected stories, each with a “moral” for how we should live our lives. It is not. Rather, it comprises a single story, telling us how the human race got into its present condition, and how God through Jesus Christ has come and will come to put things right.”These Bible readings will help you write your own summary of that single story by taking you to various passages throughout the Scripture that clarify exactly how God is doing that.Helps for Getting the Most from Your Study* Read the passages for each day out loud* Get out a notebook and answer the following questions for each day:

1. What stands out to you the most after having read through these Scriptures?
2. If someone asked you what the passages you read that day were mostly about, what would you say?
3. What do you think was the main point of what you were reading?
4. What did these passages teach you about the character of God? What did they teach you about us as humans? What did they teach you about how God saves people?
5. Write one paragraph that summarizes the part of the gospel story these passages tell.

Day SixPsalm 78:10-11¹⁰ They did not keep God’s covenant and refused to live by his instructions. ¹¹ They forgot what he had done— the great wonders he had shown them,Psalm 78:34-36³⁴ When God began killing them, they finally sought him. They repented and took God seriously. ³⁵ Then they remembered that God was their rock, that God Most High was their redeemer. ³⁶ But all they gave him was lip service; they lied to him with their tongues.Psalm 106:37-38 ³⁷ They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons. ³⁸ They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters. By sacrificing them to the idols of Canaan, they polluted the land with murder.Psalm 106:41⁴¹ He handed them over to pagan nations, and they were ruled by those who hated them.Psalm 78:38³⁸ Yet he was merciful and forgave their sins and did not destroy them all. Many times he held back his anger and did not unleash his fury! Psalm 106:44-45⁴⁴ Even so, he pitied them in their distress and listened to their cries. ⁴⁵ He remembered his covenant with them and relented because of his unfailing love.Judges 2:16-17¹⁶ Then the Lord raised up judges to rescue the Israelites from their attackers. ¹⁷ Yet Israel did not listen to the judges but prostituted themselves by worshiping other gods. How quickly they turned away from the path of their ancestors, who had walked in obedience to the Lord’s commands.