What's the big picture of the Bible? How do we put it all together? Some of us get really interested in some of the details of Scripture, but we find it hard to see the big picture. Maybe you love the Scriptures but never knew there was a big picture. Well, there is one, and Covenant Theology helps us to see what it is. The Bible is a story about ruin and redemption. It's a story about how through one man, ruin came to us all--but through Another, redemption would come for us all. Scottish pastor and theologian Thomas Boston put it this way: "As man's ruin was originally owing to the breaking of the covenant of works, so his recovery, from the first to the last step thereof, is owing purely to the fulfilling of the covenant of grace. . ." The Bible is an incredible story about ruin and redemption. Come see how the covenants of Scripture help us to fit it all together.

How is the totality of Scripture to be understood? How is sinful man brought into a relationship with God? In the opening pages of Scripture, we read of God’s covenant with Adam and all he represents (humanity). If Adam obeys the covenant he will live, yet if he disobeys, he and all in him, will die. Upon the fall of Adam in Gen 3 we read of another covenant, an unconditional one, of the serpent bruising the Seed of the Woman’s heel and the Seed of the Woman bruising the serpent’s head (Gen 3:15). We read of grace. This book operates as a primer that outlines the Covenant of Works and the Covenant of Grace from Gen 2-3 to uncover the reality of man’s ruin in the garden and his redemption in Christ.

What's the big picture of the Bible? How do we put it all together? Some of us get really interested in some of the details of Scripture, but we find it hard to see the big picture. Maybe you love the Scriptures but never knew there was a big picture. Well, there is one, and Covenant Theology helps us to see what it is. The Bible is a story about ruin and redemption. It's a story about how through one man, ruin came to us all--but through Another, redemption would come for us all. Scottish pastor and theologian Thomas Boston put it this way: "As man's ruin was originally owing to the breaking of the covenant of works, so his recovery, from the first to the last step thereof, is owing purely to the fulfilling of the covenant of grace. . ." The Bible is an incredible story about ruin and redemption. Come see how the covenants of Scripture help us to fit it all together. NOTE: This is a Participant's Guide that provides outline notes for the Ruin and Redemption curriculum.