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I like this revision of my summary.

My summary is designed as a preaching and teaching tool that will help the listeners remember the whole Bible's message, which has to include humans' rebellious history that is rescued through Jesus' life, death, and resurrection.

Your summary is true, but mine is more memorable to make it a good teaching tool.

Your summary is certainly true, but mine is more memorable as a teaching tool.

Interesting! If you narrow the Old Testament to Christ, who is certainly an important part of its theme, you leave out humans' sinful rebellion instigated by Satan and much of Israel's rebellious history. The history was all written by the prophets with the purpose to call Israel back to...

Thank you! My post is the product of 27 years as a pastor and 16 years as an author. It also emphasizes our relationships with God as humans and believers during his history.

You are right, but the Bible's history includes God's creation, human rebellion, and their rescue through Jesus. The first two events need to be part of any summary.

Yes, it's true that the Bible says that Jesus saves; I completely agree. But it also says that the Father, Jesus, and Spirit as the one God created the universe and humans (launched), had to deal with human rebellion throughout human history (Lost), and rescued us (Loved) so that we can lead...

Yes, praise the Lord! Your quote is included under "Launched," I guess.

Amen!

Yes, I like that idea. So, it would be launched, lost, loved, landed, and loving in five steps depicting God's relationship with believers?

No, I agreed with his comment partly, but my four "l-words" point out the human part of the Bible's history and teachings as well as God's revelation of himself, since we need to deal with the part that sin had to do in human relationships with God.

Yes, you're right that the Ten Commandments and all the rest of the laws brought death under the old covenant when followed to obtain salvation. However, what was Jesus' view of the commandments? He said that murder was equal as a sin with anger and adultery, with lust. He seemed to take them...

You're correct, and your comment comes under the "Loved" and "Loving" headings, the latter one that he enables us to love him and others.

You're right about God's revelation of himself, but the Bible is also about showing the human condition and their rebellious relationship with God,

I agree with the content of your description as being more ways to describe my four points.

It seems to me that my summary has the advantage of emphasizing God's relationships with humanity and believers and being more memorable by starting with all "ls."

Yes, but how can we possibly obey his commandments perfectly, as he requires to go to heaven, without Jesus' death and resurrection?

I completely agree, but the history of human failure to worship and serve God magnifies what Jesus did for us.

I don't think that your summary takes into consideration enough the human fall into sin.