I recently saw online and in a recent blog post the “Bible in 50 Words” and wanted to try my hand.
If you’d like, please create your own list! I’m sure I would learn something from other versions. Why “50”? The number has some symbolic value related to God’s tabernacle in the wilderness, but it doesn’t rank with “3” (Trinity) or “7” (completeness).
I walked through Scripture in chronological order, hitting the high points, and without repeating a verb, all of which are past tense, except two in the continuing present.
FAILURE ALERT: I ended up with 60 words because I refused to strike some names, yet I still wanted to add Joshua, Caleb, Samuel, Josiah, Gideon, Mary’s husband Joseph, John the Baptist, Apollos, Barnabas, John Mark, Tamar, Rahab, Mary and Martha. I shortened Mary Magdalene to Magdalene and Holy Spirit to Spirit.
Hopefully, apart from the fun of doing the exercise, it should help me evangelize if I can present the Bible in short form.
*Since God obviously and clearly loves women, I starred their names to help them stand out.
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MY LIST:
God created
Adam breathed
*Eve hid
Noah built
Abraham followed
*Sarah laughed
Jacob deceived
Joseph dreamed
Moses led
*Ruth gleaned
Elijah prayed
Nehemiah governed
*Esther believed
David fought
*Bathsheba bathed
Solomon wrote
Isaiah prophesied
Jeremiah wept
Daniel obeyed
Hosea suffered
Amos challenged
*Mary conceived
Peter walked
John loved
Judas betrayed
*Magdalene embraced
Christ saves
Paul changed
James taught
Spirit guides
LoveAndGrace 