that it is this one big cohesive story. And as I started studying that, I think a couple things

happen. The first is that my love of God's word itself was just skyrocketing. I mean,

it was like, oh, this thing holds together from beginning to end. And my trust in the word itself was growing.

But then when you read the story and you see God, the main character of the story,

you see him pursuing relentlessly a wayward, rebellious, really awful people for himself without,

nothing stands in his way that my love of him and my ability to rest in him just grew by

leaps and bounds because I realized, oh, he really will never leave us. He really

will never forsake us. Today on the 413, we are going to see the Bible from the garden

to glory. On this episode, author and Bible teacher Courtney Doctor is going to show you how to read the Bible as the beautiful story that it is.

And you will experience God's astounding love for you while you do it.

You're going to discover how all the parts of the Bible fit together brilliantly as a unified whole, and you are going to be

encouraged to live in hopeful anticipation of the story's epic finale, when heaven and earth

are renewed in glory. Ooh, it's going to be so good. So buckle up, buttercups.

Here we go.

Welcome to the 413 podcast where practical encouragement and biblical wisdom set you up to live the I can life because you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you.

Now, welcome your host, Jennifer Rothschild. Hi, friends. That was Casey Wright, my seeing eye guy. I'm so glad you're back with us. We love you people. You are just

dear to us. So thank you for hanging out. And I got to tell you somebody that's with us today

is dear to me also.

Her name is Courtney Doctor.

So if you've not met her yet, you're going to love her.

By the way, if we are new friends, I should say this.

I'm Jennifer.

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