The Bible God's Storybook By Leland Ryken

In “The Bible: God’s Storybook,” Leland Ryken argues that, more than any other thing, the Bible is a book of stories. First, Ryken states that the Bible has the nature of a story. Good wins and evil is defeated. It is a book about human choice; the choice of whether to be for or against God. In terms of key characters, the stage is set as God being the protagonist, and His corrupted creation serving as the antagonist. It is written in a cohesive format, starting at the beginning of the world, and ending with the apocalypse, effectively covering all of time. Plot, conflict, and morals are all present in the grand storybook known as the Bible. Second, Ryken argues that the Bible is an accurate, realistic account of facts and details. The biblical