Back in what the country preacher called the clean pages of the Bible (where there are few notes in the margin) are historical narratives and accounts that bear the unmistakable marks of inspiration. These are messages you might have missed in Sunday school but are every bit as instructive and inspiring as John 3:16. They speak of the very same Heavenly Father and his eternal plan of grace and love. The apostle Paul reminds us that "all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come" (1 Cor 10:11).