A God-fearing government official from Ethiopia was on a trip back to his homeland. He had been to Jerusalem to celebrate the feast of Pentecost. While passing by, Philip the Evangelist overheard him reading from the prophecy of Isaiah and asked if the reader understood what the prophet was writing about. He didn't. "Then Philip began with that very passage of scripture and told him the good news about Jesus." (Acts 8:35).

Philip's approach to the study of the Bible provides the pattern for this series of devotional readings. The unfolding drama of God's saving revelation in history is traced from Genesis to Revelation in a series of selected Bible readings followed by interpretive comments. Throughout, the focus is upon Jesus Christ, anticipated in the Old Testament and revealed as Savior in the New Testament with the promise of his return. This is the good news of the Gospel. Read and believe