On a shelf in my study is a book entitled The Bible Made Easy written by Mark Water. It is a small pamphlet with the sub-title “An easy-to-understand pocket reference guide.” There are certainly quite a few helpful bits of information presented, and I was interested as I picked it up and surveyed some of the topics. In fact, I read through the entire book in about thirty minutes. It is true to say that it reminded me of things I had learned previously as well as presenting a few things that I had either forgotten or never learned. But when I finished, while I had some facts to toss around, the connections between the Old Testament and the New Testament, and the connections between God and humanity, were not the prominent theme or even overtly stated. It was, as I said, a book full of facts.