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Timothy Georgeis dean of Beeson Divinity School at Samford University and senior adviser for Christianity Today. This article is adapted from a chapter in This We Believe: The Good News of Jesus Christ for the World (Zondervan).

Christianity Today Editor David Neff noted yesterday how the message of this article should be preached more often. "Not every sermon needs to rehearse this history," he wrote, "but every preacher should keep in mind that each scriptural passage is a part of the whole, a whole that has a narrative shape and that moves toward the End."Don't miss George's " A Theology to Die For" where he writes that theologians are not freelance scholars of religion, but trustees of the deposit of faith.Visit the Beeson Divinity School homepage.Read Timothy George's staff bio at the Beeson site. This We Believe: The Good News of Jesus Christ for the World is available from Amazon.com and other book retailers.Previous Christianity Today articles about faith and the Bible include:The Benefit of the Doubt | The disciple Thomas reveals an important truth about faith. (April 7, 2000) What's Wrong with Spirituality? | The Gospel of Mark's prescription for spiritual sanity. (July 13, 1998) Winding Paths Meet | Healing and faith find a connection. (July 13, 1998) People of the Book | Conversations about faith and fiction. ( October 6, 1997) Faith Without Borders | How the developing world is changing the face of Christianity. (May 17, 1997) Adding Up the Trinity | What is stimulating the renewed interest in what many consider the most enigmatic Christian doctrine? (April 28, 1997)

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October 23 2000, Vol. 44, No. 12