Do you want to get to know God better? Who doesn't? Well, not everyone does, but hopefully you do. If you do, where do you turn? You turn to Jesus, for he is the full expression of what God is like. And we get to know Jesus through the Bible.

Let’s say you start reading the Bible and soon come upon some obscure detail or difficult word and you feel confused. Maybe you get bogged down and your reading slows to a crawl and then stops. Perhaps you might turn back to a devotional book, something easier. If this has been your experience, don't worry. It has been the experience of many others just like you.

What you need is the big picture, the overarching story that makes sense of all the pieces. It is helpful to think of the Bible as a play in six acts, like a Shakespeare play. This is what one Biblical scholar suggest and it really helps. Just learn the 6 themes--not every story and detail--but the big picture. These theme are like hooks that you can hang the details of the story on, which can help you keep from getting confused when reading the Bible.

Pastor Monte has prepared an ebook that you can read that will introduce you to the 6 themes that give structure to the whole story of the Bible, and help you see it for what it is, a story. And who doesn't like a good story? Just download the format that works best for you.

• epub format for most devices
• mobi format for Kindle devices
• pdf version to read on your computer or print it out