I have been reading an inspiring book aimed at helping Sunday School teachers plug the good news of Jesus Christ into every class and Bible Study they lead.  These paragraphs are from Chapter 5 of Show Them Jesus, by Jack Klumpenhower:

                The Bible is one epic story about God saving his people.  We can’t rightly understand any part of it unless we understand that context.  This epic story centers on the person and work of Jesus.  If we cut individual stories off from the Bible’s central story arc about Jesus, we miss the main thing the Bible wants to say – and fashion Bible stories that aren’t biblical.

                The Bible is the word of God because it’s about the WOrd, Jesus.  We’re sons of God because we’re in the Son, also Jesus.  We must never bypass Jesus when applying the Bible to our lives.  To do so fits neither the Bible nor us.

                When Jesus explained to this disciples how all the Bible is about him, he said, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem” (Luke 24:46-47).  Not only is the whole Bible about Jesus, but Jesus says it’s more specifically all about the good news – his death and resurrection, and repentance and forgiveness of sin.  All Bible paths lead there.