Putting Together the Puzzle of the New Testament

by Bill Jones

Intimidated Overwhelmed Totally confused? With hundreds of pages of stories, theology and strange visions, who wouldn't feel this way about the New Testament? How does it all fit together?But imagine that the New Testament was a 1,000 - piece puzzle. It's easier to figure out what you're putting together if you have the picture on the box to go by and the corners and straight edges as guides. The chapters in this book provide the puzzle's box cover, corners and straight-edged pieces, demystifying the whole picture of what you are assembling. Armed with these advantages, when you read or study New Testament passages, you will easily understand how the puzzle fits together.CONTENTSIntroduction: How the New Testament is Put TogetherChapter 1: Christ?'s Private PeriodChapter 2: Christ?'s Public PeriodChapter 3: Christ?'s Trials PeriodChapter 4: Christ?'s Triumphant PeriodChapter 5: The Church?'s Private PeriodChapter 6: The Church?'s Public PeriodChapter 7: The Church?'s Trials PeriodChapter 8: The Church?'s Triumphant PeriodConclusion: Admiring the Puzzle Frame

260 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2009

About the author

Bill Jones serves as the sixth president of Columbia International University (CIU). Known as one of the foremost missionary training centers in the world, CIU educates people from a biblical worldview to impact the nations with the message of Christ. To date, CIU has participated in the preparation of thousands of men and women for ministry with over 17,000 alumni ministering in over 150 countries around the world.

Bill also serves as chair of the International Leadership Team of Crossover Communications International (Crossover), a mission agency in Columbia, South Carolina, which he co-founded in 1987. With sending bases in Australia, Brazil, Moldova, New Zealand, as well as the USA, Crossover actively works in twenty countries to multiply church planters to plant multiplying churches among the unreached people groups of the world.

A passionate communicator, Bill has spoken to thousands of people around the world. He has also authored several books, most recently, Putting Together the Puzzle of the Old Testament and Putting Together the Puzzle of the New Testament.

Bill graduated summa cum laude from Georgia Institute of Technology and holds earned doctorates from both Columbia Biblical seminary and Gordon-Conwell seminary. Married to Debby Jones, speaker and coauthor of Lady in Waiting, they have four grown children.

Reviews

[Fernando Retana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book. Specially when it comes to teach. The author gives us a very simple way to structure the New Testament with a lot of important context information. He really made a puzzle from the New Testament. No doubt I´m going to read the one of the Old Testament which definitely will be more tricky.