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GPS: God's Plan for Salvation
If followers of Jesus don’t have a grasp of the Bible as a whole, what it’s telling and where it’s pointing, then trying to live as a Christian isn’t much better than being lost on a mystery journey caught in heavy fog without a light or compass.
GPS: God's Plan for Salvation aims to give readers direction in finding their way around in the Bible, highlighting what shapes and holds it together. More importantly, it’s to help Christians live in line with God’s great purposes, in a way that truly honours him.
GPS: God's Plan for Salvation aims to give readers direction in finding their way around in the Bible, highlighting what shapes and holds it together. More importantly, it’s to help Christians live in line with God’s great purposes, in a way that truly honours him.
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262 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 2013
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About the author
Allan Chapple
9 books2 followersAllan Chapple has pastored churches in Australia and the UK, ministered to students in universities, and taught theology at seminaries in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Perth, Australia. With a passion for the Bible, Allan has written "A Gospel Pageant: A Reader's Guide to the Book of Revelation", "Preaching: A Guidebook for Beginners", "GPS: God's Plan for Salvation" and "True Devotion: In Search of Authentic Spirituality". He's been married to Allison since 1974, and they have three adult children and two grandchildren.
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June 16, 2014
Two reviews from our CALEB reviewers:
Four and a half stars
(1)
I have not seen a Bible study like this before. Chapple has set out to make an overview of the whole Bible, showing God’s plan for Salvation, and he does it very well. He writes as if he is speaking to as he explains how the Bible is a guide book, an overview, a flight over the Bible (like an aerial photo) or perhaps an X Ray of the skeleton of the Bible. He demonstrates how the Bible is a story about a people and a land and it sketches from Abraham to Jesus. It’s about covenants and the story builds up and leads us to Christ. Always, always leading us to Christ. It would be a good idea to take this book slowly because there is a lot to study and take in. Chapple’s writing is easy to read and Chapple explains and repeats his point in different ways to help us understand. There are diagrams and maps; questions to answer that will help us to fix the knowledge we have learnt in our minds. It would be good either for group study or individual study. LS
(2)
Reading Allan Chapple’s GPS – God’s Plan for Salvation is a bit like talking a walk through the Bible from creation until today. I think I am reasonably Biblically literate but yet there were a number of times when reading GPS that I thought “Wow! Fancy that! I haven’t noticed that before!”
GPS should appeal to both new Christians wanting to begin well with a clear and concise understanding of Scripture as well as the more mature Christian wanting to strengthen, deepen and enrich his appreciation of Biblical truths. The many diagrams that form part of understanding while helpful for the older Christian (who knows where to find things) may take a little getting used to for the beginner. My advice: Keep reading! I would also caution about being put off by the book’s cover – I was but I learned that the contents are valuable. DS
Four and a half stars
(1)
I have not seen a Bible study like this before. Chapple has set out to make an overview of the whole Bible, showing God’s plan for Salvation, and he does it very well. He writes as if he is speaking to as he explains how the Bible is a guide book, an overview, a flight over the Bible (like an aerial photo) or perhaps an X Ray of the skeleton of the Bible. He demonstrates how the Bible is a story about a people and a land and it sketches from Abraham to Jesus. It’s about covenants and the story builds up and leads us to Christ. Always, always leading us to Christ. It would be a good idea to take this book slowly because there is a lot to study and take in. Chapple’s writing is easy to read and Chapple explains and repeats his point in different ways to help us understand. There are diagrams and maps; questions to answer that will help us to fix the knowledge we have learnt in our minds. It would be good either for group study or individual study. LS
(2)
Reading Allan Chapple’s GPS – God’s Plan for Salvation is a bit like talking a walk through the Bible from creation until today. I think I am reasonably Biblically literate but yet there were a number of times when reading GPS that I thought “Wow! Fancy that! I haven’t noticed that before!”
GPS should appeal to both new Christians wanting to begin well with a clear and concise understanding of Scripture as well as the more mature Christian wanting to strengthen, deepen and enrich his appreciation of Biblical truths. The many diagrams that form part of understanding while helpful for the older Christian (who knows where to find things) may take a little getting used to for the beginner. My advice: Keep reading! I would also caution about being put off by the book’s cover – I was but I learned that the contents are valuable. DS
November 17, 2015
Four and a half stars.
An unusual, practical and hands-on approach to Bible Study. I'm not a kinaesthetic learner but I appreciated the value of carrying out the physical activity of holding different sections of the Bible in the left or right hand. Neither am I a visual learner but likewise I appreciated the value of the plethora of diagrams illustrating this book. I'm a reading learner and there was a lot for me here as well!
I loved the approach of using a multiplicity of learning styles to explore the overarching patterns of Scripture and the deep links between the various parts. I was a little disappointed in the section about covenant to see it basically described as a treaty or contract. I did not feel that the essential aspect of covenant which differentiates it from a treaty or contract was brought out: spiritual oneness. Overall, despite a few other points of disagreement, I found this to be a refreshingly different approach to a Bible overview.
Highly recommended.
An unusual, practical and hands-on approach to Bible Study. I'm not a kinaesthetic learner but I appreciated the value of carrying out the physical activity of holding different sections of the Bible in the left or right hand. Neither am I a visual learner but likewise I appreciated the value of the plethora of diagrams illustrating this book. I'm a reading learner and there was a lot for me here as well!
I loved the approach of using a multiplicity of learning styles to explore the overarching patterns of Scripture and the deep links between the various parts. I was a little disappointed in the section about covenant to see it basically described as a treaty or contract. I did not feel that the essential aspect of covenant which differentiates it from a treaty or contract was brought out: spiritual oneness. Overall, despite a few other points of disagreement, I found this to be a refreshingly different approach to a Bible overview.
Highly recommended.
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