A Walk Through the Bible

The first thing that I noticed about Lesslie Newbigin’s a walk through the bible is that he does not use any capital letters on the cover of the book. I found this to be very odd and confusing because typically most titles of books are capitalized and would be: A Walk Through the Bible by Lesslie Newbigin. This kind of gave me some insight before even turning the first page. What I can understand from the lack of capitalization is Newbigin’s desire to keep things simple and upraised. What I mean in saying this is that he wants everything to hold the same value. I could be completely wrong in this assumption, but I feel that it definitely has to do with something along those lines. Throughout the reading, it is evident that Newbigin thinks that the bible serves as the story for the history of mankind. Newbigin focuses on the aspect of Judaism heavily which shows how important its influence is on Christianity. As I continued to read, I got the strong sense that Lesslie Newbigin held a strong belief that the lord’s coming was inevitable. On page 42, Newbigin says “And we come to the last three books of the Old Testament, Zechariah, Haggai and Malachi, which hold out the promise that the messenger of the Lord will come and establish his reign”. He then notes how the emperor in Rome acknowledged God and it was through that which Jesus was born into the world. I thought that he held a very strong historical viewpoint, interpreting scripture very directly and using that as a strong influence in his writing.