June 2021

Book Launch: The 30-Minute Bible

The 30-Minute Bible: God’s Story for Everyone
by Craig G. Bartholomew and Paige P. Vanosky

“There are many good reasons for reading the Bible, and whatever your reason, the crucial question is how to go about reading it so that you can understand it. For many people, the experience of reading the Bible is like trying to force a big, bolted door open, and the million dollar question is whether there’s any key that can unlock the door and enable ordinary people like us to read and understand it. The really good news of this book is that there is indeed such a key!”

– Introduction, The 30-Minute Bible.

We are excited to announce the release of Craig Bartholomew and Paige Vanosky’s The 30-Minute Bible: God’s Story for Everyone!

This wonderful book is a short and approachable presentation of the Bible for both Christians and non-Christians, and provides a brief, yet rich understanding of its overarching storyline.

Without reducing the wonder, depth and message of Scripture, 30-Minute Bible helps the reader get a sense of the big picture story the Bible is telling through thirty short readings, each designed to take about half an hour.

Perfect for those who know their Bible well and those who have never cracked the cover open, this straightforward and clear book will help all readers understand the full scope of the drama unfolding in the Bible’s pages.

Read and share the introduction right here for free, and then click below to get your copy.

What others are saying...

Paige and Craig have written the book that we always knew we needed but could never find. This is an essential tool for discipling God’s people to take up our role in God’s story!

– Chris Gonzalez, pastor, Missio Dei Tempe, and cofounder of the Surge Network

It is impossible to live well, to be a self, without knowing the story we inhabit. For followers of Jesus, that story comes from the Bible. Whether you are new to the Bible or looking for a fresh engagement with it, The 30-Minute Bible is a version I highly recommend. Use it and you move from simply knowing verses to seeing the Bible bursting with a story–and an invitation for you to make meaning of your life via that story.

– Todd Hunter, Anglican bishop and author of Christianity Beyond Belief

The Bible can be a daunting tome. It’s length, complexity, and journey through thousands of years make comprehending it seem like a daunting task for even the most dedicated of readers. The 30-Minute Bible takes the fear out of even opening to the first page. One of the gifts of reading Scripture is discovering how relational God is. The approachable nature of this book reflects God’s desire to relate to us through God’s Word even today. To be able to spend thirty minutes a day to hear God’s eternal voice in our world is nothing short of a gift.

– Margaret Grun Kibben, chaplain, US House of Representatives

There can be no more urgent task for the church today than to recover the biblical story. Here in thirty accessible, informative, and satisfying bites, Bartholomew and Vanosky clearly set out the key developments in the biblical story from creation to new creation. This book will enable the reader to see how the Bible fits together, to identify the big themes, and to recognize how Jesus fulfils God’s purposes for humankind and for the world. And, crucially, it will also enable readers to find their own place in the unfolding drama of God’s great story. As a pastor, this is the book I have been waiting for! I want to put a copy into the hands of every family under my care.

– William Olhausen, rector of St. Matthias Church, Dublin, Ireland

The 30-Minute Bible has amazingly condensed the long and complex story that is the Bible into this small inviting book, suitable for Christians and non-Christians alike. It provides a clear, cohesive narrative of the journey of God and his people. If you are curious about the Bible, or if you seek answers about life that you have not yet found, then I highly recommend this book.

– Josh McDowell, author of Evidence That Demands a Verdict

The Bible is an extremely complex book, made up of many books written in a variety of literary genres over a long period of time. It is easy to get lost amid this complexity. And so it is part of our missional and theological task today to provide clear maps that tell the story as lucidly as possible to enable God’s people to place different parts of the Bible within its overarching narrative structure. In The 30-Minute Bible Bartholomew and Vanosky provide just such a map. It can help even beginners to not just understand the Bible’s story but be shaped by it instead of the false, idolatrous stories of our culture.

– Michael W. Goheen, professor of missional theology at Covenant Seminary, St. Louis, and director of theological education at the Missional Training Center, Phoenix