Dale Mason - The 10 Minute Bible Journey: The Big Picture of Scripture in 52 Quick Reads

First printing: July 2017
Eighth printing: May 2022

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ISBN: 978-0-89221-755-7
ISBN: 978-1-61458-613-5 (digital)
Digital edition features hundreds more references and endnotes than the print edition.

Library of Congress Number: 2017909198
Illustrations by Robert Forest & Lucas Silveira
Cover and Interior Design by Diana Bogardus

Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations are from the New King James Version of the Bible.

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What People are Saying

To pen a book that is a concise yet profoundly meaningful summary of the most strategic events in the Bible is an ambitious goal, but one that Dale Mason has met well! Mason has crafted an overview that gives the reader an exciting new perspective and the essential context on events they may have read about many times. The 10 Minute Bible Journey is as well-suited as a personal devotional, as it is for group Bible Study and one-on-one discipleship. I highly recommend this book for men and women of all ages! A great, non-threatening way to jump to the next level in your understanding of Gods Word and the gospel of our Savior, Jesus Christ!

Cathy Allen, COO, Love Worth Finding Ministries

Love it! The writing style is extremely engaging and the presentation of biblical history is phenomenally seamless. The events selected to articulate the panoramic biblical historical perspective are extremely well chosen.

Bryan Osborne, apologetics speaker/chronological teaching specialist

Dale Mason, in The 10 Minute Bible Journey, gives us the proverbial box top to the Bible puzzle. In concise and easily digestible portions, he leads us through the timeline of the Bible and shows the 30,000 foot view that puts everything into perspective. People constantly ask me for a book they can use to lead their family through the Bible in a systematic way...now I have the perfect resource to recommend to them! This is a useful tool for parents, students, church leaders, and anyone doing discipleship ministry. Nothing is more important in this world than knowing God as He has revealed Himself through His Word; and The 10 Minute Bible Journey will help you to accomplish that in an interesting, creative and powerful way.

Israel Wayne, author & conference speaker

The 10 Minute Bible Journey gives readers an easy to understand overview of the story of the world. Ive been waiting for a book like this!

Tim Wildmon, President, American Family Association

Dedication

To my beloved Karen

Your grace-laced affections won my heart. Thank you for your ceaseless encouragement and patience.

To our four children

Youre not kids anymore. Its beautiful to watch as you and your godly spouses show your own children that the Bible is full of realities, not fantasies!

Table of Contents

Foreword

I met Dale and his wife Karen in the early 80s when I visited the USA from Australia to speak in various American churches on the topic of the relevance of the Book of Genesis. Dale was working in a Christian ministry called Films For Christ, which was known for distributing a movie entitled The World That Perished. This evangelistic film dealt with the account of Noahs Flood. We used the movie in Australia to reach thousands of people with the truth of Gods Word and the gospel.

In 1986, my wife and I came to America for six months to work with Films For Christ. During this time, Dale and I spent many months on the road traveling across the USA together. Dale had organized scores of speaking events for me as part of a multi-city book and film tour. I conducted about 100 engagements: speaking in churches, doing interviews at TV and radio stations, and other outreaches. During these six months, we distributed thousands of books that we hauled to each event in a large trailer! After this successful 1986 speaking tour, my wife, our children, and I returned to Australia. But we all came back to the USA in 1987, where I would work for about seven years with the Institute for Creation Research.

Instead of returning to Australia in late 1993, our family, along with two other families, moved to Northern Kentucky to begin the Answers in Genesis ministry and eventually build the Creation Museum. As the ministry began to grow, and in Gods providence, I met up with Dale again. In 2004, AiG had some special needs and I approached Dale about working with us. He agreed, and Dale has been with the ministry ever since and we continue to enjoy a strong friendship.

Several years ago, when Dale reached one of those big decade birthday markers, he shared a concern with me. He had been unable to find a book with a solid overview of the entire Bible that was written at an easy-to-read level that included faith-confirming apologetics. Well, I challenged Dale to write it himself! So, he did! And what a unique publication it is, filling a niche that had been missing for a long time.

I encourage dads, moms, grandparents, and teens to use this book as a special devotional. Its certainly different to any other devotional out there. It will give you an overview of the whole Bible and equip you with answers to help defend your faith.

You will love the way Dale has made the major accounts in the Bible flow from one event to the next. Its nearly seamless and in a way that the whole Bible makes so much more sense. With Dales book, it is now so much easier to see how Jesus is prophesied in Genesis chapter 3 and is active behind the scenes throughout the entire Old Testament. It makes the New Testament come to life in a powerful way.