The book's two-fold purpose is to:
1) clear up the confusion that prevents people from taking the Bible seriously, and
2) clearly present God's age-old story and consistent message.

ONE GOD ONE MESSAGE is an IPG selection and is distributed by INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS GROUP (IPG).

    ONE GOD ONE MESSAGE can be viewed as three books in one. Part I confronts the obstacles that prevent most people from ever exploring the Bible. Part II unveils the central message of the best story ever told. Part III goes behind the scenes for a closer look at God’s awesome purposes for people.
    Most travelers will find the first part extremely beneficial in preparing for the journey. Nonetheless, if you already know the Scriptures of the prophets to be trustworthy, or if you are simply anxious to hear God’s story and understand His message without delay, feel free to go directly to Part II. Once you have completed the entire journey, you can return to Part I.
     If you prefer to travel at an unhurried pace, you may choose to spread the book’s 30 chapters over a month-long period, reflecting on one chapter per day.

Excerpt from chapter 7 (end of Part I): 

     In our upcoming journey, while we must pass by most stories contained in the Scriptures, we plan to visit many classic, key stories which reveal “the big picture” of God’s amazing plan for mankind.  A significant part of our travel time will be spent in the first four chapters of the Bible since these opening pages unlock the great truths found elsewhere in God’s Word.
     The importance of the Bible’s first few chapters cannot be overemphasized.
     When we tell or read a story to a child, where do we begin? Do we start in the middle of the story and then jump to the end, reading a line or two? No, we start at the beginning. Yet when it comes to the Scriptures, most readers only skip around. Could it be that God’s story remains a mystery to them because they have neglected the first pages of God’s Book? Is it any wonder most people concur with Ahmed who wrote in his e-mail: “The whole sinners thing makes no sense to me”? (Chapter 1)
    If we are unacquainted with the beginning of God’s story, we will have a hard time appreciating the rest. However, once we understand the first few chapters, the rest will make amazing sense.

A SEED PLOT
    Picture a single grain of wheat. It might not seem to be much, but concealed in that simple-looking seed is the complex code and latent power required to produce a mature plant loaded with grain. The Scripture describes the process:

“The earth yields crops… first the blade, then the head, after that the full grain in the head.” (Mark 4:28)

    God did not design grains, fruits, and vegetables to ripen immediately, nor did He design His story and message to be revealed all at once. Just as God chose to provide food for man’s body by means of plants that grow progressively, so He has chosen to provide spiritual food for man’s soul by means of truth revealed progressively.

“Precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.” (Isaiah 28:10)

    The book of Genesis is like a fertile plot of land in which God has neatly planted His “seeds” of truth. From those truths His message sprouts and matures in the remaining books of Scripture, offering life and refreshment to the world.

AN EMBRYO
    Thanks to modern technology, things once shrouded in mystery can now be seen. For example, today we can view clear images of a developing human embryo. Phenomenal! Within eight weeks, the fertilized egg in the mother’s womb develops into a peanut-sized baby, complete with eyes, ears, nose, mouth, arms, hands, legs, and feet. It even has its own fingerprints. Though not fully formed, it contains all the parts.
     Similarly, today we know that every essential truth revealed by our Creator about Himself and His plan for mankind can be found in embryonic form in the book of Genesis. However, it is in the rest of the completed Scriptures that “the mystery of God” (Revelation 10:7) grows to maturity.
     To this day, God’s personality and purposes remain a mystery to most, but unnecessarily so, since “the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations… now has been revealed.” (Colossians 1:26)
    God invites us to understand His mystery, but we must want to understand it...

LOVE LETTERS
    The tale is told of a soldier who loved a young lady. While his affection for her was deep, how she felt about him was unclear. In due time, the soldier was sent to a distant land. He faithfully wrote letters to the lady, although she never sent any to him.
    Finally, the day came for his return. Upon arrival, his first stop was to visit the one he loved. He found her at home. While she acted pleased to see him, a dusty box in the corner of the room exposed her heart’s true condition.
    It was full of unopened letters—his.

FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH
    The Scriptures are like a series of letters from God to you. In His writings, the Creator-Owner of heaven and earth is introducing Himself to you, expressing His love, and telling you how you can live with Him in the glory and joy of His eternal home.
    Here is part of a “letter” He sent to earth 2,700 years ago:

“Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters;
    And you who have no money, come buy and eat…
Why do you spend money for what is not bread,
    And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen diligently to Me, and eat what is good,
    And let your soul delight itself in abundance.
          Incline your ear, and come to Me.
Hear, and your soul shall live;
    And I will make an everlasting covenant with you…
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
    So are My ways higher than your ways,
         And My thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:1-3,9)

    Love,
    Your Creator

    Have you opened His letters to you?
    Have you read them?
    Have you responded to Him?
        Let the journey begin.