Wisest Man in the World
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 Noah’s Flood. We used the movie in Australia to reach thousands of people with the truth of God’s 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 God’s 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. It’s 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. It’s nearly seamless and in a way that the whole Bible makes so much more sense. With Dale’s 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.
This book is also like no other because Dale has used his knowledge of apologetics that he has picked up at AiG, our Creation Museum, and the Ark Encounter. He has integrated that faith-confirming teaching into a survey that covers nearly all the most important events and heroes and heroines of the Scriptures. And with the illustrations and the one-of-a-kind timeline at the back, this book is one of the very best ways that adults and teens can get a great overview of the whole Bible quickly.
At our ministry of Answers in Genesis, we have a Sunday school program called the Answers Bible Curriculum. I see Dale’s book as a tremendous complement to ABC as it gives teachers and parents a fast yet thorough summary of what they will be teaching over 3-4 years of the ABC curriculum. In as little as one weekend, or over 52 days of daily devotional times, an adult or teen will understand the big cornerstone events of the Bible. Along the way, they will get to know fun and little-known facts about many of the most-referenced characters of the Bible.
Enjoy and be blessed by this wonderful book.
—Ken Ham
President/CEO
Answers in Genesis
Introduction
The 10 Minute Bible Journey is intended to be a fast-paced, apologetics-infused summary of the Bible. It reveals the amazing essentials of Christianity and tells why Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven. As I’ve told “seekers” and “believers” alike, getting to spend eternity with Jesus in the glories of heaven rather than separated from Him in the punishment of hell is not based on how good we are, what church we attend, or whether we’ve been baptized. Though important, those things do not determine our salvation. They are not the bottom line.
Friend, what we do with Jesus Christ is the bottom line when it comes to where we will spend eternity when our mortal life is through. Jesus said so Himself in various ways, but probably most emphatically when He told His disciples, “I am the way the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father [goes to Heaven] except through me” (John 14:6).
Where are you with Jesus? God spoke through the Apostle Paul when he said that no one is good enough to deserve heaven (Romans 3:23). So, why should Jesus allow you or me to spend eternity with Him? Have you prayed and asked Him to forgive you for your sins? Have you received Jesus as your Savior? Do you truly believe the book of His life? He said that those who are His followers