Mission Statement

There can be no doubt about it that, as a book, the Bible surpasses all other books that have ever been written. There is no other book on earth of which so many copies have been printed and distributed: more than two thousand million! No other book has been translated into so many languages. No other book has had such a great impact on our history, our culture, and our society.

The Bible deals with the vital questions that arise within the minds of all people who want to know what their life is really about and want to make the most of it. The Bible deals with subjects like: the reason why the earth and life exist, the true meaning of time and of history, the place and meaning of human life in the universe, the nature of positive phenomena like peace, happiness, beauty, and negative occurrences like chaos, suffering, and death.

The Bible teaches that the earth and mankind owe their existence to God. It also demonstrates that God has created the earth and man to achieve certain ends that He wants to achieve. And the Bible teaches that it is certain that God will achieve these ends. The Bible also explains why people die and what they can expect after death. For Christians the Bible is the book in which God himself speaks to them and tells them what they should and should not do.

But the Bible is not an easy book. The stories and the lessons it contains originate from a way of living and a way of thinking which differ widely from ours nowadays. In addition: the number of lessons and stories that is to be found in the Bible is extremely large: there are hundreds of them. And the Bible mentions thousands of names of persons, towns and objects which do not mean much for the average reader and which are not easy to remember. The Bible is an extremely thick book. To read it with understanding people need one hundred hours of reading or more.

It is the intention of this website to give the reader a summary of the Bible that is easy to understand and through which the reader can acquire a thorough insight of what the Bible tells and teaches. With this site, the average reader will be able to achieve this great aim in fewer than ten hours of reading. It gives a summary of the Bible in which the stories are told in their chronological order and the central ideas of the Bible are explained in an understandable way.

This website is meant for Christians who think that they do not know enough of the Bible and feel the need of a brief and understandable summary. It is also meant for non-Christians who want to know what the Bible tells and teaches, but who find one hundred hours or more of painstaking studying of the Scriptures too much of a good thing.

How the website intends to achieve its end

The website tells the Biblical stories and lessons in a way that everybody can understand.
The website is written in such a way that also people with little or no previous knowledge can read it easily.
The website is short. A person who is willing to spend one hour of reading in one night can finish all its pages in two weeks. He would then have a basic knowledge of all Biblical stories and lessons. Anyone who can spare about twelve hours on a Saturday and a Sunday and read this website will acquire a thorough understanding of all the major Biblical stories, persons, and lessons within one weekend! At the end of the weekend, he will have an excellent insight of what the Bible has to say about God, the angels, Jesus Christ, heaven, good and evil, the solution for evil, the things that God has promised to mankind and what God expects people to do for him.
The website tries to deal with the Biblical stories and lessons as objectively as possible and does not discuss them from a Roman Catholic, a Protestant, a fundamentalist, or any other vision. As a matter of fact, this website was written with the thought that various Christian Churches have similar, if not the same, Bible interpretations. Moreover, the author of this website is of the opinion that it is quite possible to make a summary of the Biblical stories and lessons that all Christian churches and denominations agree with.
The website is characterized as profound. It gives a thorough treatment of all the main Biblical stories and lessons. Anyone who has read it is sure to possess a level of Biblical knowledge and insight that is sufficient to take up the Bible itself and find that he or she is able to read any passage in the Holy Book with understanding. Studying the book guarantees a clear vision on all important Biblical notions and truths.

Final Introductory Remarks

The website remains to be a work of a man. It is not perfect. It may contain errors and wrong opinions.
As soon as it becomes clear for the writer that there is a demand for the website he has written, he will have the contents examined by experts in the field of the Bible that belong to various Christian Churches and denominations to find out whether the website is really as objective as he wants it to be and also to find out whether it only presents facts and opinions that all Bible scholars of all kinds of backgrounds agree with.
As soon as the number of daily visitors of this website justifies it, it will be made possible for the readers to comment on what they have read and to discuss things with each other.
The website consists of two parts. The first part (up to and including article 15.5) deals exclusively with the Bible. The second part (starting with article 16.1) aims at giving people an insight into the history of Christianity and the origins and characteristics of the various Christian Churches and denominations.