What if the Bible’s history is really about your transformation?

Many modern readers approach the Bible’s historical books as a record of what happened. But in the world of Scripture, history is doing more than preserving events. The biblical authors tell the story of God’s people with purpose, artistry, and prophetic imagination—inviting readers to reflect, repent, remember, and become different people. These stories are not distant accounts from the past; they are living invitations to wisdom, justice, faithfulness, and transformation.

In History: Learning from the Story of God’s People, readers will discover a wonder-filled approach to books such as Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, and beyond. This 8-week adult Bible study helps individuals and small groups ask better questions of biblical history: Why was this story told this way? What is the author trying to reveal? What assumptions might modern readers be bringing to the passage? What does this Bible story expose about God’s people then—and about us now?

This Old Testament Bible study will help you:

• Engage the Bible’s historical books as purposeful, prophetic storytelling
• Understand how ancient writers used history to inspire transformation, not merely record events
• Notice patterns, tensions, repeated stories, and meaningful details in the Text to aid in understanding the Bible
• Ask better questions about context, authorial intent, and original audience
• Reflect on how the story of Israel forms communities of love, justice, and faithfulness today

History helps readers move beyond simply learning what happened to discovering how the story of God’s people can shape who we are becoming.