66 Love Letters: A Conversation with God That Invites You into His Story
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Spoken in a conversational first person, as if God is speaking directly to us, Dr. Crabb looks at each individual book in scripture and boils it down to a one- or two-sentence message to us from that particular book.
Contents Acknowledgments....................XIIIPrologue: Finding Your Place in God's Story....................XIVHow this Book Can Speak to You....................XXIIIPart One: A Fall, a Promise, and the Story Begins....................1Love Letter One: Genesis I Have a Plan: You Are Invited to My Party....................2Love Letter Two: Exodus You Must Know Me to Trust Me....................7Love Letter Three: Leviticus Holiness Comes Before Happiness: Holiness Is Happiness....................10Love Letter Four: Numbers Making You Holy Is Hard Work for Both of Us....................14Love Letter Five: Deuteronomy You Fail Me, but I Never Fail You....................18Part Two: History Gives Away the Plot....................23Love Letter Six: Joshua Learn to Hate Sin More Than Suffering....................24Love Letter Seven: Judges Sin Is in You, Lodged Deep....................28Love Letter Eight: Ruth I Have the Cure....................33Love Letter Nine: 1 Samuel The Cure Will Hurt....................37Love Letter Ten: 2 Samuel The Cure Will Make You Great....................42Love Letter Eleven: 1 Kings Do Not Make Solomon's Mistake: Success Is Not Greatness....................47Love Letter Twelve: 2 Kings Failure Is an Opportunity, Not a Defeat....................52Love Letter Thirteen: 1 Chronicles Emptiness Now, Fullness Later; That Is a Promise....................57Love Letter Fourteen: 2 Chronicles Real Trust Develops in the Dark....................63Love Letter Fifteen: Ezra I Am Here: I Will Make You Holyand Whole....................68Love Letter Sixteen: Nehemiah Remember, Small Obedience Is a Great Work....................73Love Letter Seventeen: Esther No One, No One, Can Thwart My Plan....................77Part Three: Living in Mystery with Wisdom and Hope....................83Love Letter Eighteen: Job To Rest in Hope, You Must Writhe in Pain....................85Love Letter Nineteen: Psalms Ask Your Hardest Questions and Sing Your Loudest Praise....................89Love Letter Twenty: Proverbs You Must Fear Me to Follow Me....................94Love Letter Twenty-One: Ecclesiastes The Way Up Is the Way Down....................99Love Letter Twenty-Two: Song of Songs I Will Teach You How to Dance....................103Part Four: A Word to the Foolish....................109Love Letter Twenty-Three: Isaiah Prepare to Be Slapped, Then Hugged....................115Love Letter Twenty-Four: Jeremiah There Is Water in the Well....................120Love Letter Twenty-Five: Lamentations Painful Thirst Creates Joyful Hope....................125Love Letter Twenty-Six: Ezekiel Face Your Evil, Then See My Glory....................130Love Letter Twenty-Seven: Daniel Your Life Is Off Course; My Plan Is Not....................135Love Letter Twenty-Eight: Hosea Love Is Deeper Than Hate....................140Love Letter Twenty-Nine: Joel Wake Up to Desire, Lose Hope in Yourself, and Pray Right for Life....................144Love Letter Thirty: Amos Real Worship Produces Real Change....................148Love Letter Thirty-One: Obadiah Celebrate! I Will Defeat Evil....................153Love Letter Thirty-Two: Jonah Yield to My Plan; I Will Not Yield to Yours....................157Love Letter Thirty-Three: Micah You Are Guilty! You Are Pardoned!....................161Love Letter Thirty-Four: Nahum Your Relationships Will Work; I Will See to It....................165Love Letter Thirty-Five: Habakkuk When Nothing Works, Wait! My Plan Is Good....................169Love Letter Thirty-Six: Zephaniah Do Not Settle for Cosmetic Change; That Is Not My Plan....................173Love Letter Thirty-Seven: Haggai I Have the Power; You Will Be Holy....................177Love Letter Thirty-Eight: Zechariah Believe What You Cannot See....................182Love Letter Thirty-Nine: Malachi Soon You Will See: The Light of the World Is Coming....................!187 Part Five: The Hero Takes Center Stage....................193Love Letter Forty: Matthew Jesus Takes Over....................200Love Letter Forty-One: Mark Jesus Will Take You Back Then Forward....................211Love Letter Forty-Two: Luke Let Jesus Lead the Way....................217Love Letter Forty-Three: John Heaven's Reality Has Moved into Yours....................223Part Six: Clumsy People Take Dance Lessons....................229Love Letter Forty-Four: Acts Tell the People the Full Message of this New Life....................230Love Letter Forty-Five: Romans Think Hard and, at the Same Time, Let Your Imagination Soar....................236Love Letter Forty-Six: 1 Corinthians I Never Give Up on My People; My Plan Will Succeed....................243Love Letter Forty-Seven: 2 Corinthians You Will Be Immersed in Tears yet Filled with Deep Joy....................248Love Letter Forty-Eight: Galatians Do Not Misunderstand Freedom; Your Fruitfulness Depends on It....................!254 Love Letter Forty-Nine: Ephesians The Power to Descend Will Lift You Up....................261Love Letter Fifty: Philippians Give Me Everything, and You Will Lose Nothing....................266Love Letter Fifty-One: Colossians Do Not Expect Today What I Have Promised for Tomorrow: Live in Hope!....................272Love Letter Fifty-Two: 1 Thessalonians Turn! Serve! Wait!....................277Love Letter Fifty-Three: 2 Thessalonians Let Then Interpret Now....................283Love Letter Fifty-Four: 1 Timothy Guard the Truth; It Is Your Lifeline to Real Church....................289Love Letter Fifty-Five: 2 Timothy A Soon-to-Die Saint Looks Back at Life-and Ahead to Life!....................295Love Letter Fifty-Six: Titus How You Relate Makes My Story Attractive-or Not....................301Love Letter Fifty-Seven: Philemon Real Life Changes Every Relationship....................307Love Letter Fifty-Eight: Hebrews Believe! Wait! Love! Do Not Quit on My Son!....................312Love Letter Fifty-Nine: James Save Your Soul by Living Well....................320Love Letter Sixty: 1 Peter Soon! In a Little While. Soon!....................326Love Letter Sixty-One: 2 Peter I Know How to Rescue My Children from Their Worst Problem....................333Love Letter Sixty-Two: 1 John I Want You to Know the Real Truth About Who You Are....................339Love Letter Sixty-Three: 2 John Watch Out! The Deepest Truth Is the Most Easily Missed....................345Love Letter Sixty-Four: 3 John Release Love Before You Judge Sin in Another....................352Love Letter Sixty-Five: Jude Keep Yourself in My Love as You Wait for My Party....................357Part Seven: The Promise Is Kept: Happiness Forever....................365Love Letter Sixty-Six: Revelation Reign with the Lamb Now, and You Will Sing When the Lion Roars!....................371Epilogue: The Story Everyone Needs to Hear (in Sixty-Six Paragraphs)....................380Sources Cited....................395About the Author....................399
