“Everyday Bible Study”Cartwright states,“ The Bible is God’sstory about his plan to rescue, redeem, and restore what was lost in the fall of humanity.”(Cartwright, 2016,Ch. 1).I would begin to explain to my friend that the Scripture in the Bible was not meant toshow us the way to know how to avoid making mistakes , or even to look for certain clues as towhat we might avoid doing to prevent misfortunes in our lives. Rather, the Scripture of the Bibleis meant to provide us with a clear explanation as to what path God had to take in order to bringus to redemption from the broken covenant in the Garden of Eden.As stated in Jer 17:9, “ Ourheart is more deceitful than anything else, and incurable --who can understand it” this would helpmy friend understand that the Bible through the stories in the Old and New Testament gives us a