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 to determine our position today.
+But let us come back to the question, why history might be important
+for me today.
+The New Testament teaches that the story about Jesus is important since
+Jesus lives today. He is there, here and now. You could talk to him. He
+is there by his spirit, the holy spirit.
+The biblical books are not historical in the sense that the things they
+talk about are dead now. They are not dead, they are alive! The experiences
+of the people of the Old Testament are alive, since God is alive and the
+holy spirit is alive.
+It is good to ask why history is important. To me, it became very important
+when I started to understand that the experiences of the people in the past
+are my own experiences. They can help me today, since the situation is the
+same. God is the same. And God still wants to link up with humans.
+The history becomes very interesting when it is the history of someone
+you love. Or when a good friend appears there, acting and talking. This is
+world history to me now. Christ Jesus has been there. His spirit talked
+to the church fathers, to the people of Israel thousands of years ago. And
+he is still talking today, through his spirit. These are far reaching
+claims. They are not my claims, these are the biblical claims. They
+coincide with Christian experience ever since. There is a lot to explore!
 (Roland Potthast)