Wrapping up our series on the Bible’s story, Dr. Glenn Packiam joins us to explore what it looks like to live the story in real life. Rather than mechanical obedience, the Bible’s unfinished story invites us to faithfully improvise our parts in the drama today. Connect with Glenn on Facebook or Twitter Glenn’s Books:Worship and […]
Jesus is the interpretive key that pulls all of the Bible’s narrative threads together into himself. In order to read the Bible well, we need to read every inch of it – including the First Testament and the non-gospel New Testament books – through the Jesus Lens. Reading Backwards by Richard B. Hays: https://amzn.to/3usreTu Join […]
Now that we have an overview of the Bible’s big 6-Act Story, how can we read individual stories and passages with a proper understanding of their place within the story? Today we take a look at the Ten Commandments and a well-known phrase from the Sermon on the Mount and reframe them in their proper […]
In our previous episode we argued that the Bible is primarily a unified story, but how does that story actually work? Today we do our best to summarize the 6 ‘acts’ of the Bible’s story: Act 1: World’s GenesisAct 2: Humanity’s RebellionAct 3: Israel’s QuestAct 4: King’s AdventAct 5: Community’s CallingAct 6: God’s Homecoming This […]
We’re excited to welcome J.R. Briggs as the newest member of our Board of Advisors! J.R. is the Founder of Kairos Partnerships, an organization dedicated to equipping and partnering with hungry leaders in their health and development. He also serves as an affiliate faculty member at Missio Seminary in Philadelphia and on the Board of Directors for Jerusalem University College. […]
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