The Story to help everyone gain a better understanding of the big picture of the Bible and to better understand God’s redemptive plan for us today. As we journey together through The Story we will take note of both the temporal events and characters (Lower Story), as well as the eternal purpose of God: to restore and build a relationship with His creation.
a) reminding us of God’s eternal, long-range plan and,
b) putting our experiences into a divine context formed by a perfect Creator.
For example, without the "Upper Story", a lost job could be seen as an event without hope. But put into the context of the larger chronicle of our lives, and God’s perfect design, that lost job can be seen in a very different light, perhaps as an opportunity for God to reveal something better.
So, by putting all we read into the larger picture, we can make modern-day application from the Bible that takes into account the grand, mysterious ways of God, and guards us from misapplications that can result from an isolated "what this verse says to me" approach. In other words, the Upper Story creates the context for the Lower Story.
At our church we want to use The Story to help everyone gain a better understanding of the big picture of the Bible and to better understand God’s redemptive plan for us today. As we journey together through The Story we will take note of both the temporal events and characters (Lower Story), as well as the eternal purpose of God: to restore and build a relationship with His creation.
“The Story “is an understandable presentation of the greatest story ever told. You will be encouraged to purchase a copy of the book The Story, and read it on your own time. Then on Sunday or Thursday, you will come and hear a teaching sermon on the chapter assigned for that week. Then if you have more questions you will have the opportunity to be in a small group discussion on the chapter.
