Wednesday, January 28, 2009

The Bible as a Drama

As I wrote before, the Bible is the Revelation of God’s Glory in the Story God’s loving pursuit of rebels in Jesus Christ. Here is nice summary by Fee and Stuart:

It is no accident the Bible comes by way of narrative… It is not about humankind’s search for God. This is God’s story, the account of his search for us, a story essential told in four chapters: Creation, Fall, Redemption, Restoration. In this story, God is the divine protagonist (the leading character, hero) Satan the antagonist (the adversary of the hero or protagonist), God’s people the agonists (although often too the antagonists), with the redemption and reconciliation as the plot resolution. (Fee and Stuart, How to Read the Bible Book by Book).

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