The Story of God

In recent years, there has been a shift in Evangelicalism away from pure systematic theology, which primarily emphasizes doctrine (God, Man, Christ, Faith), or pure practical theology, which stresses principles for biblical living, and a shift toward covenant/biblical theology, which places an emphasis on the unfolding revelation of God’s redemptive plan in history (Creation, Fall, Redemption, Restoration). The latter style of preaching and biblical interpretation focuses on seeing Scripture as one story, and interpreting everything in light of God’s grand meta-narrative. In our Postmodern context, the story-telling form of preaching seems to be gaining momentum and finding significant cultural traction. There has been a lot of talk lately around “The Story of God”, which is an attempt to contextualize the Gospel from a biblical theological standpoint. Here are some resources related to Story:

The Life-Shaping Power of Story: God’s and Ours – Dan Taylor

The single best way of conceiving of faith and the life of faith is by seeing it as a story in which you are a character.

Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting – Robert McKee

Robert McKee’s Story Seminar

Donald Miller – “Story” (mp3)

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years – Donald Miller

STORY Conference – Chicago – October 2009

STORY is a first-of-its-kind experience for communicators of the Gospel – the greatest story ever told. It will be held on Wednesday, October 28 at the Paramount Theater in Aurora, Illinois. Speakers include Donald Miller, Nancy Beach, Dave Gibbons, Ed Young, Stacy Spencer, Chris Seay and Mike Foster. A day of workshops will follow on October 29 at nearby Orchard Valley Community Church, featuring illustrators, designers, scholars, authors and communications experts.

The Story of God – Soma Communities

The Story of God – Northshore Baptish Church
– Shout out to my boy Jonathan Alexander at NSB, who walked me through his Story of God theology when I was a brand new Christian.