Sunday, July 15, 2007

The Jesus Story

From the first century to the twenty-first century, stories have been a God-ordained medium for communicating truth. We would have been wiser to see the whole of Scripture as narrative carrying a single story of divine love, intervention, and redemptive work than as a law book. We would have grasped the gospel more naturally and communicated it more effectively.

More and more, I am reading and writing and telling The Jesus Story without syllogisms. Without argument. Without nuanced theology. Without mental gymnastics. It is dawning on me that a clear, compelling account of the heart, life, and words of Jesus creates a singular passion. People ache to get into the picture with him. - Rubel Shelley

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

nice post. divine love is really such a universal concept=) thought you might like this site about divine love from www.gitananda.org that includes articles about divine lvoe from both Hindu and Christian perspectives...(which turn out to lead to the same conclusion)