The Biblical Metanarrative: One God | One Plan | One Story

by Bill Jackson

The Biblical Metanarrative traces the storyline of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. It is the triumphant story of God ruling as king over his realm. He does so for his own glory in an all-out war with Satan and his rival kingdom of evil. The key to God’s ultimate victory is the incarnation of his Son, his life as the perfect human, his atoning death, and his resurrection, as the first fruits of those who will receive new bodies fit for life in the new Creation. Jesus’ followers are currently living out Christ’s commission to them to give every ethnic group the opportunity to repent and receive the holy and empowered life of the Spirit of God. This presentation’s uniqueness is its selection of the stories that drive the narrative forward and the uncovering of the divine logic that connects those stories to make a sweeping whole, showing One God, One Plan, and One Story.

Genres: Nonfiction, Religion

433 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 27, 2013

Reviews

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

required reading for Vineyard Institute course of the same name

[TJ Spencer · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Treatise on the Bible as the Christian’s Narrative

So often Christians get into trouble by treating the Bible as a constitution thinking all things apply to all people at all times. Correctly reading as an unfolding narrative shows the Bible in it’s truest form, a revelation of a loving God seeking redemption for and rulership and relationship with His creation forever!

[Jaqi Eringman]

Chip recommends this.

[Kelvin · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a very good book. An excellent reachable and well written retelling of an old story.
The book is really let down by a lack of referencing source material, graphics that did not fit my screen and a little ambiguity around bible verses.

The last chapter of the book seemed unnecessary, but was interesting. Though it was biblical, it was steeped very rigidly in American culture making it a little difficult for this Kiwi to process.

I read version 2.0 and I suspect that these issues will be solved in the next issue.

Again this book has excellent material, but it only gets a 3/5 because it is let down by how it is presented.