Incarnation Salvation Restoration With its cast of thousands More like a Tolstoy novel than a thousand-page sermon It’s a Story because we are not saved by ideas but by events! Here’s a plot line for you: Death, Burial, and Resurrection Yes, it’s a story—not a plan, not an ology or ism, but a story And it’s an amalgamated patchwork story told in mixed medium Narration, history, genealogy Prophecy, poetry, parable Psalm, song, sermon Dream and vision Memoir and letter So understand the medium, and don’t try so hard to miss the point Try to learn what matters and what doesn’t It’s not where and
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