Welcome to the One Great Story!: Tracing the Biblical Narrative from Genesis to Revelation

by George B. Thompson Jr., Mary Miller Brueggemann (Foreword by), Patrick D. Miller (Foreword by)

Overview

The Bible is not easy to figure out! Churches are filled with adults who are too embarrassed to admit their sketchy knowledge, and jumbled impressions, of biblical material. Even seminary-trained pastors struggle to get a handle on the flow of the Scriptures from beginning to end. No wonder so many people give up on the Bible--and even the church. This book claims that what gives the Bible its overarching integrity and lasting value is a narrative, a storyline. Readers who approach the Bible with narrative in mind will discover from Genesis to Revelation a story that begins at a certain point, establishes a theme; develops, continues, and adapts that theme; and reaches a resolution (of sorts!). Rather than a book-by-book treatment of the Bible, this book identifies and traces a Story that stretches across the corpus of the canon, a Story in which divine promise and human response constantly define each episode. Text boxes, reflection questions, chapter questions, and activities encourage the reader to engage with content at more than one level all along the way. Engaging with the Bible can become exhilarating and gratifying!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781725277328
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	09/02/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	248
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

George B. Thompson Jr. is a Presbyterian Church (USA) pastor who served on a seminary faculty for fourteen years, still teaches pastors and adults in churches, and coaches pastors in congregational transformation. His educational training includes a doctorate in biblical interpretation, and he has published several books for churches and pastors. He and his wife Beverly coauthored the Wipf & Stock title Ready to Lead: Harnessing the Energy in You and around You (2015).

George B. Thompson Jr. is Professor of Leadership and Ministry Practice at The Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, George. Thompson is the editor and co-author of Alligators in the Swamp: Power, Ministry, and Leadership (2005, The Pilgrim Press) and author of Church on the Edge of Somewhere: Ministry, Marginality, and the Future (The Alban Institute, 2007). Some of his other books include:

Futuring Your Church: Finding Your Vision and Making it Work

How to Get Along with Your Church: Creating Cultural Capital for Doing Mininisty

How to Get Along with Your Pastor: Creating Partnership for Doing Ministry

Alligators in the Swamp: Power, Ministry, and Leadership (editor and co-author)

Church on the Edge of Somewhere: Ministry, Marginality, and the Future

Grace for the Journey: Practices and Possibilities for In-Between Times (co-author with Beverly Thompson)
Patrick D. Miller is Professor of Old Testament Theology Emeritus at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is former editor of Theology Today and author of The Ten Commandments (2009) and many other works.