George B. Jr. Thompson

Welcome to the One Great Story! (eBook, ePUB)

Tracing the Biblical Narrative from Genesis to Revelation

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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!

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781725277328
• Artikelnr.: 60151152

Autorenporträt

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)