A story is: “an account of characters and events in a plot moving over time and space through conflict toward resolution.” The Bible obviously has characters and events, which takes place over time and space. It moves through conflict to resolution. To me, the bigger question is whether there is a plot. A plot to …
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God of the Story
IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH This is how the Bible starts. The term “in the beginning” (b'ereshith) has a subtle mystery associated with it. The beginning of what? Here are a few possibilities. The Beginning of God. This appeals to a pantheistic understanding of God, but appears to be Biblically …