Final Chapter: Partnership: Participating in the Story with Others

I’m going to skip a few chapters and show you the last one. This is where I make the case for Christian community. Feedback on content is always appreciated. Now that you’ve seen a number of the chapters, I want to give those of you who haven’t commented yet one last chance to chime in […]

Chapter Six: Baptism: The Portal Into the Story

Here is the chapter on baptism. Let me know what you think. Chapter One: Let Me Tell You a Story Chapter Two: The Story from Above Chapter Three: The Story from Below Chapter Four: Jesus–The Center of the Story Chapter Five: Conversion: Becoming a Part of the Story For you were buried with Christ when […]

Chapter Five: Becoming a Part of the Story

Ok gang–I think the next couple of chapters will be where your feedback is the most necessary. Let me know how this chapter about conversion strikes you. Thanks. Chapter One: Let Me Tell You a Story Chapter Two: The Story from Above Chapter Three: The Story from Below Chapter Four: Jesus–The Center of the Story […]

Chapter Four: Jesus: The Center of the Story

Chapter One: Let Me Tell You a Story Chapter Two: The Story from Above Chapter Three: The Story from Below Chapter Four: Jesus–The Center of the Story 19 For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, 20 and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in […]

Chapter Three: The Story From Below

Thanks again for all the helpful feedback on these chapters. Here’s the next one. Chapter One: Let Me Tell You a Story Chapter Two: The Story from Above Chapter Three: The Story from Below In the Ancient Near East–the time and place out of which much of the Bible was written–kings often erected statues of […]

Chapter Two: The Story from Above

Before you look at chapter 2, let me take this opportunity to say that I haven’t dropped any footnotes in this manuscript and I don’t think it would be a good idea to put a bunch of them in the finished product, but I do see including a “for further reading/study” list at the back. […]

Chapter One: Let Me Tell You A Story

Thanks to everyone for their feedback on my question about a project I’ve been working on. Your comments have been encouraging. I’m going start putting some chapters online for more feedback. Here is what I’m thinking: this manuscript is intended to be a resource that can be used broadly by many different kinds of churches […]

A Needed Resource?

Help me out here. I’m doing a bit of market research. I’ve been working on a manuscript for a little book that could serve as a resource for churches that want to give newcomers/seekers something that explains a “bigger” gospel than has usually been presented in such literature. By “bigger” I mean an explanation of […]