Finding Your Place in the Drama of Scripture

Can a diverse collection of stories add up to one unified story? According to this book, the answer is Yes in the case of the Bible. And that Grand Narrative is a drama in six acts that readers can actually participate in. How? By finding their place in the biblical story.

The first act in the drama of Scripture is creation. According to narrative theology, the creation stories convey theological truths about our Creator’s nature and creative purposes. Knowing how God formed us as creatures in his image is crucial for understanding how he wants to transform us.

But how should we act in God’s drama? One approach recommends theatrical improvisation as a model for Christian discipleship: instead of offering a strict ethical script, the Bible serves as a training school for building the habits needed to live faithfully and righteously in an unscripted world. ⁱ

i.   Someone (wish I could remember who) said that if our broken stories are to find healing at all, it will only be as they are absorbed into a greater story.