Gene Tatsch
26th June 2008, 03:15 PM (15:15)
This a “different” perspective on the Gospel – yet I find it Biblically consistent and it resolves puzzles in ways that I can’t reason out (regardless of which “-ology” I try). And it seems suitable for believers and non-believers … and at $2 from their website, it seems useful.
Comments???
Prologue: “I wonder what sort of tale we’ve fallen into?”
Life is a story – its how we understand things. Like we’ve arrived at the movie 45 minutes after it started. A story we diminish in our logical, scientific culture; hence we can’t really understand life any other way. A story – The Story - much larger than our horizons. And the structure of all stories we ever tell – believers, or not. Because we can’t help telling His Story again, sometimes more twisted, sometimes less.
Act One: Eternal Love
“In the beginning…” – where all things start. And far earlier than creation and humankind. With the Creator intensely relational and good. And we, bearing His (Their??) image, are naturally driven to intensely relational life.
Act Two: The Entrance of Evil
There’s always the villain, in The Story, and in all of ours.
Act Three: The Battle for the Heart
“Act Three begins in darkness”, like the hush in the darkness before the first notes of a concert …" – this is the Act in which we live. With a Romance beyond this creation. Not only does He enable us to return His love, but He enables us to reject Him. So the incredibly planned Rescue comes into view. And we’re still moving through Act Three, yet to experience all that is in the script.
Act Four: The Kingdom Restored
“They lived happily ever after” … is in our stories, and in our hearts. And there is an ending that we desperately want to be happy. But here’s the catch – we choose the ending.
Epilogue: The Road Before Us
1. Things are not what they seem
2. We are at war
3. We have a crucial role to play
Comments???
Prologue: “I wonder what sort of tale we’ve fallen into?”
Life is a story – its how we understand things. Like we’ve arrived at the movie 45 minutes after it started. A story we diminish in our logical, scientific culture; hence we can’t really understand life any other way. A story – The Story - much larger than our horizons. And the structure of all stories we ever tell – believers, or not. Because we can’t help telling His Story again, sometimes more twisted, sometimes less.
Act One: Eternal Love
“In the beginning…” – where all things start. And far earlier than creation and humankind. With the Creator intensely relational and good. And we, bearing His (Their??) image, are naturally driven to intensely relational life.
Act Two: The Entrance of Evil
There’s always the villain, in The Story, and in all of ours.
Act Three: The Battle for the Heart
“Act Three begins in darkness”, like the hush in the darkness before the first notes of a concert …" – this is the Act in which we live. With a Romance beyond this creation. Not only does He enable us to return His love, but He enables us to reject Him. So the incredibly planned Rescue comes into view. And we’re still moving through Act Three, yet to experience all that is in the script.
Act Four: The Kingdom Restored
“They lived happily ever after” … is in our stories, and in our hearts. And there is an ending that we desperately want to be happy. But here’s the catch – we choose the ending.
Epilogue: The Road Before Us
1. Things are not what they seem
2. We are at war
3. We have a crucial role to play