We are in the midst of a story revival. Hallelujah. Finally. But not all stories are created equal.
Story without telos is spectacle.
Story without sozo is just sound and fury.
The stories that matter are the ones that participate in The Greatest Story — narratives with a salvific spine and healing arms. #TheGreatestStory
"You are looking for Jesus? . . . He is not here . . . He is going ahead of you . . There you will see him." (Mk16:7). Want to see Jesus. Look ahead. Jesus is ahead of us, pulling us from the future, calling us to join him there in "go-ing."
The church can’t convince the world of the truth of Christ and the story of Jesus until it is itself convinced of the truth of Christ and knows itself the Jesus story.