Quotes about Story

Paul transforms a tribal story, of kings, land, and the purity of one group of people, into a global story of God's grace and peace to all nations. As famously confusing as Paul's letters are, if we keep this in mind, a lot of what Paul says will make more sense—such as the following.

The New Testament story is, in other words, one big act of wisdom—a response to God's surprising presence here and now.

Then we have the Gospel of John, the odd man out. John's story of Jesus is so out of step with the others that it is sometimes hard to see how he could be talking about the same person.

He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:

and Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard of this, he pursued David there.

And Elisha went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.

And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables:

Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?

Those who had seen it described what had happened to the demon-possessed man and also to the pigs.

Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.