Whole Bible Story

The Bible has many stories but it also tells a single, whole story–a mega-story or meta-narrative.

Scripture

• Old Testament passages
• New Testament passages

Major Approaches

1. BibleTelling – John Walsh
   • Overview story of the Bible audio
   • Bible in 30 Minutes video
2. BibleTelling – Rog Schmidgall
   • Whole Story of the Bible video summary slide transcript slides handout
     (5 minutes using 2 circles/ovals,
     with credit to the BibleProject: 7-minute video 30 minute-preso 4 minutes)
   • Learning the Whole Gospel Story video summary slide transcript slides handout
     (with credit to Matthew W. Bates and The Gospel Precisely)
   • Ephesians Storyboard slide (The Church in God’s Plan)
   • BibleProject diagram (inspiration for this approach)
3. Whole Story in Chairs – drawn from various videos, unknown original author
   • Video example
   • Diagram
4. The Story of the World: 7 Panoramic Versions of the Story – Dr. Stan Nussbaum, SYNC (See Yourself iN Christ)
5. 6 False or Incomplete World Mini-Stories (in contrast to the 7 Panoramic Versions of the Story)
6. “C” the Story in 10 Minutes – Chuck Broughton
7. Jesus, True and Better video – Dan Steve’s video, Tim Keller script
8. Bible from a Box diagram – Jackson Wu
   • Explanation
9. The Bible, Jesus, and Christianity in 30 Minutes – Tim Mackie, BibleProject. Also see other relevant videos at their web site:
   • “What is the Bible?”
   • “The Story of the Bible”
   • “Plot/Character/Setting in Biblical Narrative” 
   • “Gospel of the Kingdom”
   • “New Testament Overview”
10. Pyramid diagram – Dr. John Walton, Wheaton, The Bible Story Handbook
11. 2 Marriages presentation – Dr. Randy Smith
12. Circle diagram – Dr. Mark Getz
13. AMPEC Circle Diagram – Betsy’s Whole Bible Story
14. Progression diagram – Sandra I. Richter, The Epic of Eden
15. Covenant diagram – Sandra I. Richter, The Epic of Eden
16. Books and Story table – Books: Dr. William H. Marty, The Whole Bible Story;
    Story: Dr. Mark Yarbrough, Dallas Theological Seminary “The Whole Story of the Bible” course 
17. 3- to 7-Stage timelines – various scholars and authors
18. In God’s Presence timeline – Dr. John Walton
19. Covenants Stack diagram – Christ from Beginning to End and Covenant Chart from internet
20. Map of the Bible Story – from Travel Guide to the Bible, by Tom Castor

Christian Storytelling Conference

2023

Two presentations at the 2023 conference discussed the whole story of the Bible.

• Dr. Mark Getz, “Ah Ha! the Bible is a Story!“
• Dr. Stan Nussbaum and Dr. Mark Getz, “Themes (and Story Sets) of understanding the Whole Bible“

Videos of both presentations. The slide deck for the 2nd presentation is also available at the link.

2018-19

A presentation at the 2018 and 2019 conferences documented many of the ways various Christian scholars have summarized the whole story of the Bible.

Handouts

• Collection (2 pages)
• Selected Subset (2 pages)

Slides

• Whole-Bible-Story-Preso-Slides-only
• Whole Bible Story Preso References Only
• Presentation Slides (Images)

Overview Story Sets

Other Story Sets