(This page provides links to many of the resources used in developing The Whole Bible Story workshop for the 2018 Christian Storytelling Conference. Link to the workshop Handout and Slides.)

The Bible is an epic mega-story or sacred story book which includes many smaller stories. God-inspired stories comprise 50-75% of the Bible.

Why do we need a Whole Bible Story?
– To provide context for better understanding the smaller stories of the Bible
– To better understand Jesus as the Messiah/King who fulfills the Story of the Bible/Israel
– To more clearly see God’s persistent, enduring love for people throughout the entire story

How have people presented The Whole Bible Story?
– Bible in 30 Minutes (BibleTelling, John Walsh)
– Bible in 10 Minutes (Chuck Broughton)
– Bible in 30 Days (Unlocking the Bible, Colin S. Smith)
– Narrative (BibleTelling, John Walsh)
– The Gospel in Chairs (various ministries, Origami chair-folding instructions)
– The Bible in a Box (Jackson Wu)
– The Bible in Covenants
– The Bible as a Progression (Sandra L. Richter)
– Jesus as a True and Better… (Sermon video, Tim Keller)
– “He Is” song (Aaron Jeoffrey & Jeff Sivey)
– The Story of the Bible (the Bible Project)
– An Overview of It All (Mickie O’Donnell)

REFERENCES

Online

Books

  • Craig Bartholomew and Michael Goheen, The Drama of Scripture: Finding Our Place in the Biblical Story
  • Darrell L. Bock, Recovering the Real Lost Gospel: Reclaiming the Gospel as Good News
  • Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart, How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth
  • Sean Gladding, The Story of God, the Story of Us
  • Richard B. Hays, Reading Backwards: Figural Christology and the Fourfold Gospel Witness
  • Trent Hunter and Stephen Wellum, Christ from Beginning to End: How the Full Story of Scripture Reveals theFull Glory of Christ
  • Dr. William H Marty, The Whole Bible Story: Everything That Happens in the Bible in Plain English
  • Scot McKnight, The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited
  • Scot McKnight, Kingdom Conspiracy: Returning to the Radical Mission of the Local Church
  • Scot McKnight, The Blue Parakeet (2nd Edition): Rethinking How You Read the Bible
  • Sandra L. Richter, The Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry into the Old Testament
  • Vaughan Roberts, God’s Big Picture: Tracing the storyline of the Bible
  • James Bryan Smith, The Magnificent Story: Uncovering a Gospel of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth
  • Tom Steffen, Wordview-based Storying: The Integration of Symbol, Story, and Ritual in the Orality Movement
  • John and Kim Walton, The Bible Story Handbook: A Resource for Teaching 175 Stories from the Bible
  • Jackson Wu, One Gospel for All Nations: A Practical Approach to Biblical Contextualization

Other

  • A Clothesline Theology for the World: How a Value-Driven Grand Narrative of Scripture Can Frame the Gospel, Tom Steffen
  • Saving the Locals from Our Theologies, Tom Steffen
  • The Sweeping Story of Scripture Taught Through Time, Tom Steffen and J.O. Terry
  • Story in Life, Ministry, and Academics, Tom Steffen