At Crossroads, we have been doing Chronological Bible Storying and we have completed “The Evangelism Track” and “The Church Planting Track.”
What Is Chronological Bible Storying?
The Bible is not only made up of many different stories, the Bible IS A STORY. It is God’s Great Salvation Story. The best way to share a story is to start at the beginning and tell it through to the end. Jesus used this approach on the very day of his resurrection. He met two of his disciples on the road to Emmaus, a village about ten kilometers from Jerusalem. As he joined them on their way they did not recognize him. The two were full of sorrow and confusion over the death of Jesus. Now, here is the newly resurrected Jesus walking along with them. He wants to show them who he actually is. It might have been expected that he would perform some amazing sign to show them that he had risen from the dead. But instead he begins to tell them God’s Great Salvation Story, starting at the very beginning with Genesis and taking them through to the end with the words of the prophets. Then he showed them how he stood at center stage in this great drama. (Luke 24:27)
If those we want to share Christ’s salvation with don’t catch the big picture they will be left with many gaps in their understanding of what Jesus has accomplished for us through his death, burial and resurrection. There are key stories they must hear from the Books of Genesis to Revelation in order to catch the full impact of what Jesus has done for us.
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