The Heart of the Story

by Frazee, Randy; Lucado, Max

• ISBN13: 9780310332725
• ISBN10: 0310332729
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-08-16
• Publisher: Zondervan

Summary

Whether you read it as an integral part of The Story Bible church-wide campaign or on your own for personal growth, The Heart of the Bible will help you see God's Word in a new and inspiring light. In the Bible's seemingly disconnected stories you'll discover one grand, unfolding epic---God's story from Genesis onward, and your own story contained within it.To understand the Bible, says author and pastor Randy Frazee, you need bifocal lenses, because two perspectives are involved. The Lower Story, our story, is actually many stories of men and women interacting with God in the daily course of life. The Upper Story is God's story, the tale of his great, overarching purpose that fits all the individual stories together like panels in one unified mural.In 31 chapters, The Heart of the Bible will open your eyes to God's master-plan unfolding in the lives of the Bible's characters---and in your own life. Discover the heart of God's Upper Story, and the joy that comes as you align your story with God's.

Author Biography

Randy Frazee is senior minister at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas. He is the author of The Connecting Church, Making Room for Life, The Christian Life Profile Assessment Tool, and Renovation of the Heart Student Edition. A graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary, Frazee and his wife, Rozanne, have four children.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 9
Preface	p. 11
Introduction: The Art Gallery and the Mural	p. 15
The Old Testament
What's the Big Idea?	p. 25
Birth of a Nation	p. 35
I Dreamed a Dream	p. 41
Deliverance	p. 51
Rules of Engagement	p. 59
Are We There Yet?	p. 67
They Might Be Giants	p. 77
Jars of Clay	p. 85
The Things We Do for Love	p. 91
Royal Obedience	p. 97
Kings and Cowboys	p. 105
A King-Sized Mistake	p. 111
The Frog King	p. 119
A Kingdom Divided	p. 127
God's Messengers	p. 133
The Beginning of the End	p. 141
The Kingdom Falls	p. 149
Signs and Wonders	p. 157
The Long Way Home	p. 165
Queen for a Day	p. 173
If You Build It ...	p. 181
The New Testament
A Scandalous Gift	p. 189
The Beginning All Over Again	p. 195
No Ordinary Man	p. 203
The Son of God	p. 209
The Darkest Hour	p. 217
The Resurrection	p. 223
New Beginnings	p. 229
Super Missionary	p. 235
Paul's Final Days	p. 241
Time's Up	p. 247
Conclusion: Your Part in the Story	p. 253
Notes	p. 257
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