Setting the Stage
In the short amount of time that we have been meeting, we have learned some very important things about God and the Bible. In Read More …
Tag: God
The Casting Call
In our last meeting, we learned that in His creation of the Heavens and the Earth, God was actually constructing and setting up the Read More …
A Preview of Act 1, Scene 1
Now that we’ve gone over the basic elements of Stage, Cast, Theme, Plot, and Presentation Method for this production of God’s One Big Story, Read More …
The Curtain Rises on Vignette #1
Well, we’ve made it at last to the opening scene of God’s One Big Story, to the first of nine vignettes that will present Read More …
Between the Vignettes
Having just witnessed Vignette #1 of Acts 1, Scene 1 of God’s One Big Story, and while waiting for the curtain to go up Read More …
The Capstone of God’s Creation
As we wait for the curtains to re-open for Vignette #2 of God’s One Big Story, let’s take a moment to recall where we Read More …
Another Learning Interlude
With Vignette #2 having just ended, and with Vignette #3 of Act 1, Scene 1 of God’s One Big Story not yet ready to begin, Read More …
The Perils of Personal Autonomy
When Vignette #2 of Act 1, Scene 1 of God’s One Big Story ended, here is where we were in the Story: God had Read More …
The Fundamentals of the Fall
In case it has escaped your notice, we seem to be falling into something of a pattern in our presentation of God’s One Big Story. Read More …
The Fruit of the Fall
When we last saw Adam and Eve at the end of Vignette #3 of God’s One Big Story—they had just been evicted from their Read More …
Sowing, Reaping, and the Nature of the Trees
Previously, in Vignette #3, we watched sadly and helplessly as Adam and Eve deliberately chose to disobey God by eating from the forbidden Tree Read More …
The Fruit Doesn’t Fall Far from the Tree
Now that we have learned a little something about the principles of Sowing, Reaping, and the Nature of the Two Trees that were planted Read More …
Vignette #5: Our Lineup to the Flood
Now that we have finally finished with the story of Cain and Abel, the time has come for us to move on to the Read More …
Searching for Truth in the First Book of Begats
Over the years, I have used a number of different translations of the Bible in my studies, but when I first started out, I Read More …
But Noah…
In our recent critique of Vignette #5 of Act 1, Scene 1 of God’s One Big Story, we spent quite a bit of time Read More …
Obedience Doesn’t Come Cheap
Once again, the curtains are about to open on our next Vignette—Vignette #6 of God’s One Big Story. As they do, they reveal a Read More …
The Washing of the World
Uh-oh…the lowering of the theatre’s lights combined with the rising strains of music from the orchestra pit are telling us that our brief analytical Read More …
God Remembers…
In anticipation of our soon-to-begin Vignette #8, let’s take a few minutes to review the situation that poor Noah was in when our last Read More …
Beginning Again…
When our last Vignette ended—Vignette #8 of Act 1, Scene 1 of God’s One Big Story—it did so on a very high note. That’s because Read More …
A New Word, An Old Nature
In our recent critique of Vignette #8 in Act 1, Scene 1 of God’s One Big Story, we talked at length about the many Read More …