God & Story
Posted by Paul | Filed under uncategorised
A few random thoughts meshed together over the last few days:
The first came from the famous realisation by Pascal that
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, and not the God of the philosophers…or the men of science
Having been thinking about narratives, I wonder if we can say that the difference is story — the God of the Bible is a God with a story, who interacts with history.
Then I read this in ‘Story and Biblical Theology‘ by Craig Bartholomew and Michael Goheen:
The primary difference between [the two main worldviews in western culture] is the location of reliable truth. The biblical story locates truth in the story of God’s deeds and words in history, centred in Jesus Christ, while the classical humanist story finds truth in timeless ideas that can be accessed by human thought.
Finally, I jotted this down in a coffee shop last week. Not sure if I 100% agree with myself, but here goes (how’s that for having your cake & eating it 
:
We always worship based on story, based on what God has done. This may be our own story and normally is for modern people. Alternatively, it is the larger story of what God is doing in the world.Probably in the end it is both — we worship based on our own story embedded in the larger story. This stops egotism — focussing on what God has done just for me — and results in a larger canvas and richer worship.
Certainly, it is true for me that getting the bigger picture of new creation, etc. expands the way I worship considerably…
A random walk over culture, art, christianity, etc. with occasional photographs...