Story / Symbol / Spirit

After repeatedly saying, “Let there be…” prior to creating, before the creation of humans God says, “Let US make…” (Gen. 1:26). Who is the “us?” Is it the Trinity speaking to itself or is there something more going on here? While the Trinity is certainly at work (because God is Trinity), it seems there is more going on. This week, we will highlight something that comes up repeatedly in the story o...

This week, we continue our journey through Genesis 1. On the first three days of creation, God took a chaotic world that was not fit for life, and He brought to it order, beauty, and goodness - He prepared it in love to fill it with life. This week, we take a look at the next three days of creation. God fills his prepared world with life. Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story /...

Let’s begin! This week, we start our trek through the Bible with the creation story. In the first three days of creation,  you will see God take a world that is chaotic and disordered (and therefore without life) and pull order, beauty and goodness out of it. This is God’s hospitable preparation for the life with which He will go on to fill His creation. Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie...

This week we dive into the book of Jonah and go through it from beginning to end. Why does Jonah flee from the call of God? Why is he so mad that the Ninevites repent? Shouldn’t this make him happy? And what does this strange story have to do with Jesus? We explore all of this in this episode of Story / Symbol / Spirit. Hosted by John McCambridge and Jackie Mitchell. --- Story / Symbol / Spirit is...

This week and next we will apply the Story / Symbol / Spirit grid to the book of Jonah. These two episodes will be a teaser to show how this will work as we go through the entire Bible together. Jonah is a prophet within the history of Israel. Who is Jonah? Where does he fit in the story of Israel’s kings and prophets? What does the rest of the Old Testament tell us about Jonah? We explore all of...

The Bible is an ancient book that has been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years. We do not have the original manuscripts of any book of the Bible. So how do we know it is reliable? How do we know this is the book we are supposed to have? How do we know it hasn’t been altered and selected for nefarious reasons? In this episode we talk with Sean Patterson about the reliab...

Before we start to read the Bible, we should first define what kind of book it is. As Christians, we believe that the Bible is the divinely inspired, inerrant, authoritative Word of God that is clear and sufficient to prepare and equip us for the Christian life. What do these words mean? What does it mean to say the Bible is the Word of God? Inspired? Inerrant? Authoritative? Sufficient? In this e...

Why is it so hard to read the Bible? Even if I want to read it, how do I do that? Without an effective framework, reading the Bible will prove to be very difficult. Story / Symbol / Spirit is a great place to start. We believe that through this framework, the Bible begins to make sense! In this episode, we overview what it means to read the Bible through the lens of Story / Symbol / Spirit. Hosted...