Tag: Biblical Narrative

  • The Ultimate Family History

    I have raised the idea of Scripture as an incomplete music score and an incomplete book or play. I have said that God invites us to participate with him in completing the missing parts. I find these to be useful analogies, but they are inconsistent with the reality of Scripture in a significant way. The…

  • Missing Pages

    One of the funniest episodes of the old TV series MASH was when the characters passed around a mystery novel during a particularly boring lull in the war. Unfortunately, to their dismay, they discovered that the last page was missing from the novel. The last page told who did it. They spend the whole episode…