The story in which we find ourselves

"Faith in Jesus should be the means through which a Christian seeks to understand all of life and the whole of history. This is not just because the scriptural story is comprehensive, or because it happens to be the story that we have inherited, or because it is the story that works for us. We must take the Christian story seriously in this way because it is true and tells us truthfully the story of the whole of history, beginning with creation and ending with the new creation....There are numerous ways in which to encounter the Christan story. Church liturgy reminds us constantly of the story that should shape our lives. Hymns and choruses celebrate it. The creeds rehearse it as we confess our faith in God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Sermons explain its importance to our lives from week to week. But the authoritative source for the Christian story is the Bible itself." - Craig Bartholomew & Michael Goheen, The Drama of Scripture: Finding Our Place in the Biblical Story