Chapter 11: Grounded in the Earthly Bible
The Kind of Story the Bible Is. Th story of the Bible is all about resurrection and the renewal of all things. Not about heaven. … the Bible’s own description of the destination of the story is never “heaven,” but rather resurrection, the renewal of all things, the time for God to restore everything, the liberation of creation, a new heavens and a new earth, or the life of the age to come. This is the kind of story the Bible is. Historically, we lost this, not by attending closely to the text, but by being distracted and wooed by an altogether different narrative from somewhere else. We over-accommodated a Hellenistic worldview and our own first story was lost somewhere back in a Judean mist.”
Reading the Bible for Life. "The Bible’s goal is to guide us into a stellar performance before the watching eyes of the world.”
Opening Our Eyes To a New Kind of World.
Quotes from Paauw, Glenn R. (2016-04-21). Saving the Bible from Ourselves: Learning to Read and Live the Bible Well (Kindle Locations 2439-2444). InterVarsity Press. Kindle Edition.