Discipline Quote by Devdutt Pattanaik

“From ancient times discipleship training has involved learning the biblical narrative and theological language of the Christian community:”

— Sarah Arthur

“The Bible-as-story works. It works in all the ways that story itself works: in offering transcendence, identity, intimacy, timelessness, wonder, and so forth,”

— Sarah Arthur

“They teach us that human beings learn and absorb ideas and concepts through narrative, through stories, not through lessons or theoretical speeches. This is…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“Scripture trains us to listen to and learn from stories of all kinds, inside the sacred text and outside, and to discern patterns and…

— N.T. Wright

“Scripture offers the unique access to the story of redemption and then, in turn, funds tradition, reason and experience, as God's Word is remembered,…

— Clark H. Pinnock

“This book aims to capture, and explore, the outrageousness, inventiveness, and sheer fun that characterize classical mythology. But it is also born of the…

— Helen Morales

“All of our faith and practice arise out of the drama of Scripture, the “big story” that traces the plot of history from creation…

— Michael S. Horton

“Story is one of the most powerful ways we pattern our world and discover its meaningfulness. It goes beyond mere embellishment of a spiritual…

— Sarah Arthur

“The most enduring and galvanizing ideas and values of our civilization are embedded in our stories, from those of Homer, […] and Virgil, […]…

— Blake Mycoskie

“while the gospel offended each culture in somewhat different ways, it also drew people to see Christ and his work in different ways. Greeks…

— Timothy Keller

“Writing the story of their own life allows the author to parse their story into examinable segments while continuing to engage in the act…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“The Bible-as-narrative takes precedence over our attempts to express Christian belief in propositional or abstract terms, which is to say the stories come first.”

— Sarah Arthur