The Most Amazing Story Ever Told

The Most Amazing Story Ever Told

N ever forget, if you ever find yourself in a fairy story, you ought to kiss as many frogs in it as you can, because, as said before, a frog may actually be a crown prince, turned into a frog through the dark magic of beautiful temptress/wicked witch. To be safe, if you understand the fairy story, you’d better be ready to give a frog a smooch, because you may never know what might emerge from that kiss. To be a Christian is to understand that, soon and very soon, a new world is about to dawn. As active players on God’s stage, we live the rhythm of the divine calen- dar. The Bible, our Scriptures, tells the account of the canonical story of the Triune God. It is his story, and my story is a part of his grand tale. He created and he promised rescue. He called his people and he sent his Son. He is calling his people to him, and he will recreate the heavens and earth. In the end, we must see this is God’s story, and we are members of his plot, by faith. Here is the wisdom of the ancient Church. They believed this Story with their hearts, in spite of persecution from without and heresy from within. They guarded the Story recorded in Scripture, and summarized it in their Rules of Faith. They recited it in their Apostles’ and Nicene Creeds, and trained their candidates for baptism and leaders within its truths. This Story shaped their lives,

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