| dc.description.abstract | The Bible is essentially one grand story focused on Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who lived a
perfect life and gave himself into death for the sins of the world. It is not incidental that as God told
salvation’s story he delicately wove its fabric with the threads of human experience so that fallen
man could identify with his holy maker. It is also no accident that God chose to give narratives
center place in his Spirit-wrought Word; good stories resonate with the intellectual and
emotional faculties of man. Modern scholarship has come to realize this fact in the secular realm
and a great deal has been written championing the merits of narratives in instruction, particularly
by those in the constructivist school of thought. Although some tenets of constructivism must be
rejected by Christians, there is a natural synthesis between narrative teaching and the concept of
active knowledge construction. Thus, it is imperative that a basic Bible instruction curriculum be
created that uses narratives as the basis of instruction, which has the added benefit of
counteracting the effects of biblical illiteracy in America. This thesis project has undertaken to
design such a course that traces the promise of the Savior though the ages, using Bible stories as
the primary tool for instruction, while at the same time creating an inductive organizational
structure that allows learners to gradually grow in their knowledge and understanding of God and
his plan of salvation. | en_US |
