Missio Dei Unit 1 Quiz

Some of the best stories are ones that communicate something _______ and important to us.

The Jewish teaching story above __________ how important a story can be in communicating truth.

Another factor in the success of storytelling is the hearer. If you as the hearer aren’t ______ —focusing and looking for the next turn of events—the most energetic and dynamic storyteller in the universe may not get your attention.

Given how much we enjoy stories, it should come as no surprise that God chose story as one of the prime means by which He would _______ Himself to us.

There are plenty of people who want to identify the Bible using titles such as God’s Little Instruction Book, God’s Deep Book of Theology, or God’s Big Book of Boring Sermon Material. But the reality is, the Bible is ________. It is truth as story.

That’s right, from Genesis to Revelation, the Bible tells one big story of God’s ________.

But also throughout this story, you see a main character acting with purpose and for specific reasons. That character is _____ Himself

He is both the __________ and the main character of this story.

The story told by the _____ was the story by which people understood the meaning of their lives, and for several centuries, even after the invention of printing in Europe in the mid-fifteenth century, it was the only book most households had

Do people read it in the way they read other books?

• Yes

• No