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I'm in the middle of planning a big family trip to Yellowstone National Park. It's daunting! The place is beautiful, I know, but it's big and it's hard to know where to start. It's the same with the Bible. That's why a guide like Charlotte Coyle is so helpful. In Living in The Story, she gives us a guided tour of this amazing library, helping us see its beauty, history, and mystery too. --Brian D. McLaren, author of Faith after Doubt: Why Your Beliefs Stopped Working and What to Do about It We rarely hold books in our hands anymore, let alone in our hearts. Living in The Story is a way to grasp the scope and breadth of the Bible in a new and profound way. --Edd Eason, Assistant Vice President of Housing, CitySquare, Dallas With helpful commentary on weekly readings from across the Old and New Testaments, Charlotte Coyle invites us to fresh and faithful encounters with the God who is still speaking. These chapters will open the hearts and minds of both experienced and beginning readers of Scripture. --D. Newell Williams, President and Professor of Church History, Brite Divinity School If you've ever wanted to explore the Bible more deeply and consistently, you will find that Living in The Story is written just for you. Charlotte Coyle provides a map for reading the Bible through in a year. . . . Her inclusive approach to texts enables the reader to track how important ideas develop through time, and her incisive weekly commentary provides thoughtful reflection about how the Bible speaks, and how God's activity continues, for us today. This book is well worth your time, even if you decide to turn one year into two or three! --Mark G. Toulouse, author of God in Public: Four Ways American Christianity and Public Life Relate In Living in The Story, Charlotte Coyle's fresh approach to biblical revelations and teachings ties together stories and lessons from one end of the Bible to the other. As a rookie theologian participating in some of her classes, I have appreciated her explanation of the themes that prevail throughout Scripture and the recognition of the very human characters who lived the story back then. By using readings from the Old Testament, Psalms, Gospels, and New Testament in each chapter of her book, Coyle clarifies what 'reading backwards' meant for the New Testament writers and for us. This book offers much to new biblical explorers and seasoned theologians. --Mary Walker Clark, author of Landing in My Present: A Father, a Daughter, and the Singular Himalayan Journey that Reunited Them Living in The Story is the prayerful work of a Christian pastor. Beginning with faith that the one God whom Israel and the church confess has truly spoken in and through the Bible and will truly speak again, she has written a guidebook to this strange new world of the Bible. This guidebook knocks, seeks, and asks the immense questions implicit and explicit in the Bible from its first to last words: Who is God? and Who are we? The glimmerings of answers to these questions appear only when we begin to hear the Bible as a whole, a story told over centuries by many voices, a grand cosmic story that draws each of our little stories into the Story. This guidebook is a lover's poem from a pastor's heart. --Jerry Coyle, Attorney-at-Law, Theologian at Heart, Proud Husband Living in The Story adopts a highly creative, integrated methodology for engaging Bible study across the entire landscape of Scripture. For the beginner set out to come to grips with the formidable assignment of at last reading the intimidating book so long avoided, to the more experienced student of the text and its sometimes seemingly contradictory worldviews, Living in The Story provides a refreshing, practical approach to growth in biblical study and understanding. Perfect for private, quiet times. Motivational for group settings. Written by an insightful pastor and theologian with a proven record of highly effective congregational mini...

"""I'm in the middle of planning a big family trip to Yellowstone National Park. It's daunting! The place is beautiful, I know, but it's big and it's hard to know where to start. It's the same with the Bible. That's why a guide like Charlotte Coyle is so helpful. In Living in The Story, she gives us a guided tour of this amazing library, helping us see its beauty, history, and mystery too."" --Brian D. McLaren, author of Faith after Doubt: Why Your Beliefs Stopped Working and What to Do about It ""We rarely hold books in our hands anymore, let alone in our hearts. Living in The Story is a way to grasp the scope and breadth of the Bible in a new and profound way."" --Edd Eason, Assistant Vice President of Housing, CitySquare, Dallas ""With helpful commentary on weekly readings from across the Old and New Testaments, Charlotte Coyle invites us to fresh and faithful encounters with the God who is still speaking. These chapters will open the hearts and minds of both experienced and beginning readers of Scripture."" --D. Newell Williams, President and Professor of Church History, Brite Divinity School ""If you've ever wanted to explore the Bible more deeply and consistently, you will find that Living in The Story is written just for you. Charlotte Coyle provides a map for reading the Bible through in a year. . . . Her inclusive approach to texts enables the reader to track how important ideas develop through time, and her incisive weekly commentary provides thoughtful reflection about how the Bible speaks, and how God's activity continues, for us today. This book is well worth your time, even if you decide to turn one year into two or three!"" --Mark G. Toulouse, author of God in Public: Four Ways American Christianity and Public Life Relate ""In Living in The Story, Charlotte Coyle's fresh approach to biblical revelations and teachings ties together stories and lessons from one end of the Bible to the other. As a rookie theologian participating in some of her classes, I have appreciated her explanation of the themes that prevail throughout Scripture and the recognition of the very human characters who lived the story back then. By using readings from the Old Testament, Psalms, Gospels, and New Testament in each chapter of her book, Coyle clarifies what 'reading backwards' meant for the New Testament writers and for us. This book offers much to new biblical explorers and seasoned theologians."" --Mary Walker Clark, author of Landing in My Present: A Father, a Daughter, and the Singular Himalayan Journey that Reunited Them ""Living in The Story is the prayerful work of a Christian pastor. Beginning with faith that the one God whom Israel and the church confess has truly spoken in and through the Bible and will truly speak again, she has written a guidebook to this strange new world of the Bible. This guidebook knocks, seeks, and asks the immense questions implicit and explicit in the Bible from its first to last words: Who is God? and Who are we? The glimmerings of answers to these questions appear only when we begin to hear the Bible as a whole, a story told over centuries by many voices, a grand cosmic story that draws each of our little stories into the Story. This guidebook is a lover's poem from a pastor's heart."" --Jerry Coyle, Attorney-at-Law, Theologian at Heart, Proud Husband ""Living in The Story adopts a highly creative, integrated methodology for engaging Bible study across the entire landscape of Scripture. For the beginner set out to come to grips with the formidable assignment of at last reading the intimidating book so long avoided, to the more experienced student of the text and its sometimes seemingly contradictory worldviews, Living in The Story provides a refreshing, practical approach to growth in biblical study and understanding. Perfect for private, quiet times. Motivational for group settings. Written by an insightful pastor and theologian with a proven record of highly effective congregational ministry, this volume is a must-have addition to any serious collection of Bible-study materials."" --Larry James, CEO emeritus, CitySquare"

I'm in the middle of planning a big family trip to Yellowstone National Park. It's daunting! The place is beautiful, I know, but it's big and it's hard to know where to start. It's the same with the Bible. That's why a guide like Charlotte Coyle is so helpful. In Living in The Story, she gives us a guided tour of this amazing library, helping us see its beauty, history, and mystery too. --Brian D. McLaren, author of Faith after Doubt: Why Your Beliefs Stopped Working and What to Do about It We rarely hold books in our hands anymore, let alone in our hearts. Living in The Story is a way to grasp the scope and breadth of the Bible in a new and profound way. --Edd Eason, Assistant Vice President of Housing, CitySquare, Dallas With helpful commentary on weekly readings from across the Old and New Testaments, Charlotte Coyle invites us to fresh and faithful encounters with the God who is still speaking. These chapters will open the hearts and minds of both experienced and beginning readers of Scripture. --D. Newell Williams, President and Professor of Church History, Brite Divinity School If you've ever wanted to explore the Bible more deeply and consistently, you will find that Living in The Story is written just for you. Charlotte Coyle provides a map for reading the Bible through in a year. . . . Her inclusive approach to texts enables the reader to track how important ideas develop through time, and her incisive weekly commentary provides thoughtful reflection about how the Bible speaks, and how God's activity continues, for us today. This book is well worth your time, even if you decide to turn one year into two or three! --Mark G. Toulouse, author of God in Public: Four Ways American Christianity and Public Life Relate In Living in The Story, Charlotte Coyle's fresh approach to biblical revelations and teachings ties together stories and lessons from one end of the Bible to the other. As a rookie theologian participating in some of her classes, I have appreciated her explanation of the themes that prevail throughout Scripture and the recognition of the very human characters who lived the story back then. By using readings from the Old Testament, Psalms, Gospels, and New Testament in each chapter of her book, Coyle clarifies what 'reading backwards' meant for the New Testament writers and for us. This book offers much to new biblical explorers and seasoned theologians. --Mary Walker Clark, author of Landing in My Present: A Father, a Daughter, and the Singular Himalayan Journey that Reunited Them Living in The Story is the prayerful work of a Christian pastor. Beginning with faith that the one God whom Israel and the church confess has truly spoken in and through the Bible and will truly speak again, she has written a guidebook to this strange new world of the Bible. This guidebook knocks, seeks, and asks the immense questions implicit and explicit in the Bible from its first to last words: Who is God? and Who are we? The glimmerings of answers to these questions appear only when we begin to hear the Bible as a whole, a story told over centuries by many voices, a grand cosmic story that draws each of our little stories into the Story. This guidebook is a lover's poem from a pastor's heart. --Jerry Coyle, Attorney-at-Law, Theologian at Heart, Proud Husband Living in The Story adopts a highly creative, integrated methodology for engaging Bible study across the entire landscape of Scripture. For the beginner set out to come to grips with the formidable assignment of at last reading the intimidating book so long avoided, to the more experienced student of the text and its sometimes seemingly contradictory worldviews, Living in The Story provides a refreshing, practical approach to growth in biblical study and understanding. Perfect for private, quiet times. Motivational for group settings. Written by an insightful pastor and theologian with a proven record of highly effective congregational ministry, this volume is a must-have addition to any serious collection of Bible-study materials. --Larry James, CEO emeritus, CitySquare

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Charlotte Vaughan Coyle is a retired minister, teacher, and pastoral counselor, ordained within the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). She offers more insights about how to read the Bible at her LivingInTheStory.com website and Facebook page. She also blogs about intersections of faith, politics, and culture at her website: CharlotteVaughanCoyle.com. Rev. Coyle lives in Paris, Texas.

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