The story of the Bible Creation: there's a good Creator who makes the whole universe and the people who live in it Crisis: humans reject God Calling: God reaches out to Abraham (blessed to be a blessing) Communication: the bulk of the Bible is written as Abraham's descendants relate to God Christ: Jesus shows up on the scene to reconcile people to God Cross: Jesus dies to actuate the reconciliation Church: communities of people trying to follow Jesus Consummation: history ends (Brian gave the outline, I paraphrased the : points)