In the previous post I called attention to the predominant way in which the Bible has been read, namely as an account of a perfected creation marred by human sinfulness but rescued by God that resulted in salvation/heaven or damnation/hell.
In this post, I wish to suggest another reading, a reading articulated by Brian McLaren in A New Kind of Christianity.
According to McLaren, the biblical narrative is "a story of human foolishness and God's faithfulness, the human turn toward rebellion and God's turn toward reconciliation, the human intention toward evil and God's intention to overcome evil with good. It begins with God creating a good world, continues with human beings creating evil, and concludes with God creating good outcomes that overcome human evil."
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