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Story Lens

One story, seen from where it happened

Every passage sits somewhere — in a place, in a book, in a moment on the arc from Creation to New Creation. A lens holds all of those together and shows the passage through them.

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Story Lens

Philippi· Macedonia, Greece

Paul's chains did not mean God's mission had stopped. The prison itself became the mission field.

Acts 16:25–34

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Current

  • Acts
  • Witness in Suffering
  • Acts 16:25–34

Past

CreationNew Creation

Paul's Second Missionary Journey — between Creation and New Creation.
  • Abraham stands with one hand on a rough stone altar stacked with wood on a bare hilltop at dawn, looking at a ram caught by its horns in a thicket of dry scrub, with the hills of Judea in shadow behind.

    Jehovah-Jireh

    And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

    Mount MoriahGenesisThe Patriarchs

  • a scroll sits in the foreground of ancient Jerusalem.

    The Peace of Jerusalem

    Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

    JerusalemPsalmsDavid & Monarchy

A brass compass and pocket watch resting on aged paper

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