about the course.
the teaching
Each session includes 45-60minutes of teaching. The teaching walks you through the key events and themes of the Bible. It is all free on this website and on Youtube.
the workbook
100 pages of notes, quotes, verses and diagrams to help you navigate the course
timeline diagram of the whole Bible
pre-reading for each week
space for your own notes
seven tools to help you dig deeper into the Bible.
You can buy the workbook on Amazon, or enter your email address below and we’ll send you a free pdf copy.
six sessions
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one: creation
The story of a man and woman, created to rule with God, to release blessing and life to the whole planet through their creative interdependence with Him. The story of the breakdown of this core relationship, and ensuing deep pain. And the story of one man, called to father a Son of promise, who in turn would lead a people into restoring the world to its intended glory.
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two: exodus
The story of an enslaved nation with deep memories of divine promises. The story of a God who liberates His people, calling them into freedom and vocation, and teaching them how to steward a radically distinct culture of vibrant life in the midst of a wounded world.
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three: land
The story of a place, chosen to be a meeting place of heaven and earth, made holy in order that the life of God Himself could flow to all nations. The story of wounded leaders, filled with God’s Spirit and yet ultimately found wanting. The story of the first kings, igniting the idea in history of a human ruler who shares the heart of God, reigning from a city of peace unto the flourishing of the nations.
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four: exile
The story of a people who rejected their God, and in turn became slaves again in a foreign nation. The story of how this exiled people with ancient promises and a distinct identity learned to live differently in their their host culture. The story of extraordinary promises of a coming King, who would restore the world to its intended glory and bring God’s people to their true Homeland.
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five: Jesus
The story of a peasant rabbi turned revolutionary, who brought to fulfilment the promises of the ages, perfected the intended vocation of humanity, and liberated a captive humanity into a people reconciled to a loving God through His death as a criminal, unleashing His world-transforming project of new creation.
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six: church
The story of a new people of God, from every culture and language, renewed under a heavenly identity, in an extraordinary new community, with a mandate to bring the reign of God to the darkest corners of the earth. And a story of the most dazzling hope, of a coming world order of cosmic wholeness and abundant life, unto eternal ages untold.
“Christian theology is storied theology. It tells the grand narrative about God and God’s relationship with the world, from creation to new creation, with Jesus in the middle.” — Tom Wright
Throughout history, people have understood the world through telling stories. Stories bring framework for understanding reality, exploring what is good (and what is not), who we are, what the purpose of it all is, and where it’s all going. Contemporary society offers a noisy array of competing stories — from the polarised tribalisms of social media to the radical individualism of a world that demands each of us to constantly re-write our own story.
The outcome is a deep dysfunctionality of soul.
We need to rediscover our Original Story.
The Bible gives us this original story. And yet, so many assume the Bible to be nothing more than a book of rules, an interesting historical record, or a scattered collection of wisdom amidst some impenetrable random events. We so often get stuck simply because we have not seen how the whole thing weaves together into an extraordinary whole.
His:Story is a response to this need.
influences
The His:Story course is not a new teaching. Rather, it collates some of the best scholarship on the Bible, drawn from theologians and pastors and Christian teachers. It has its roots in a theology of the Kingdom of God (as articulated by theologians such as Derek Morphew, or practitioners such as John Wimber), and has developed in interaction with multiple thinkers (including, among others, N.T. Wright, Dallas Willard, Eugene Peterson, Lesslie Newbigin, Lim Kou, Esau McCaulley, Tim Mackie, C.S. Lewis, Greg Beale, Fleming Rutledge, John Mark Comer, and Pete Hughes. It teaches how the Scriptures can find a unified whole around the named central theme of Jesus’ ministry: “The Kingdom of God has come near” (Mark 1:15), and articulates how this theme of the Kingdom is a unifying theme across the entire Scriptures that brings cohesion and clarity to the whole.
course author
The His:Story course was written by Chris Mitton, pastor of Rea Church, Birmingham, UK. He developed the material after having his own worldview radically transformed when he discovered the single narrative of the Kingdom of God as the unifying theme of the Bible. Chris has spent fifteen years developing the material, and views it as essential for contemporary apprenticeship to Jesus of Nazareth. Chris is also the author of Further Up & Further In: a one year devotional through the New Testament.
Chris is married to Lydia, and they have three children. He has an MA in Theology, and is at his happiest when wild camping on a mountain, baking bread, walking the family whippet, or (genuinely), reading the Bible.