Andrew,

When I read your writing, the coherence of the biblical texts is not something that seems to seriously be questioned. You seem to suggest that there is a single story. Or said differently, you seem pretty sure that there is a “narrative structure to scripture” or a single “biblical narrative” that believers are part of.

I can’t quite put my finger on it, but there is something troublesomely total about the way you talk about the “biblical narrative.” Or maybe it is how you present the “biblical narrative” as “absolute for us,” which is another way of saying there is no other narrative possibilities for believers. The way you talk about narrative makes me feel trapped.