As a worldview or framework for interpreting and living in the world, Christian values are comprised of a covenantal metanarrative, an overarching story of the divine-human relationship.  The biblical story is the foundation and source of this covenantal metanarrative, and the church is the human community in and through which the covenantal metanarrative is expressed.  Located within the church and founded upon the biblical story, the covenantal metanarrative is realized as the kingdom of God in the world, which is God's redeeming presence among the people.

 

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