The Story: Going Deeper: New International Version - Hardcover

How do you live out God’s redemptive story in everyday life? It can seem hard to do – how to first connect the pieces and stories of the Bible with your life and then to apply them and live them out through your actions, words, and thoughts. Yet your life is connected to every other story in history and the God who loves you. The Story: Going Deeper reveals this connection through insights into the Bible’s stories about God and his people. Pick up this NIV Bible today, and discover how the sweeping saga of God’s redemptive story transforms your story.

In June 2008, Randy Frazee became the senior minister of Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas, the fifty-second largest church in America, where he teaches and leads in partnership with pastor and author Max Lucado. Faced with the task of joining "America's Pastor," Frazee saw the challenge as an opportunity to take the congregation to another level.

For his first sermon series at Oak Hills, Frazee introduced The Story Church-wide Experience, a 31-week journey through an abridged, chronological version of the Bible as presented in The Story (Zondervan, www.thestory.com). Frazee first preached the series at Willow Creek Community Church in 2008 which was enthusiastically received by the congregation and had hopeful expectations for Oak Hills.

The impact far exceeded Frazee's expectations. As a result of The Story Church Wide Experience, Oak Hills Church experienced 23 percent congregational growth, increased spiritual depth and a buzz of excitement in the congregation and community.

Prior to Willow Creek, Randy served as senior pastor at Pantego Bible Church in Fort Worth, Texas, for fifteen years. He is the author of The Connecting Church, Making Room for Life, The Christian Life Profile Assessment and Renovation of the Heart Student Edition. A graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary, Frazee lives in the San Antonio area with his wife, Rozanne, their four children and granddaughter.