"For (Jesus) what mattered was the story: the story of Israel's god and his dealings with Israel and the world, and the story of how that larger story was reaching its climax in his own work. In the most radical way imaginable, Jesus thus presented himself and his message as a story about an alternative order of reality that, he believed, was being accomplished through his work. And his telling of that story was designed to invite his hearers to give up their controlling metanarratives and trust him for his. Or, in the more usual language...he told them to repent and believe in him." (p. 316)
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