The Heart of the Story

God's Masterful Design to Restore His People

By: Randy Frazee

Narrated by: Randy Frazee

Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

The Heart of the Story will help you see God's Word in a new and inspiring light. In the Bible's seemingly disconnected stories you'll discover one grand, unfolding epic—God's story from Genesis onward, and your own story contained within it.

To understand the Bible, says author and pastor Randy Frazee, you need bifocal lenses, because two perspectives are involved. The Lower Story, our story, is actually many stories of men and women interacting with God in the daily course of life. The Upper Story is God's story, the tale of his great, overarching purpose that fits all the individual stories together like panels in one unified mural.

In 31 chapters, The Heart of the Story will open your eyes to God's master-plan unfolding in the lives of the Bible's characters—and in your own life. Discover the heart of God's Upper Story, and the joy that comes as you align your story with God's.

©2011 Randy Frazee (P)2011 Zondervan

Helped me understand God better!

LOVED this book. I was so touched and humbled by the way Randy tells the stories of the bible. He reminds us that we are part of God's story! I loved the ending...how he painted us right into God's plan. Wonderful.

Simple words for true understanding

Excellent explanations for a better understanding of What God wants us to do and how to teach the stories in the Bible that are important and their meaning for our own ministry.

Great book on the Bible

Great. book to understanding how Jesus is associated with the whole Bible and the Christians duty to share the Word of God with others.

A Masterpiece!

This has been my favourite book thus far on my audible app. The story, narrating and overall concept is absolutely brilliant. I would highly recommend the Heart of the Story!

awesome read

i absolutely loved it, I highly recommend it to anyone . it was very interesting.

A truly lovely & unique telling

I cannot recommend this book enough. Whether you are a Christian or curious about what it means to be a believer, let Frazee take you on a journey from creation to the first chapter in a new world. The author uses the Old and New Testament books of the Bible to explain God’s desire to live with His people and have a relationship with them; most importantly how YOU fit into all of it. ~ Tracie Thompson

Fantastic Book for the Family

My son and I enjoyed listening this book early in the morning before he caught the bus for school. It helped both of us grow in our faith.

I highly recommend it!

Mark Bowser
Author of “Jesus, Take the Wheel”

Fully two stories in one.

This is a well deserved read/listen. It definitely clears up some less than clear sections of the bible (Old Testament in particular). I particularly like the way Randy correlates similar modern day stories to show current relevance. I've read other material of Randy's and found him to be easy to understand, concise with a beautiful audio voice. Here's my only problem and the reason I gave his performance only three stars. He has a habit of letting his voice drop off at the end of the sentence. Often! Maybe 6 out of 10 times. This is significant! You find yourself straining to hear. And, if there's any significant background noise (lawn mowers, road noise, barking dogs, etc.) you have to turn up the volume higher than you'd normally want just to catch the last word or two. Perhaps recording with something that monitors the level of volume would be helpful. If it's problematic for you, I suggest reading the book.

Fantastic book. Excited to listen again soon.

Fantastic. Highly recommend to anyone who wants to know the main stories in the Bible.

Well worth the read (or listen).

Was as good the 2nd time listening. Will listen to again. I picked up more information. Excellent nook