Frank Viola has written an excellent article on his website entitled "The Story we haven't heard".

It covers a number of thoughts centred round how "the New Testament in its present form doesn't put the story of the early church together in a way that fills in all the historical gaps", to quote Viola. He says, in our current post-modern era, we need to recapture the chronological story of the New Testament to better understand its message and teaching.

Read that stimulating piece here