It’s good news that the Triune God of Abraham, Issac & Jacob is beyond the data of life.

Paul describes this as hope against hope in Romans. Here’s the data: you are dead, beyond all earthly help. Here’s the story, though: God saves you in Christ. It is true, you are saved! But it is also something one must believe in spite of the data, which all points to: you are dead. (Barth, 1968)

Maybe that’s why we are disposed to embrace anecdote over data.