Category Archives: Cross-Culture Issues

The old adage says that a good picture is worth a thousand words. This is true up to a point. Pictures have their advantages and their disadvantages. A good set of Bible teaching pictures can be a great asset in telling Bible stories and in qualifying someone who may not be accepted otherwise as a teacher except [...]

The Bible stories are presented during storying sessions. There are four typical parts to each storying session. How each part is conducted must be determined by the story teller and their knowledge of the people. Typically the Bible storying session is NOT a worship service but a teaching time.  If prayer is used keep it brief and [...]

Following is a helpful organization of the Bible into a strategy for evangelizing, affirming new believers, planting a church, discipling new believers, and bringing closure to the Bible story. This strategy should be seamless in that each part should flow into the next and it should be invisible, that is, done without announcing what is to [...]

The list of Basic Bible Truths gives criteria for an outline of a Core Set of Stories that deal with the truths.  This is a list of possible stories that could be used for evangelizing when the story teller knows nothing about the worldview of the target people.  This list is a good beginning point [...]

There are two essential things for the story teller to know.  This is assuming that he or she already has a working knowledge of God’s Word.  First he needs to be aware of the basic Bible truths which a person needs to hear and understand in order to be open to salvation.  There is a suggested [...]

What is Fast Tracking the Gospel? Fast-tracking the Gospel is telling the Bible stories in a continuous sequence from some beginning point (typically Creation) through the story of Jesus.  It can be done in varying amounts of time from an hour to several days depending on how many stories are used and how much detail [...]

Topical Story The most common form we are all familiar with is the topical story which is usually related to a Bible lesson topic.  Topical stories are often used to instruct and disciple and are a good way to give corrective teaching as several story lessons are brought to bear upon an issue.  Topical stories [...]

Remind me again what “storying” is. Bible storying is the intentional use of Bible stories for the purposes of evangelism, church planting, discipleship, leadership training, and ministry.  Bible storying is distinguished from other forms of Bible teaching by its reliance upon the preserved biblical narrative or story.  Bible storying is often used with various forms [...]

There are several reasons why Bible stories should be used even though other forms of witness and discipling presentations could be used.  The first reason is simply that many of the unreached peoples of the world live in oral cultures where people share news orally, learn new things orally, and teach others orally.  In these [...]