Bible Storying

Not long after the initial spread of Bible Storying a need arose to provide panoramic presentations of selected Bible stories. Since Fast-tracking is story-only, it is a form of proclamation that has proved helpful as an affirmation and review in discipling, and an effective means of probing for evangelistic interest among new listeners. Fast-tracking also provides a very powerful means of presenting the Christmas Story or the Passion Story. This book looks at an overview of Fast-tracking the Bible Stories and should be helpful to encourage and equip the Bible storyer to be prepared when opportunity occurs.

In this work, J. O. Terry, a well-known authority on the proclamation method of Bible Storying, supplies the most comprehensive guide to the method in print. Terry draws on his years of study and experience in Bible Storying to explain the philosophy and strategies of proclaiming biblical truth through stories. The book is an indispensable guide for Bible Storying. It is the first genuine textbook for courses in Bible Storying.

A novel presentation of a growing interest in how to respond or engage a person in exchange of life stories, first as a compassionate listener, and then a relational sharing of one’s own story, followed by an appropriate expression of God’s Story as it applies to one’s life. The book draws on the personal experiences of both Sanchez in his travel encounters and Terry in suggesting how the events in one’s own Lifestory can aid in identifying with another person. The book concludes with some suggested Bible stories as a resource that speaks to different life needs and themes.

I consider this set of stories to be a resource from which the Bible storyer can choose most appropriate stories to tell. There is a range of stories about blindness, sight, perceiving, and healing. There are obviously both physical and spiritual blindness. The object is to give hope to the Blind who can “see” Jesus through the Bible stories, and in their hearts can see Jesus as they have faith in him. None of us have seen God or Jesus in person. Yet we do see both in the stories and events in our lives as we live, pray, and teach using the Bible stories.

Bible Storying for Church Planting by three authors who have long experience in both Bible Storying and church starting is a guide for using the methods of Bible Storying the exciting effort to start new congregations. Dr. Daniel R. Sanchez, J. O. Terry, and Lanette W. Thompson join to provide this most practical information concerning both subjects--Bible Storying and Church Planting. All engaged in using Bible Storying need to heed the material in these pages.

This book is a compilation of Bible stories often used in ministry to those with leprosy and leprosy-like skin diseases. The desire was to show the compassion of God and many of the healing experiences of those said to have leprosy. While leprosy was a punishment in some stories, it was not intended to imply that God uses leprosy to punish people, nor to place a curse on them.

The Rosary Stories of Jesus offer a refreshing reminder of the compassion,
love, sacrifice, and promise of blessing for those who revere him, believe
that he was (and is) the Son of God, and who desire to meditate on his life and
example. The Rosary Stories are then simple reminders that we as followers
of Jesus can recall each day to express our love and devotion to a Living
Savior. These stories are but a few selected from the life and ministry of
Jesus to guide our devotion.