{"product_id":"telling-bible-stories-9780857219862","title":"Telling Bible Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart One – The Art of Storytelling\u003cbr\u003e1. A Storyteller’s Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10\u003cbr\u003e2. How Stories “Work”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18\u003cbr\u003e3. Retelling the Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27\u003cbr\u003e4. Storytelling Tips and Techniques. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Two – Stories\u003cbr\u003eThe Old Testament\u003cbr\u003e1. The Whole Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48\u003cbr\u003e2. The Fourth Vulture (Genesis 21:8–21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54\u003cbr\u003e3. A Wife for Isaac (Genesis 24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58\u003cbr\u003e4. I Hear Them Crying (Exodus 3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62\u003cbr\u003e5. A Thousand Bricks a Day (Exodus 5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64\u003cbr\u003e6. But Pharaoh Would Not Listen (Exodus 7–14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67\u003cbr\u003e7. The Tyrant’s Tale (Exodus 7–14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70\u003cbr\u003e8. I Will Be Your God (Exodus 16–20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75\u003cbr\u003e9. The Donkey and the Sword (Numbers 22–24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78\u003cbr\u003e10. The Walls Fall Down (Joshua 6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83\u003cbr\u003e11. Ehud and Eglon (Judges 13:12–30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85\u003cbr\u003e12. Chariot Wheels (Judges 4–5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90\u003cbr\u003e13. The Fleece on the Floor (Judges 6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92\u003cbr\u003e14. A Tale of Two Families (Samuel 1–2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94\u003cbr\u003e15. Goliath (1 Samuel 17:1–15a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98\u003cbr\u003e16. Good Idea. God Idea. (2 Samuel 7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102\u003cbr\u003e17. Angel Food (1 Kings 19:1–8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104\u003cbr\u003e18. Ahab and Jezebel – The Rotten Ruler’s Tale\u003cbr\u003e(1 Kings 21; 2 Kings 9:30–37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108\u003cbr\u003e19. Water and Fire and Sky (2 Kings 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113\u003cbr\u003e20. Jars (2 Kings 4:1–7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116\u003cbr\u003e21. See! (2 Kings 6:8–23) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119\u003cbr\u003e22. Athalia – The Wicked Granny’s Tale (2 Chronicles 22–23) . . . . 122\u003cbr\u003e23. Everything but You (Ecclesiastes 3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126\u003cbr\u003e24. The Passion (Isaiah 53:5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. Some Things I Just Don’t Understand (Jeremiah 1:5) . . . . . . . . . 131\u003cbr\u003e26. King Nebuchadnezzar’s First Dream (Daniel 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134\u003cbr\u003e27. The Men Who Liked to Say “NO!” (Daniel 3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137\u003cbr\u003e28. Dinner in the Lion’s Den (Daniel 6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141\u003cbr\u003e29. The Runaway’s Tale (Jonah) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144\u003cbr\u003eThe New Testament\u003cbr\u003e1. Lights and Bells (Matthew 1–2, Luke 1–2:1–21) . . . . . . . . . . . . 151\u003cbr\u003e2. Foxes, Fish Food, and Flying Things (Matthew 8:19–27) . . . . . . 153\u003cbr\u003e3. A Table Story (Matthew 9:9–13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155\u003cbr\u003e4. Peter Walks on Water (Matthew 14:22–33) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158\u003cbr\u003e5. Two Answers (Matthew 16:25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161\u003cbr\u003e6. One Out of a Hundred (Matthew 18:12–14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163\u003cbr\u003e7. The Apostle Paul and Sir Isaac Newton\u003cbr\u003e(Matthew 28, Luke 24, John 20, 1 Corinthians 15) . . . . . . . . . . . 165\u003cbr\u003e8. So Sow! (Mark 4:1–20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167\u003cbr\u003e9. A Little Shining, A Little Sowing (Mark 4:21–32) . . . . . . . . . . . 169\u003cbr\u003e10. Angel Surprise (Luke 1:26–38) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171\u003cbr\u003e11. “Magnificent” – Mary’s Song (Luke 1:46–55) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174\u003cbr\u003e12. A Christmas Eve Service for Those Who Don’t Feel Like\u003cbr\u003eCelebrating (Luke 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176\u003cbr\u003e13. Midnight – A Meditation for Christmas or Good Friday\u003cbr\u003e(Luke 2:1–20, John 3:1–21, Luke 22) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179\u003cbr\u003e14. Old Shepherd (Luke 2:8–20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183\u003cbr\u003e15. A Night the Stars Danced for Joy (Luke 2:8–20) . . . . . . . . . . . . 185\u003cbr\u003e16. Mary Went Looking for Jesus (Luke 2:41–50; John 19:25) . . . . 188\u003cbr\u003e17. Hometown Boy (Luke 4:14–30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190\u003cbr\u003e18. Poor, Hungry, Sad, and Unpopular (Luke 6:20–26) . . . . . . . . . . .193\u003cbr\u003e19. Having His Way (Luke 7:1–10, Matthew 8:5–13) . . . . . . . . . . . 195\u003cbr\u003e20. Sowers and Soil and Seeds (Luke 8:1–14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198\u003cbr\u003e21. Glow, Moses, Glow! (Luke 9:28–36) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200\u003cbr\u003e22. Foxes, Funerals, and Furrows (Luke 9:57–62) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202\u003cbr\u003e23. Not a Story about Loving (Luke 10:25–37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203\u003cbr\u003e24. Buzz-y (Luke 10:38–42) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206\u003cbr\u003e25. Thinkin’ ’bout Ravens (Luke 12:22–34) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208\u003cbr\u003e26. Thinkin’ ’bout Mustard (Luke 13:18–21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210\u003cbr\u003e27. Thinkin’ ’bout Foxes and Chickens (Luke 13:31–35) . . . . . . . . . . 213\u003cbr\u003e28. A Lost Sheep (Luke 15:1–7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215\u003cbr\u003e29. A Maths Problem (Luke 15:1–2, 8–10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30. Just Waiting (Luke 15:11–32) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219\u003cbr\u003e31. There Was an Old Woman Who Pestered a Judge\u003cbr\u003e(Luke 18:1–8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221\u003cbr\u003e32. Kids, Camels and the Kingdom of God (Luke 18:15–30) . . . . . . 224\u003cbr\u003e33. He Was a Rich Man (Luke 18:18–25, 19:1–10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226\u003cbr\u003e34. The Anatomy of Faith (Luke 18:35–43) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228\u003cbr\u003e35. The Ballad of a Little Man (Luke 19:1–10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230\u003cbr\u003e36. Three (Luke 22:54–62) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234\u003cbr\u003e37. Travail (Luke 23:26–49) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236\u003cbr\u003e38. Women! (Luke 24:1–12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238\u003cbr\u003e39. Angel of Death and Life (Luke 24:1–12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240\u003cbr\u003e40. The Tree of Life, or The Tale of Three More Trees\u003cbr\u003e(Genesis 3, Matthew 27:11–66) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244\u003cbr\u003e41. Three Men and a Fig Tree (John 1:43–51) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248\u003cbr\u003e42. The Wedding at Cana (John 2:1–11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251\u003cbr\u003e43. I Am the Bread (John 6:1–15, 25-29, Luke 24:13–35) . . . . . . . . 254\u003cbr\u003e44. I Am the Good Shepherd – Three Sheep Stories (John 10:1–21) .257\u003cbr\u003e45. His Towel (John 13:1–17) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260\u003cbr\u003e46. I Am the Vine: A Communion Meditation (John 15:1–17) . . . . 262\u003cbr\u003e47. Jesus Looks Down (John 19:1–37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264\u003cbr\u003e48. Make the Wind Blow (Acts 2:1–41) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266\u003cbr\u003e49. A Joke at Midnight (Acts 2:6–17) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269\u003cbr\u003e50. A Visit to Lystra (Acts 14:8–18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273\u003cbr\u003e51. The Angel in the Storm (Acts 27) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275\u003cbr\u003e52. Clouds and Crowds and Witnesses (Hebrews 11, 12) . . . . . . . . . 279\u003cbr\u003e53. A Choosy People (1 Peter 2:9–10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282\u003cbr\u003e54. 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