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Friday, April 29, 2011

BIBLE STORYING, Article 5: limitations of Bible storying


Among the limitations of Bible Storying: It takes time, especially if many stories are used and the listeners are given an opportunity to participate in the storying session.

There are many stories in the Bible; one list of popular stories includes 150. Yet not all of these are needed for witnessing. Some stories are better for certain peoples, while some are best not used until a people become more mature in their faith and can receive the stories without reacting negatively against the Bible and its message because of their misunderstanding the stories.

Stories take time to prepare and learn. This is a problem for the occasional Bible storyer, one who is preparing to go on a mission trip and will only be with a people a short time.

What can be done?

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