Aligning the heart of man with God's heart through Bible stories, discussions, interviews and more.
In the west, we have lost community. STS helps bridge this gap especially in every day conversation. STS teaches people to embrace the difficult. Hear how these two pastors like to help people apply the Word to their lives. They also discuss the guardrails STS provides to keep people accurate to the Bible. Hear why oral Bible school students do not want to graduate.
<...Two pastors discuss their hesitations and surprises after attending an STS orality training. Both learn the value of discussion which dives deep into God's Word. They also see value in what happens afterward, people leave thinking about the Bible passage and impacted by this meditation on God's Word.
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Luke and I did a Bible story together recently. His answers and our discussion in the Jars of Oil story from 2 Kings 4:1-7 might surprise you.
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Betty and Butch continue their discussion about some unique aspects to STS such as the interactive and relational aspects of it. Does discipling others require a masters or PHD?
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Betty and Butch talk about how she got involved in STS, her experience with the advanced workshop, and how she's planning to use it in her new job working with disadvantaged kids. They also share their appreciation regarding the mystery of Scripture and the need to not always answer every question right away.
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Ever wonder if children influence parents? Yes they do! Hear how these parents took time off from the mission field and learned STS as a result of seeing changes in their daughter. As trained seminarians, they had doubts and concerns regarding Simply The Story which were answered at a recent training. They discovered the STS ...
Part 2 with Donna describes the differences between online, in-person and advanced STS training. She also shares how STS helps the Word of God move from the head to the heart, even among the highly literate.
Donna travels to Taiwan on a mission's trip and discovers STS. Hear how taking STS training and applying the principles impacted her ministry at a highly literate church.
Links: Simply the Story … Upcoming workshops … God’s Story: Fro...
In the middle of a doctorate, God challenged Jennifer with the opportunity to practice what she was learning at the tailors and on the plane. Hear the amazing results and Jennifer's conclusions. She took a moment to impact people for eternity.
Jennifer describes what she learned about the Marxist movement in Ethiopia and the worldview adjustment she had when hearing about Islamic terrorists. When one man's family is threatened by extremists, how should we respond?
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Sharon and Kristen share how laid back and enjoyable the advanced training has been. Yet, they go deep into the Bible, learn how to help others better, and are challenged. Although people at the advanced are at different skill levels, all learn together and grow. The Goal is not to be perfect, but to learn, listen and respond.
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Sharon told many people about STS after her first training and then realized giving people chocolate was the answer! Five people came to training as a result. After the advanced training, Sharon and Kristen are able to see God more clearly and accurately, as well time in the Word is changing their view of God. He's more real and relatable.
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Jennifer shares the differences between regular and advanced STS trainings. During her preparation times she discusses how deep these Bible stories can go and her excitement discovering more truths in the Word of God.
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Jennifer describes when she first experienced Simply The Story at EMDC in Europe and how that grew to her most recent time at the STS Advanced training. Hear how her unique experience of getting nails done led to answered prayers by God.
Oral Hermeneutics by Bjoraker and Steffen includes Simply The Story woven in parts of the book. Jennifer describes the value of the STS model for seminaries and the balance necessary to protect the classroom from fads. During her research, she met one of the spiritual fathers of an entire region in Ethiopia and shares the difficult road he traveled.
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Raw testimonies and specific examples of the strength of God's Word with Simply The Story. Jennifer describes meaningful ways to share stories when she only had one or t...
Taylor, a "newbie" to STS, describes his introduction to storytelling, his training, his struggles, and his plans to continue growing in his skills.
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What happens after God's Story: From Creation to Eternity has been mastered for use? The teams premier the God's Story languages in a very unique and far reaching way. Storytellers, translators, and whole villages are impacted by this clear overview and understandable meta-narrative of ...
John started out bored, but God brought him back for more training in recording languages of "God's Story: From Creation to Eternity." Now he sees the value of recording "God's Story" in the lives of so many people. An incredible testimony of patience and endurance form our recording leader.
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