Tag: Storytelling

Mark 12:12 Then the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders looked for a way to arrest him because they knew he had spoken the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd; so they left him and went away. The parable of ‘the vineyard owners’ that Jesus elucidated to the crowd...

Luke 15:11-13 Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered...

2 Corinthians 1:20 For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God. God has concluded our life story even before we were born. All the days ordained for me were recorded in your scroll before one...

2 Samuel 12:1 The Lord sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, “There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor. The Lord sent Prophet Nathan to King David to bring conviction through a story. Nathan started narrating a story to the king in such a...

Luke 10:29b – 30a he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”  In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem. The most famous and well discussed parable of Jesus is the parable of ‘the Good Samaritan’. On One occasion an expert in religious law came to test Jesus.  “Teacher,” he asked, “what...

Deuteronomy 6:7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. The Bible teaches us the power of storytelling. The art of storytelling can transform us into an influential leader. It creates an instantaneous rapport...

Mark 1:22 The people were amazed at his teaching, because He taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law. Jesus taught with authority and deciphered the scriptures with storytelling. The parables of Jesus can be approximated as one third of His teachings. The four Gospels record about 50 parables...