Overview

Bob Hartman's bumper collection of Bible stories is drawn from both the Old and New Testaments. There are stories for individual and group performances, stories for the major Christian festivals, stories for a variety of age groups. Each story is followed by discussion questions to encourage the audience to delve deeper into each tale. Incorporating Bob's three books - Telling the Bible, Telling the Gospel and Anyone Can Tell a Bible Story - this extensive resource includes extensive notes on story-telling, essential for any performer. Discover why Bob is in such demand in this entertaining and insightful collection.

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Author:   Bob Hartman
Publisher:   SPCK Publishing
Imprint:   Monarch Books
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9780857219862

ISBN 10:   0857219863
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   23 April 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Part One – The Art of Storytelling 1. A Storyteller’s Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2. How Stories ""Work"". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 3. Retelling the Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 4. Storytelling Tips and Techniques. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Part Two – Stories The Old Testament 1. The Whole Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 2. The Fourth Vulture (Genesis 21:8–21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 3. A Wife for Isaac (Genesis 24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 4. I Hear Them Crying (Exodus 3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 5. A Thousand Bricks a Day (Exodus 5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 6. But Pharaoh Would Not Listen (Exodus 7–14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 7. The Tyrant’s Tale (Exodus 7–14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 8. I Will Be Your God (Exodus 16–20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 9. The Donkey and the Sword (Numbers 22–24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 10. The Walls Fall Down (Joshua 6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 11. Ehud and Eglon (Judges 13:12–30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 12. Chariot Wheels (Judges 4–5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 13. The Fleece on the Floor (Judges 6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 14. A Tale of Two Families (Samuel 1–2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 15. Goliath (1 Samuel 17:1–15a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 16. Good Idea. God Idea. (2 Samuel 7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 17. Angel Food (1 Kings 19:1–8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 18. Ahab and Jezebel – The Rotten Ruler’s Tale (1 Kings 21; 2 Kings 9:30–37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 19. Water and Fire and Sky (2 Kings 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 20. Jars (2 Kings 4:1–7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 21. See! (2 Kings 6:8–23) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 22. Athalia – The Wicked Granny’s Tale (2 Chronicles 22–23) . . . . 122 23. Everything but You (Ecclesiastes 3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 24. The Passion (Isaiah 53:5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 25. Some Things I Just Don’t Understand (Jeremiah 1:5) . . . . . . . . . 131 26. King Nebuchadnezzar’s First Dream (Daniel 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 27. The Men Who Liked to Say ""NO!"" (Daniel 3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 28. Dinner in the Lion’s Den (Daniel 6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 29. The Runaway’s Tale (Jonah) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 The New Testament 1. Lights and Bells (Matthew 1–2, Luke 1–2:1–21) . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 2. Foxes, Fish Food, and Flying Things (Matthew 8:19–27) . . . . . . 153 3. A Table Story (Matthew 9:9–13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 4. Peter Walks on Water (Matthew 14:22–33) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 5. Two Answers (Matthew 16:25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 6. One Out of a Hundred (Matthew 18:12–14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 7. The Apostle Paul and Sir Isaac Newton (Matthew 28, Luke 24, John 20, 1 Corinthians 15) . . . . . . . . . . . 165 8. So Sow! (Mark 4:1–20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 9. A Little Shining, A Little Sowing (Mark 4:21–32) . . . . . . . . . . . 169 10. Angel Surprise (Luke 1:26–38) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 11. ""Magnificent"" – Mary’s Song (Luke 1:46–55) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 12. A Christmas Eve Service for Those Who Don’t Feel Like Celebrating (Luke 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 13. Midnight – A Meditation for Christmas or Good Friday (Luke 2:1–20, John 3:1–21, Luke 22) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 14. Old Shepherd (Luke 2:8–20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 15. A Night the Stars Danced for Joy (Luke 2:8–20) . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 16. Mary Went Looking for Jesus (Luke 2:41–50; John 19:25) . . . . 188 17. Hometown Boy (Luke 4:14–30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 18. Poor, Hungry, Sad, and Unpopular (Luke 6:20–26) . . . . . . . . . . .193 19. Having His Way (Luke 7:1–10, Matthew 8:5–13) . . . . . . . . . . . 195 20. Sowers and Soil and Seeds (Luke 8:1–14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 21. Glow, Moses, Glow! (Luke 9:28–36) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 22. Foxes, Funerals, and Furrows (Luke 9:57–62) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 23. Not a Story about Loving (Luke 10:25–37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 24. Buzz-y (Luke 10:38–42) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 25. Thinkin’ ’bout Ravens (Luke 12:22–34) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 26. Thinkin’ ’bout Mustard (Luke 13:18–21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 27. Thinkin’ ’bout Foxes and Chickens (Luke 13:31–35) . . . . . . . . . . 213 28. A Lost Sheep (Luke 15:1–7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 29. A Maths Problem (Luke 15:1–2, 8–10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 30. Just Waiting (Luke 15:11–32) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 31. There Was an Old Woman Who Pestered a Judge (Luke 18:1–8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 32. Kids, Camels and the Kingdom of God (Luke 18:15–30) . . . . . . 224 33. He Was a Rich Man (Luke 18:18–25, 19:1–10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 34. The Anatomy of Faith (Luke 18:35–43) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 35. The Ballad of a Little Man (Luke 19:1–10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 36. Three (Luke 22:54–62) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 37. Travail (Luke 23:26–49) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 38. Women! (Luke 24:1–12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 39. Angel of Death and Life (Luke 24:1–12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 40. The Tree of Life, or The Tale of Three More Trees (Genesis 3, Matthew 27:11–66) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 41. Three Men and a Fig Tree (John 1:43–51) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 42. The Wedding at Cana (John 2:1–11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 43. I Am the Bread (John 6:1–15, 25-29, Luke 24:13–35) . . . . . . . . 254 44. I Am the Good Shepherd – Three Sheep Stories (John 10:1–21) .257 45. His Towel (John 13:1–17) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 46. I Am the Vine: A Communion Meditation (John 15:1–17) . . . . 262 47. Jesus Looks Down (John 19:1–37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 48. Make the Wind Blow (Acts 2:1–41) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 49. A Joke at Midnight (Acts 2:6–17) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 50. A Visit to Lystra (Acts 14:8–18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 51. The Angel in the Storm (Acts 27) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 52. Clouds and Crowds and Witnesses (Hebrews 11, 12) . . . . . . . . . 279 53. A Choosy People (1 Peter 2:9–10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282 54. Let’s Hear it for the Church! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285"

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Bob Hartman is a professional storyteller and award-winning children’s author of over seventy books. He was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but now lives in Wiltshire. He has been entertaining audiences on both sides of the Atlanticfor over 30years with his books and performances, which bring togetherretellings of Bible stories and traditional tales from around the worldwith his own imaginative stories. His books are full of humour and insight, whilst his storytelling sessionsare exciting, engaging, dynamic – and aboveall, interactive! The Lion Storyteller Bible is used in schools across the United Kingdom as part of a Bible projectcalled Open the Book, and is regularly performed for over 800,000 children in more than 3,000 primary schools. He is well known for his hugelypopular The Lion Storyteller collection, the Telling the Bible series, and the highly acclaimed picture books: The Wolf Who Cried Boy, Dinner in the Lions’ Den and The Three Billy Goats’ Stuff.

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