Stories

And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? 27 That ye shall say… (Exodus 12:26-27)

Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; (Psalm 105:5)

Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? who can shew forth all his praise? (Psalm 106:2)

History. Most people see it as pretty boring, I think this is because they haven't been taught it properly. Sorry to all the history teachers out there, maybe it's the curriculum's fault. History isn't boring, we all love stories, and history is stories.

The Bible is full of stories. We tend to want the Bible to be full of essays and prescriptions (statements about what to do) but instead it is full of stories. Stories really are much more fascinating.

God wanted his people to remember the stories of what he had done as a safeguard from forgetting about him. We tell children a few stories, but there are a lot more that could be told. I have said that when I am going to preach I am far more nervous about giving the children's story than the sermon. But I always do it, because the children's story is the sermon that people are most likely to remember.

I have written this as a series of random thoughts as they occurred to me, but if I wanted to be really effective in communicating these thoughts I would do well to reflect them in a story.

Charles Dickens significantly impacted his world with his stories about the oppression of the poor. No Prime Minister or Archbishop has made greater strides for the help of the poor than Dickens, and all through the power of the word, of verbal communication.

The Bible also has the same power of the word, this power is most often through stories.

Tell me the story of Jesus.