Biblical Events: Unveiling Ancient Stories with Modern Media

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5. Too. Much. Noise.

8. Link Bait.

9. How would the modern media cover biblical events as they happened?

13. Stories Disarm People

14. Stories Disarm People

15. Stories Connect Emotionally

16. Jesus Told Stories

17. Jesus Told Stories

18. Jesus Told Stories

19. Stories move information from short-term memory to long-term memory.

22. The Challenge or Conflict

23. The Challenge or Conflict John 9:1 As He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth.

24. The Struggle or Process

25. The Struggle or Process John 9:6-7 …He spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and applied the clay to his eyes, and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent).

26. The Resolution

27. The Resolution John 9:7 So he went away and washed, and came back seeing.

29. 10 So they were saying to him, “How then were your eyes opened?” 11 He answered, “The man who is called Jesus made clay, and anointed my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash’; so I went away and washed, and I received sight.” 31 Words

30. 10 So they were saying to him, “How then were your eyes opened?” 11 He answered, “The man who is called Jesus made clay, and anointed my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash’; so I went away and washed, and I received sight.” Who (Jesus) What (Healing) When Where (Siloam) Why How (Applied Clay) 31 Words

31. 15 Then the Pharisees also were asking him again how he received his sight. And he said to them, “He applied clay to my eyes, and I washed, and I see.” 12 Words

32. 15 Then the Pharisees also were asking him again how he received his sight. And he said to them, “He applied clay to my eyes, and I washed, and I see.” Who (Jesus) What (Healing) When Where (Siloam) Why How (Applied Clay) 12 Words

33. 24 So a second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, “Give glory to God; we know that this man is a sinner.” 25 He then answered, “Whether He is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” 7 Words

34. 24 So a second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, “Give glory to God; we know that this man is a sinner.” 25 He then answered, “Whether He is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” Who (Jesus) What (Healing) When Where (Siloam) Why How (Applied Clay) 7 Words

35. Insert Audience Participation Here.

37. 8 Therefore the neighbors, and those who previously saw him as a beggar, were saying, “Is not this the one who used to sit and beg?” 9 Others were saying, “This is he,” still others were saying, “No, but he is like him.” He kept saying, “I am the one.”

38. 17 So they said to the blind man again, “What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?” And he said, “He is a prophet.”

40. What if I don't have a story?

41. What if I don't have a story? What if my story doesn't make sense?

42. What if I don't have a story? What if my story doesn't make sense? What if my story is boring?