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January 2019

January 09, 2019

Relating All the Stories within the Grand Biblical Story

Countless models attempt to present the biblical narrative in a coherent way but usually “systematize”...

March 2018

March 07, 2018

There is More to the Story

This guest post by Robert Strauss is Part 3 of 3 in the series introducing...

February 2018

February 27, 2018

Awaken to the Cross-Cultural Context (by Robert Strauss)

This guest post by Robert Strauss is Part 2 of 3 in the series introducing...

February 21, 2018

Introducing Story-Strategic Methods (Part 1)

This guest post from Robert Strauss is part 1 of 3 in the series. Reza...

March 2017

March 08, 2017

How Story Structure Can Clarify Ideas

“Story” is an extremely useful tool for clarifying our key ideas and bringing focus to...

September 2016

September 21, 2016

Building the Biblical Story

In order to teach the Bible and share the gospel, we do best to understand...

April 2016

April 12, 2016

Has Orality Been Taken Too Far?

There is an interesting dialogue in the newest issue of EMQ. The article is titled,...

January 2016

January 13, 2016

Interview with Christine Dillon (Part 2)

This the second half of my interview with Christine Dillon, a church planter in Taiwan...

January 05, 2016

Interview with Christine Dillon (Part 1)

Today, I interview Christine Dillon, a church planter in Taiwan with OMF International. We talk...

December 2015

December 30, 2015

Two Advantages of Storying in Honor-Shame Cultures

Today's post comes from guest blogger Christine Dillon, a church planter in Taiwan with OMF International....

August 2014

August 06, 2014

Why Not Begin with Babel?

Previously, I examined common problems that emerge when we start with the Adam story (Part...

July 2014

July 23, 2014

Why does Adam’s fruit fixation send me to hell?

There are a number of reasons people normally start with Adam when sharing the gospel....

July 16, 2014

Don't Adamize the Gospel

Where do you start when sharing the gospel? The beginning of a story has disproportionate...