There are three sides to the BibleTelling approach to stories.

First we encourage people to learn Bible stories in a way that embodies the essence of the written text. We think there is a time and place for embellishing Bible stories, but there is amazing power in learning, telling, and hearing a Bible story told accurately.

Second, when learning a Bible story, we believe it is important to internalize the overall flow of the narratives without word-for-word memorizing. People should tell Bible stories like they tell what they had for breakfast. They see it in their mind, and then simply tell what they see. So it should be with a Bible story. A person should envision the story, and then tell it.

The third side of learning a story is telling it to someone else. A story is not totally in a person’s memory until it has been told five times.