Season 2
Episode 10
Jesus – The Greatest Storyteller of All Time
PODCAST INTRODUCTION
(0-30) Every day should be a day of Thanksgiving, and what better way to celebrate than to recognize the greatest storyteller of all time. No, it’s not Sidney St. James. It’s not Steve Jobs either or Martin Luther King Jr.
(2:30-3:07) It’s Jesus Christ, of course. So today my friends, I will be demonstrating how Jesus uses analogies, or more commonly known as parables, to tell his stories. So, sit back and enjoy the ride as we will kick off this episode with one of the most famous analogies that Jesus used in his story telling, The Prodigal Son. Thanks for dropping by today.
MAIN SHOW
Two weeks ago, I talked about Forgiveness and last week a story about What Does Heaven Look Like from my knowledge of some of the stories of our Bible. This was in hopes of enabling my listeners to tell them to others if the context was right for them to participate or when teaching at Sunday School Class or a Bible Group.
Something always spurs me on a subject matter for my podcasts. This one is no different. I was in Kohl's Department Store shopping for my wife, a new University of Texas Sweatshirt. When I walked up to the clerk to pay, I noticed that the checkout lady had a donations bucket on the counter for a charity that I really cared about. I put the $5 bill I received back in the change into the container. Almost right away, a person behind me, not paying any attention to social distancing, had the nerve to say aloud in front of everyone, "Why in the world would you waste good money on those folks? It could buy you an entire meal up the street at Chic-Filet!" I turned around, smiled, and quickly replied, "As a Christian, Jesus taught us that we are to help others." At that point, if I knew well enough all the 40+ parables by Jesus, I could have summarized one of the parables, the Good Samaritan, to the scoundrel behind me or told him about the poor widow lady who gave her last 2 cents to God's ministry here on earth. Or, I suppose I could have paraphrased that story into something we can all understand today yet cannot say aloud on my podcast today. You can’t tell the Parable of the Good Samaritan or the one about the poor widow or even paraphrase one of those if you have never learned those stories from church services, Sunday School lessons, or Bible Study Groups to understand how to best utilize them in real life the next time someone in your shopping line says that you are wasting money trying to help people in need. Then, I will be better ready the next time, stop the line, and not be embarrassed whatsoever and TELL MY STORY! The person behind me might very well say, "I’m sorry I asked!” Maybe, just maybe, a seed will get planted, although you’ll never know for sure! God Will!
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