Bible Storying

 Larry Dinkins - using "Simply the Story"

Our students leading Karen youth in the healing of the paralytic

Dr Larry Dinkins has taught at many of the Bible Seminaries/Colleges in Thailand and helped established Chiang Mai Theological Seminary.  However, he believes that the best way to teach the Bible is not through classroom teaching at Bible seminaries but through Bible storying.  His aim in teaching now is to only teach what the listener then can teach other.  Unless it is reproducible he is not so interested in using it.

Certainly, understanding the importance and significance of Bible Storying or orality for teaching and understanding the Bible has been a "game changer" for me.

We had an opportunity to take a team of 15 students from the James O Fraser Centre to a Karen Youth Camp in North Thailand and Larry came and taught using storying.  It was great to see the youth interacting with the teaching rather than just being passive recipients.