Heart Pocket Podcast

One of the biggest thing people seek in life is peace. People want freedom from their shame but don't know how to find this peace. Even Christians struggle with past pains. Jesse and Angela Hernande…

Jesse and Angela Hernandez, leaders of the Go In Peace, oral version, retreats share how they took a wonderful healing ministry and made it oral. What started as a post abortion healing ministry is …

Andrea discusses exciting developments in adding STS online workshops opportunities, and  shares how STS works to keep their core values in these workshops.  She reveals plans for various kinds of fu…

Butch and Andrea continue their discussion about how STS has adapted to COVID. Butch shares tips for choosing technology that will help to keep online and blended meetings as personal as possible.  H…

Butch and Andrea discuss how the restrictions imposed by COVID actually created an opportunity to focus on the STS core values, and pushed them into innovations which have increased opportunities for…

Teresa shares future plans for STS in South Sudan, including working with indigenous ministries and new radio opportunities.  She shares how their work in humanitarian aid has opened doors for sharin…

News reports coming out of South Sudan often paint a challenging picture at best. Listen as Teresa describes the spiritual situation in South Sudan, and relates how oral Bible stories are making a d…

When people in Africa work through the impact of Covid-19, it involves their community more than we know. In Awa's case, it allowed the family extra time in God's Word, revealing assumptions of what…

Imagine wanting to know the true living God and yet there is no Scripture in your language?  Awa, our leader in Burkina Faso describes working with the Kulango and Vige people in Core d'Ivoire and Bu…

In a recent podcast,  Larry Dinkins issued a challenge to memorize Scripture.  This week he shares several techniques to efficiently add large amounts of Scripture to your “heart pocket.”

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Covid-19 impacted Simply The Story in-person workshops and even challenged multiple ministries. These challenges became opportunities.  Listen and rejoice in how God has opened doors to expand both S…

Thankfulness is a popular topic during  the current  holiday season.  Butch Vernon shares a story that shows how to maintain that attitude of thankfulness throughout the year and reminds us of Thanks…

Does storytelling have any basis in history, or is it just some new fad?  In Part 2, Bill Bjoraker connects modern storytelling to the long history of storytelling in the Hebrew culture, and clarifie…

Oral what?? Professor Bill Bjoraker gives an introduction to his fascinating new book with Tom Steffen, The Return to Oral Hermeneutics. Learn what this theological field encompasses, as well as the …

Have you struggled to memorize Scripture? Do you believe stories are just for children?  Find answers to these questions and more as Bill Bjoraker and Larry Dinkins share their experiences using STS …

In Part 2, Bill and Larry discuss the impact STS has had on their ministries, the importance of accuracy, and how STS has been used in amazingly varied situations around the world, including fosterin…

Bill Bjoraker and Larry Dinkins discuss their ministries, how STS cemented their friendship, and then tell a parable about the what happens when Story and Truth work together.

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Chris and JoAn Mayes continue to share the many ways they use Simply The Story. Listen and find out what happens when an unruly child encounters God's Word presented STS-style! We pray that you will…