Heart Pocket Podcast

As a student at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and highly literate, Brady found the simplicity and humility of using STS, an oral Bible storytelling process, refreshing and impactful. He also…

Jean, a former elementary school teacher, turned her retirement into working for a global mission. After 20 years in the classroom, she found purpose pursuing a dream to be a missionary. Hear her he…

Why would an experienced missionary from Brazil come to an STS training? Darrel Haworth wanted to find ways to do evangelism in natural and fun ways. When Darrel preaches using stories, pastors say …

Butch Vernon leads the 2nd part of the Bible story about the Temple Tax during an STS training. What makes fishing for coins so fascinating?

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Simply The Story instructor, Butch Vernon, leads a Bible story during an STS training. Learn how Jesus and Peter respond differently to the question "Doesn't your master pay tribute?"

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Andrew shares why he attends advanced training often. He also shares his heart regarding what the Lord is doing with his family and recovering addicts in Mexico.

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If your pastor said a 14 year old was coming to preach, what would you think? Hear one of the STS students practice his story and see what people glean from God's Word.

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Tim and Susie Brown dive deeper into how storytelling has revolutionized their pastoral training, especially through learning Bible stories from Acts and exploring different cultural contexts. They …

Tim and Susie Brown share their transformative journey through their experience with Simply The Story (STS), starting with Dorothy in Hemet to training others with orality methods. They discuss the …

T.J. shares how easily it is for those who receive Bible stories to replicate those passages to others. T.J. also describes the beauty of advanced training, even though he had hesitations.

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T.J. has long worked for Navigators. When he first heard about Bible stories he thought nothing of it. Hear how his opinion changed.

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For fun we submitted the God's Story: From Creation to Eternity script into an artificial intelligence podcast creation program. You will be amazed by the accuracy and conversation as these AI voice…

Miriam teaches English as a second language in Israel and STS has helped! She says that she has attended many conferences, some have valuable materials and some have good table fellowship. At the ST…

Listen in as the STS process is applied to Galatians 1:6-9 in a short 20 minute model. Children and adults enjoy digging into this story together at a Simply The Story training.

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Final episode with Butch, Andrea and Dan who look forward to more of God's guidance for 2025. Specific links mentioned in this podcast:

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Butch, Andrea and Dan continue to reflect on God's goodness for 2024 and begin to share some thoughts about 2025. Specific links mentioned in this podcast:

Moment For Eternity (STS Evangelism Tr…

Butch, Andrea and Dan reflect on God's goodness for 2024. Specific links mentioned in this podcast:

Brooke Pernice, blind from birth, sees the Lord in amazing ways.

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Butch and Steve reflect on the power of taking time to carefully walk through Scripture, as seen in a story with the Gideons where a simple question revealed deeper insights. Steve highlights the eff…

The power of Scripture is not diminished by people's disbelief; the Holy Spirit works through the Word itself, regardless of how it's received. Both Steve and Butch share their surprise at how people…