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Final part with Pastors Rod and Dave. Hear how STS Oral Bible Schools offer a safe place to share. Some fear that orality turns people away from reading. Quite the opposite is true. Solid deep time in the Word leads to reading. Do we make the Gospel dependent on literacy?
 
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In the west, we have lost community. STS helps bridge this gap especially in every day conversation. STS teaches people to embrace the difficult. Hear how these two pastors like to help people apply the Word to their lives. They also discuss the guardrails STS provides to keep people accurate to the Bible. Hear why oral Bible school students do not want to graduate.
 
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Pastor Rod, along with many, struggle to memorize Scripture. Yet after an STS training he now has large chunks of Bible in his head. Orality also encourages communal learning. With STS all ages can learn the Bible in-depth together.
 
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Two pastors discuss their hesitations and surprises after attending an STS orality training. Both learn the value of discussion which dives deep into God's Word. They also see value in what happens afterward, people leave thinking about the Bible passage and impacted by this meditation on God's Word.
 
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Luke and I did a Bible story together recently. His answers and our discussion in the Jars of Oil story from 2 Kings 4:1-7 might surprise you.
 
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Betty and Butch continue their discussion about some unique aspects to STS such as the interactive and relational aspects of it. Does discipling others require a masters or PHD?
 
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