Always a Parable, with Storytelling Making the Difference.
Music of the Lowly Creatures. Designed to be a radio production, can be a dramatic reading with a live orchestra. Two angels playfully interact with musicians praising God, and reveal they too are waiting excitedly for the Great Day of the Lord.
Job 38:4-7, 2 Actors, orchestra or praise band (or canned music...?)
Not of this World. It's all about rebellion, even in a relationship with God, we want to impose US and ME and MINE upon what God in His grace promises us. What is more important, loving the world, or loving God? Aim at heaven, you get earth thrown in...
1 John 2:15-17, 2 Actors, (could use elaborate props, or mime everything)
Radio Beliefs. Radio production or dramatic reading, with several readers, or a few with a talent for voices and accents. Should sound like a slightly cheesey old-time radio show, broadcasting adventure and excitement from the far-reaches of the world.
John 4:46-54, Several Readers, 1-5 (or talented voices), Old Radio
The Blind Spot. A wife with a questionnable business opportunity for power and success, overlooks her husband's building resentment and jealousy. Lust and covetousness and power hunger, crash into integrity and relationship issues. Where does lust lead us?
James 1:13-16, 2 Actors, phone, towel, robe
The Moral Dilemma. A modern-day recreation of what happened to Joseph, in this case a high-level executive had a long and rocky road to success, and now interviews for a job the man responsible for her torment and the trouble in her early life. Vengeance, or Grace?
Gen. 43:30-31, 45:1-8, 2 Actors, cell phone, resume, folders
Stumbling Stone. A scholar wants to accomplish the impossible, all on his own, even when offered a free gift of help, resources, and a way to really get it done. Insane, the scholar sees sanity as the true insanity. The old story of trying to replace Grace with works.
None of Your Business.There are so many reasons people go to church, and yet rarely does it have anything to do with spirituality. It can be a grotesque sideshow, a theater, a gossip hall, as it had become in Jesus' day, it's more a business than a house of prayer.
Mat. 21:12-13, 2 Actors, Popcorn (can be mimed)
Woodpeckers. A rolling story, as a father passes a story to his daughter, and she in turn passes the story to her son, and he in turn passes the story onto his daughter, teaching the lesson that when God works through us, it is HIM, not us. We are not to be vain.
1 Corin. 12:4-5, 27, 13:13, 2 Actors, paper
2-3 min.
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4-5 min.
Lawyers Need Love Too. A slime-ball lawyer, sleazy and smarmy, proud of his expertise in the law, comes to meet the judge for his own final judgment. His smarmy confidence melts away as the judge nears the courthouse, and finally collapses. Now the judgment!
Luke 10:25-29, 36-37, 2 Actors, gavel
4 min.
Wicked, Wicked Judgment. Somewhat unresolved, but shows how persistence pays off, even with an evil judge (and how even the most wicked of men, love their own children). Hold fast, overcome, don't lose faith. There is real justice in God, who rewards.
James 5:11, Luke 18:1, 7-8, Actors, phone
6 min.
True Worship. An excited computer geek rushes to install her new chat programs, and needs no help from the PC Specialist. But glitches could induce her to throw her laptop through the window; Baptism software renews her computer!
John 4:23-24, 1 Cor. 2:10-12, Rev. 14:7, 2 Actors, pc computer, CD
4-5 min.
Love for Sophia. An excited crowd awaits the arrival of the glamorous actress Sophia, hopping, babbling, they take photos galore at her arrival, but one when one lucky fan gets the chance to take Sophia home for a visit, she balks, feeling very unworthy.
James 1:4-6, Proverbs 16:16, James 3:17, 5 Actors plus extras, flash cameras
7-8 min.
Will Love Stay. Mongo is a beloved dog, but suffers bad separation anxiety if left alone for even seconds. Accidents in the house, destruction of the master's property . . . will he finally be returned to the pound? Can Mongo be good until Joshua comes home?
Romans 8:35-39, 2 Actors, magazines
6-7 min.
Have it All X2.A harried housewife and her disgruntled husband wade through a sea of bills. They don't know if they should fight, or result to sarcasm. Then, amid the bills, the wife finds an envelope from Denmark with some fairly astonishing good news!
Romans 8:28-32, 2 Actors, bills, papers, envelopes, big newspaper
VBS Skits & Plays. Several modified scripts specifically for younger kids, but easily adapted to any age. Kids use their imaginations better than adults, and Scripture can be very powerful. Skit #1: Eyes on Jesus. Skit #2: Highest saves the lowest. #3 Angels.
Matt. 14:28-31, John 13:1, 4-5, 12, 14-15, Various
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