Things to Forget 12

Most of the members of an audience you will perform for will be those who regularly attend the fellowship and are familiar with the Bible stories. To change the story to better fit the operation of the particular effect is performance and credibility suicide. This is not to say that during a kids program you can’t be telling a story and deliberately present a fictitious fact that the kids can react to. This is a warning against doing say a version of “Six Card Repeat” (six cards are shown, three taken away, but when the cards are counted again there are still six) and saying that the boy gave Jesus four loaves and two fish represented by the six cards. As we know from the Bible account in Matthew 6:38 there were five loaves and two fish. Either add another card (loaf), or find another effect to communicate the story. You need to have seven cards to properly do this story.

If you come across being wrong about one story or Bible text, how can they find assurance in what you say when you share the gospel message in
John 3:16?


	FORGET ABOUT "CHANGING THE STORY" TOO MUCH TO FIT THE EFFECT
	Most of the members of an audience you will perform for will be those who regularly attend the fellowship and are familiar with the Bible stories. To change the story to better fit the operation of the particular effect is performance and credibility suicide. This is not to say that during a kids program you can’t be telling a story and deliberately present a fictitious fact that the kids can react to. This is a warning against doing say a version of “Six Card Repeat” (six cards are shown, three taken away, but when the cards are counted again there are still six) and saying that the boy gave Jesus four loaves and two fish represented by the six cards. As we know from the Bible account in Matthew 6:38 there were five loaves and two fish. Either add another card (loaf), or find another effect to communicate the story. You need to have seven cards to properly do this story. If you come across being wrong about one story or Bible text, how can they find assurance in what you say when you share the gospel message in John 3:16? MORE GOSPEL ILLUSION TIPS - RESOURCES - HOME