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Tales of the Unexpected Handbook

Stories told by Jesus from Luke's Gospel

Tales of the Unexpected Handbook

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By: P Woodcock & A Woodcock
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In Tales of the Unexpected you’ll find four simple but startling stories that Jesus told.

Description

This straightforward, four-session course is designed to bring the teaching of Jesus to a broad range of people, including those who normally have difficulty accessing the Christian message.

Use the Tales of the Unexpected DVD and booklet to unpack some truly unexpected words of Jesus, and introduce ordinary people to this most amazing man. Presented by Pete Woodcock and Lizzy Smallwood, two experienced Christian communicators.

Watch the trailer for Tales of the Unexpected.

Everyone likes a good story, especially when there’s a surprise at the end.

Jesus is famous for the stories he told. And many people still read and listen to his words today. Why? — because Jesus’ words seem to understand us and explain us. And they open up the way for us to know God.

In Tales of the Unexpected you’ll find four simple but startling stories that Jesus told. You’ll find some surprising things about yourself, about God and about life.

Using a modern, easy-to-understand translation of the Bible, and the accompanying DVD, this straightforward guide will help you understand who Jesus is, why he came, and the difference he can make for people today.

Requires the accompanying DVD.

We're happy to be able to provide two free resources to help you in running and using Tales of the Unexpected - see the links on the left-hand side.

BRAND NEW! To help with promoting your course, we now have posters and invitations available for you to download. See the 'Extras' section on the top left-hand side of the page.

Table of contents

  • 1 The rich fool (Luke 12 v 13-21)
  • 2 The runaway son (Luke 15 v 11-24)
  • 3 The stay-at-home son (Luke 15 v 11-32)
  • 4 The Pharisee and the tax collector (Luke 18 v 9-14)

Additional Information

Author P Woodcock & A Woodcock
ISBN 9781906334727
Format Paperback
Dimensions 148mm x 210mm
Pages 48
Publisher The Good Book Company

Customer Reviews

Relevant and real in 2012

 This is a very good resource to explain the Gospel to interested people.
We used it with a group of about 12 ladies as a follow up to Walk For Life.
It is very well presented, easy to follow and challenging. There is a good variety of discussion and listening, with the dvd providing good teaching in a very non threatening way.
Each programme builds upon the previous one and the whole series gels together.
I would certainly use it again and will possibly go on to look at Jesus and You; Close Encounters.
However we did have some problems with the dvd not working. But The Good Book Company were excellent in replacing the copy very quickly. 

| Review by | 25/10/2012

Short, challenging and well-presented

 Well-chosen parables, well presented; the challenge of Jesus' words comes across powerfully. The questions in the booklets work well just as they are and each week builds helpfully on what's gone before.

20 people signed up for our first course - many more than normally come to our 'full-length' evangelistic courses. 8 of these continued to a longer course and all of those now want to do more.

We also had difficulty flicking pages to get to the Bible passages but just photocopied these to use with the studies. Would be helpful to have some invitations available for over-printing. 

| Review by | 07/06/2011

A great short easy to use course

 This course is great to use with people who are genuinely interested in finding out about Jesus. It is simple, yet thought provoking. I have been using it with people who are relatively academic, and they have been enjoying it. I think it is good for people who cannot commit to a 10 week course like Christianity Explored.

The only thing that I would change would be perhaps to put the Bible passages in a pull out section, such as in the centre of the book. This would make it easier when answering the Bible study questions . 

| Review by | 14/12/2010

Excellent simple studies based on parables in Luke

 Fresh, friendly presentations on the DVD, straightforward helpful studies.

This hit the spot as a good introduction to Christianty for some friends who were interested but have short attention spans and are not accademic. (Christiany Explored would've been far too heavy for them)

Good mix of testimonies at the end of each DVD talk are helpful - adds to the life-example story approach.

As this series is based on parables the cross is not prominent in the way you would normally choose for a gospel outline series.

Small point, but tudy booklet is arranged such that you end up flicking back and forward from passage to questions (passage is included within booklet). 

| Review by | 01/12/2010

Excellent gospel material

 This is the most focussed and challenging of all the courses available on what true Christianity is (including Christianity Explored, Christianity Explained et al).

The four parables included are excellent material for group discussion. They are both challenging and focussed, and do not waffle around like some other courses.

It just needs to be expanded by an extra week at the beginning on Gen 2&3 to explain the size of the human problem, and an extra week at the end on John 3 to emphasise the point of new life in Christ.

With such a six week course - this is the best, most direct, user-friendly and straightforward material available.

Highly recommended. 

| Review by | 02/09/2010
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