Hunches about Jesus

Mark's Gospel for

(those who tell bible stories to)

Nine Year-Olds

1 Stubby fingers' story! 2 The stark running truth! 3 He's come and this is it! 4 Stories in God's Kingdom 5 Just as Isaiah had said 6 John in the desert 7 John's baptism of Jesus 8 Jesus' desert storm 9 Jesus recruits fishermen 1 10 Jesus recruits fishermen 2 11 Making an Impact 12 Healing and Release 13 News Spreads 14 Healed Leper and His PCA 15. At Home and Roof Caves In 16. Sins Forgiven 17. Outside with the Outsiders 18. Inside with the insiders 19 Let's party! 20. Completely New 21 Picking on the Sabbath 22. Evil is sad as well as bad 23 What is it with evil spirits? 24 Jesus' slow learners 1 25 Jesus' slow learners 2 26 Misunderstood by his family 27. A tricky situation 28. Problem solving 29. Overcoming 30. Getting Personal in School 31. More Stories from School 32. All at sea with Jesus 33. Troubled by healing 34. A woman is healed 35. The little girl's secret 36 Cold shoulder 37. Smelling like Jesus 38 Summary of Mark 1-6 39. Getting the Word out 40. Herod's fear 41 Rest and Recreation 42 Crowd Management 1 43. Crowd Management 2

44 Across the Lake 45 Confronting Hypocrisy 46 Heart Cleansing 47 Dirty on Parents 48 More Barriers Overcome 49 Back to Galilee 50 Bread Again 51 No Sign but a Groan 52 Watch Out for Yeast 53 Blind Man sees the Light 54 So then who am I? 55 I'll tell you who I am 56 How to follow me 57 It's all happening 58 It's all happening - dream 59 It's all happening - shelter 60 It's all happening - echo 61 Learning curve 62 Stop arguing, start caring 63 Keep your minds on the task 64 Don't you get it? 65 Open Up! 66 More hard lessons 67 Jesus sets His own timetable 68 Test - Marriage at the Outset 69 Test - God's Gift of Marriage 70 Stop shoving - children first 71 Jesus Talks Straight 72 The True Rich Give It All Up 73 What to Expect 74 Disciples are servants 75 The Blind Pain 76 Transport Arranged 77 Jesus Surveys the Scene 78 Fig Trees and Faith 79 Cleansing the Temple (1) 80 Cleansing the Temple (2) 81 Miracle of Forgiveness 82 John's Authority Clarified 83 Reject Stone 84 Taxes to Caesar

85 God's Purpose for Marriage 86 Jesus and his Examiner 87 Who is this son of David? 88 Fake Piety 89 A Poor Widow's Generosity 90 Wreckers are on the way! 91 Reading God's Timetable 92 Get ready! 93 Watch it! 94 The End 95 Keep Watch! 96 The Plot 97 The Anointing 98 Betrayal 99 Preparing for Passover 100 He Knows 101 An Oath 102 Peter's Trial 103 Praying and Waiting 104 Arrest, Fight and Flight 105 Young Man 106 Exposed to His Enemies 107 The Ultimate Crime 108 Hated Without Cause 109 Peter's Denial 110 Jesus' Silence 111 Jesus or Barabbas? 112 Soldiers Turn on Him 113 Passer-by Gets Involved 114 The Beginning of the End 115 Nailing the King of the Jews 116 Will Elijah Turn Up? 117 Who was there? 118 Really dead and buried 119 Scared to life - 1 120 Scared to life - 2 121 Doubt despite evidence 122 Witnesses confirmed 123 Mark's Hunches 124 Our Hunches

Some other stories

Mark's Tale is a 13 page story of 2500 words. It is written especially for primary-school age children. If you would like a version formatted for MSPublisher please write to the author and request it. A version of Mark's Gospel has been re-written with the evening meal table in mind. If you would like the entire 114 Hunches on audio, please contact me.

Two stories can be told at Christmas. I told Mary's Part at our Christmas dinner in 2001 and then last year I composed Joseph's Part . They are similar of course. I have also written the story of creation. And there is also a story I have constructed about the colleague of Stephen, Nicola'us of Antioch

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