BIBLE SCRIPTS
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B-1 RUTH, A Story About Love
A script based on the Book of Ruth. Naomi's husband and two sons are dead. She decides to leave Moab and return home. Naomi insists her two daughters-in-law, Orpha and Ruth, remain in Moab near their own parents, but Ruth begs to accompany Naomi back to Bethlehem. She does, and the love story begins! Ruth meets Boaz in the barley fields, follows Naomi's good advice concerning the finding of a suitable husband, weds Boaz, and ultimately gives birth to a son who later becomes the great King David! (5 Readers) (Grade 6-Adult)
Script length: 5 pages of reading text. View sample pages HERE
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B-2 DAVID AND GOLIATH, A Story About a Shepherd and a Giant
A script based on I Samuel 17. The Philistines are camped on one side of the valley and King Saul and the Israelites are camped on the other side. Young David pays a visit to the Israeli camp. He brings a gift of food from his father, Jesse, and hopes to spend a few moments with his brothers who are soldiers in the camp. Little does he know he will soon be a hero! The giant Goliath approaches, then challenges, defies, and insults Israel. What's a young shepherd to do? The rest is history. (7 Readers) (Grade 6-Adult)
Script length: 5 pages of reading text. View sample pages HERE
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B-3 JONAH, A Story About Jonah and the Whale
A script based on the Book of Jonah. God commands Johan to go to the great city of Nineveh and tell the people He plans to destroy them because of their wicked ways. Jonah hears the command and runs – in the opposite direction! He buys his way onto a ship headed for Tarshish and God is not pleased. God crea?tes a great storm and the ship is about to sink when Jonah is thrown overboard in an effort to make amends. Needless to say, thanks to a very big fish, Jonah is transported to dry land and finally obeys God's command. In the end, the city? is saved! (7 Readers) (Grade 6-Adult)
Script length: 5 pages of reading text. View sample pages HERE
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B-4 MOSES 1, A Story About a Baby in a Basket
A script based on Exodus 1 and 2. Pharaoh decided there are too many Hebrews in Egypt and commands Shiphrah and Puah (the Hebrew midwives) to kill all Hebrew male babies at birth. The two midwives outsmart Pharaoh, but he soon issues a new command which, he believes, all the people must obey. Pharaoh's assistant helps spread the command throughout Egypt: "Every newborn Hebrew son shall be thrown into the Nile River!" Miriam obeys the command and places her newborn brother in the Nile, but puts him in a reed basket coated with tar. The Princess of Egypt finds the basket floating in the river, decides to keep the baby herself, and names her new son Moses! (9 Readers) (Grade 6-Adult)
Script length: 5 pages of reading text. View sample pages HERE
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B-5 MOSES 2, A Story About Manna, Meat, and Water
A script based on Exodus 16-17. Moses and Aaron have led their people out of Egypt, but most of the people are angry, defiant, and indignant. They are hot, hungry, thirsty, and losing faith in their leaders' ability to keep them alive in the desert. Moses announces that God will send bread and meat, but when the manna and meat appear, the people take more than their share and are punished when the extra manna goes bad and becomes inedible. Still, God takes care of His people. He sends Moses to Mt. Horeb where Moses strikes a rock with his staff and water gushes forth. The Israelites continue to wander the desert for forty years and are dependant on God for their direction, their manna, their meat, and their water. (6 Readers) (Grade 6-Adult)
Script length: 4 pages of reading text. View sample pages HERE
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B-6 ABRAHAM AND ISAAC, A Story About the Offering of Isaac
A script based on Genesis 22. Abraham is commanded to go to the land of Moriah, climb a special mountain, and bring a specific gift for God himself. The command is a test of Abraham's faith and obedience. He approaches his son, Isaac, and tells him about the journey they must take. The narrators of this reader script comment, "Abraham isn't telling Isaac EVERYTHING God said." Of course, he isn't. Isaac is going to be sacrificed! Isaac accompanies his father to the top of the mountain while the narrators watch and worry. To the narrators' great relief, Abraham passes the test, Isaac lives, and Abraham's descendants are incredibly blessed. (5 Readers) (Grade 6-Adult)
Script length: 5 pages of reading text. View sample pages HERE
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B-7 KING SOLOMON, A Story About a Wise King
A script based on I Kings 3 and II Chronicles 1. King David dies and his son, Soloman, becomes the next king. One night God appears to Soloman in a dream telling him to ask for anything he wishes and God will grant his request. Solomon wishes for an understanding heart and a wise mind so that he may properly govern the people of Israel. God is so pleased with the wishes that he grants them and also gives Solomon riches, fame, and a long life. Solomon's heart and wisdom are soon called to the test when two young women come to him seeking a decision about which is the true mother of a newborn baby. A sharp sword and a revelation are involved in the outcome! (7 Readers) (Grade 6-Adult)
Script length: 3 pages of reading text. View sample pages HERE
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B-8 GIDEON, A Story About Gideon's Victory
A reader script based on Judges 6 and 7. God gave the Israelites the Promised Land, but they forgot their God, so He allowed the Midianites to rule. One day Gideon goes to thresh some wheat and is approached by an angel. The angel greets him as a mighty soldier and says, "I am the angel of the Lord and I am sending you to save Israel from the Midianites!" Gideon doesn't believe what he hears, but is finally convinced. He gathers 32,000 men to fight the Midiantes, but this is too many men! Gideon and the angel find a unique way to pare the number of fighting men to 300, then march forth to fight the most famous "non-battle" in history. (4 Readers) (Grade 6-Adult)
Script length: 5 pages of reading text. View sample pages HERE
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B-9 JOSEPH, A Story About a Coat of Many Colors
A script based on Genesis 37. Jacob prospers and has twelve sons. He does not, however, treat all his sons equally. His favorite son is Joseph and the other sons are quite aware of Jacob's favoritism. Joseph not only receives the gift of a spectacular colored robe from is doting father, he also annoys his brothers by interpreting his own dreams to suggest that someday his brothers will bow down before him. The brothers rebel by stealing the robe and throwing Joseph into a dry well, then selling him to a group of traders heading for Egypt. Years later, of course, Joseph becomes the means of rescue for his brothers and they do bow before him, just as he had dreamed. (8 Readers) (Grade 6-Adult)
Script length: 6 pages of reading text. View sample pages HERE
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B-10 DANIEL, A Story About Daniel and the Lions
A script based on Daniel 6. Although Daniel had been taken from his home country when he was a young man, he never forgets his God. He prays to God regularly, three times a day. Because of this, God gives Daniel a place of honor in a foreign land and he becomes a favorite of King Darius. Daniel's special status angers the king's governors. The jealous governors talk the king into proclaiming a new law: No person is allowed to request anything from any god or man except from the king himself! Anyone breaking this new law will be thrown into a pit of lions. Daniel, of course, continues to pray to God as he has always done and , to the governors' delight, is thrown into the pit. God sends an angel to shut the lions' mouths and Daniel survives. The king is elated! The governors are not. (7 Readers) (Grade 6-Adult)
Script length: 4 pages of reading text. View sample pages HERE
