by Cliff Barbarick | Apr 6, 2023 | John, Tutorials
Performance Notes: I first told this story in a Zoom session of the Network of Biblical Storytellers Scholars Seminar (a group of “storytelling scholars” and “scholarly storytellers” who gather to explore Scripture through biblical performance criticism). You can...
by Cliff Barbarick | Nov 11, 2022 | 1 Peter, Performances
Performance Notes: As part of Summit 2022 at Abilene Christian University, I performed all of 1 Peter in a session titled “Reading and Hearing 1 Peter.” After that event, I recorded my performance of 1 Peter so that I could share it on the blog. Rather than share it...
by Cliff Barbarick | Oct 14, 2022 | Performances
Performance Notes: For this post, the commentary is included in the video following the performance of Ecclesiastes 2:12–26. You can jump directly to the commentary at the 04:00 mark. I learned this section of Ecclesiastes in order to tell it as part of the...
by Cliff Barbarick | Sep 30, 2022 | Performances
Performance Notes: In this post, the performance commentary follows the video (starting at the 01:40 mark). I was given the opportunity to tell and teach this story to a group of university professors at the Christian Scholars Conference in Nashville. As I mention...
by Cliff Barbarick | Sep 15, 2022 | Performances
Performance Notes: In this post, I’ve included the performance commentary in the video following the performance of Obadiah. (You can jump to the commentary starting at the 04:45 mark.) I told this live for the first time with a group of men at a Come before...
by Cliff Barbarick | Feb 2, 2022 | Performances
Performance Notes: The so-called “parable of the dishonest manager” found in Luke 16:1–9 is among Jesus’s most shocking and confusing teachings. So, when prompted to explore a biblical story as part of my participation in the Academy for Biblical Storytelling,...