The Story Keepers - Season 1
Season 1
Network
Episodes13
DatesJan 1, 1995 - May 1, 1997
Episodes
Season 1Episode 130 min
Breakout
A young kid who has good juggling skills gets captured by Caesar. The Story Keepers group take it upon themselves to get him out of the cruel place of Caesar.
Jan 1, 1995
Season 1Episode 230 min
Raging Waters
Zak is arrested while delivering a story to a Christian meeting in Rome, and its up to Ben and the gang to rescue him and deliver the story in time.
Feb 1, 1995
Season 1Episode 330 min
Catacomb Rescue
Ben's friend, master-storyteller Ephraim, braves the threat of capture to visit Rome--and his story of the Good Samaritan helps Anna and Justin make a difficult choice. With Nero's soldiers searching everywhere, Ben, Helena, and the kids help Ephraim escape through the catacombs. Amid the excitement, his vivid stories recount Jesus' parables of the Sower and the Unforgiving Servant, lessons that bare wonderful results in the end.
Jan 1, 1996
Season 1Episode 430 min
Ready, Aim, Fire
Ben and the gang find themselves the object of Nero's latest neighborhood renovations-- firebombing by catapult! Zak is eager to help, but his overzealous attempts to prove his leadership abilities spark disaster. His harrowing adventure is punctuated by three stories of Jesus, who heals a man's withered hand, brings sight to blind Bartimaeus, and teaches his disciples a lesson about children... one that Zak also needs to learn.
Feb 1, 1996
Season 1Episode 530 min
Sink or Swim
A secret search for Justin's father on a Roman slave ship leads to high-seas adventure. Trapped aboard the galley when it leaves port, Ben and his group find themselves headed for battle against a rebel slave ship.
Mar 1, 1996
Season 1Episode 630 min
Starlight Escape
En route by night to a neighboring city, Ben, Helena, and the kids narrowly avoid capture by Nero's soldiers. The cost of their escape is a broken wagon wheel. While the wheel is being mended, Ben and Helena take the kids on another journey--back to the days of Mary and Joseph. Join them by the firelight to hear about the birth of Jesus, the shepherds and the angels, the Magi and the star, the flight to Egypt, and more!
Apr 1, 1996
Season 1Episode 730 min
Roar in the Night
Two lion cubs have escaped, and Crassus, Nero's head animal trainer, is furious. Where could they be? Marcus knows and it looks like curtains when Crassus tracks the cubs to Ben's door. It's animal antics to make your whole family roar... plus three stories of Jesus, who tells the parable of the lost sheep, restores a man's speech and hearing, and praises the widow for her gift to the temple.
May 1, 1996
Season 1Episode 830 min
Captured
Cyrus's acrobatic talent turns him from a captive to a star of the show in the mansion of his new "friend," Flavian the merchant. He has a life of luxury--until the abused slaves revolt. Suddenly, he wishes he'd cooperated when the gang tried to smuggle him home. Can love redeem the ungrateful Cyrus, as it does the prodigal son in Jesus' parable? Can it heal the rift between Cyrus and Justin, just as Jesus healed the centurion's servant?
Jun 1, 1996
Season 1Episode 930 min
Trapped!
Nero is having a birthday party, but Tacticus is not in a festive mood. He faces a tough choice: worship Nero as a god and receive a promotion, or stay true to his faith and risk death. With the gang to the rescue, his worries are over... or maybe they've just begun. See three stories of Jesus come to life--the royal ride on the donkey, the transfiguration on the mountaintop, and the parable of the vineyard. It's the wildest birthday party ever!
Jan 1, 1997
Season 1Episode 1030 min
Betrayed!
Ben and the gang must smuggle those who helped them free Tacticus out of Rome. But their fear of betrayal by Antonius, the miller, leads Ben to tell the stories of Judas and the Last Supper. Helena, meanwhile, relates the story of Mary Magdalene anointing the head of Jesus with perfume. When the Romans threaten to burn down Ben's bakery, with Anna and the boys still inside, the stage is set for an exciting—and surprising--climax!
Feb 1, 1997
Season 1Episode 1130 min
Nabbed by Nero
Ben asks Justin to tell the story at their next meeting, but the boy is too nervous, and Ben compares his uncertainty with that of the disciples when Jesus was arrested. Ben, Justin, and Marcus are captured during a raid on the Catacombs, so Ben comforts his frightened friends by telling of Peter's fears when Jesus was taken before Caiaphas. Finally, Justin gets up the courage to tell the story of what happened when Caiphas sent Jesus to Pilate.
Mar 1, 1997
Season 1Episode 1230 min
Getaway!
Helena and the others must free their friends from Nero's stockade, where Justin and Marcus suffer without food and water, and poor Ben awaits execution. Meanwhile, an overjoyed Cyrus learns that his parents are still alive. As the former circus clowns plan an unusual rescue, Ben recalls how bravely Jesus met his own death on the cross. He also tells the joyous story of how Jesus eventually rose from the dead on Easter Sunday.
Apr 1, 1997
Season 1Episode 1330 min
The Final Conflict
In the exciting conclusion, Ben and the gang sail off to safety in an Arabian village, but a vengeful Nihilus is on their trail. Justin and Marcus fear they will never see their parents again, so Helena tells how Jesus reassured his disciples after rising from the dead. Ben's gang gets separated in the desert, but with the story of "Doubting Thomas" to encourage them, they survive in the wilderness. And soon, the stage is set for the last confrontation.
May 1, 1997
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