The Story of Narrative Preaching

✅ Forty years ago the one 1️⃣ thing that could be said 💬 about sermons was they were biblical. Unfortunately, they were sometimes tedious too. Narrative preaching aimed to fix that, advocating for a dynamic experience of the text over against a static lecture. Preaching could be like the parables of Jesus, intriguing ➕ compelling.The Story of Narrative Preaching is the story of 7️⃣ 👨‍🎓️ who are enrolled in 👨‍🏫 Freemans preaching course. 🔂 a 🆕 📈, narrative preaching is now older than most of ➡️👥. As 👨‍🏫 Freeman 🎶, 2️⃣ things ➡️ wrong with narrative styles: over ⏱️ the ⛪️ became biblically ➕ theologically illiterate, ➕ the promised stress on experience didnt always measure ⬆️ to the 🏋️ of the gospel.Readers are invited ⬇️🛋️ in on the class, to reflect on the expositional nature of preaching ➕ to experience the stories of the text over against a static lecture. Preaching could be like the parables of Jesus, intriguing and compelling.The Story of Narrative Preaching is the story of seven students who are enrolled in Professor Freemans preaching course. Once a new trend, narrative preaching is now older than most of them. As Professor Freeman notes, two things went wrong with narrative styles: over time the church became biblically and theologically illiterate, and the promised stress on experience didnt always measure up to the weight of the gospel.Readers are invited to sit in on the class, to reflect on the expositional nature of preaching and to experience the stories of some modern storytellers--Flannery OConnor, Alice Walker 🚶, and ➕ others--to see 👀 what they might teach us 👥⬅️ about narratives of depth. In the end 🔚 we 👥⬅️ discover what may be the most important word in preaching.Mike Graves, one 1️⃣ of the most insightful and ➕ learned voices in the narrative world 🗺️, begins 🆕 this book 📚️ with the story of his 👤👨⬅️ own coming ⤵️ to consciousness as a narrative preacher, and ➕ then tells 🗣️ the story of teaching a preaching class in which the class members engage literature, story, and ➕ narrative preaching. . . . I did not ❌️ want 🙏 to put it down ⬇️. This volume will be a welcome resource in preachin...

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