1.3 Preaching Whole Sermons as Story

Links: 1. Preaching, Story Telling
Created: 2024-11-17 22:05

Preaching as Story

Often, sermons begin with a short story that speaks generally to the topic at hand that is found in the text as it relates to the theme (or a title) and points. People come to expect a pattern of sermon that follows a general order of:

story ->Exegesis -> story/illustration/application -> Exegesis -> application (repeated until sermon is done).

When this is the pattern people tend to tune out when it comes to the exegesis. Therefore, a sermon that is/ has the quality of 'story' from beginning to end will resonate better than a sermon that only has bits of story.

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