Narrative Preaching

Source: The Complete Library of Christian Worship, Robert E. Webber, General Editor

In recent years, the paradigm shift from a rationalistic worldview to a world in motion has shifted attention in biblical studies and preaching away from propositional statements to story. Narrative preaching draws on the Scripture as story and seeks to communicate through the form of story.

The Importance of Story

Narrative preaching is story-formed preaching-preaching that takes seriously, in method and form, Clark Pinnock's suggestion that "the essence of the gospel is the biblically...

 

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