Pastor and teacher Joe Linares shows how to preach Old Testament historical narrative in Proclaiming God’s Stories. A valuable pastoral resource, this book outlines a method for preaching historical narrative without spiritualizing, allegorizing, moralizing, or dramatizing. Unlike other how-to books, it also illustrates its method by showing step-by-step construction and complete text for an actual sermon. Linares explains how a narrative’s plot, characterization, style, and structure affect sermon preparation. He shows how to handle historical narratives in an expository ministry and discusses varying options for sermon structure. He concludes with a propositional sermon on Genesis 3. A Bob Jones University Seminary Publication.
Pastor and teacher Joe Linares shows how to preach Old Testament historical narrative in Proclaiming God’s Stories. A valuable pastoral resource, this book outlines a method for preaching historical narrative without spiritualizing, allegorizing, moralizing, or dramatizing. Unlike other how-to books, it also illustrates its method by showing step-by-step construction and complete text for an actual sermon. Linares explains how a narrative’s plot, characterization, style, and structure affect sermon preparation. He shows how to handle historical narratives in an expository ministry and discusses varying options for sermon structure. He concludes with a propositional sermon on Genesis 3. A Bob Jones University Seminary Publication.