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      • The Persuasive Power of Story
        07/19/06
        There are some who strongly object to a preacher using anything that might persuade or convince unless it is the cold logic of a syllogism. Some make exception for the quoting of the Bible as an authoritative text, but they consider a heart-moving story as manipulation. They fear the preacher has so

      • The Preacher as Storyteller
        07/05/06
        “Why is there so much narrative in the Bible and so little in our sermons?” This is the question of Ralph Lewis and his son Gregg Lewis, co-authors of Inductive Preaching: Helping People Listen. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 1983, p. 58. Their very helpful book answers the question saying, “Our sermons fo

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