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From Genesis and Exodus through Job, Jonah, and Daniel, the Old Testament contains major portions of historical narrative. Developing a sermon from these lengthy, sometimes complicated stories can be daunting. A preacher may be tempted to simplify the story to three abstract points or use it as a springboard for a more appealing topic. Proclaiming God's Stories is designed to give you confidence in preaching Old Testament narratives. Joe Linares shows the significance, structure, and sermon potential of the Bible's historical narrative sections.

Joe Linares (DMin, Bob Jones University) is the pastor of Fellowship Baptist Church in West Berlin, New Jersey, and an adjunct professor at Bob Jones University Seminary. Proclaiming God's Stories is the published version of his dissertation, "A Methodology for Preaching Old Testament Historical Narrative" (2000).

Introduction	p. 1
Need for Study	p. 1
Statement of Purpose	p. 4
Method of Procedure	p. 5
Previous Studies	p. 7
Homiletical Literature	p. 7
Prior to the 1980s	p. 7
Progress and Limitations During the 1980s	p. 8
The Progress of Expository Preaching in the 1990s	p. 13
Non-Conservative Studies on Preaching Historical Narrative	p. 16
A Summary of Available Homiletical Resources	p. 19
The Paradigm Shift in Hermeneutical Studies on Narratives	p. 20
Studies on Historical Narrative by Literary Scholars	p. 21
Literary Studies on Historical Narrative by Biblical Scholars	p. 23
The Need for Methodology in Preaching Historical Narratives	p. 26
Delimitations	p. 26
The Prominence of Historical Narrative in the Old Testament	p. 29
The Importance of Literary Competency	p. 30
The Main Subject of Biblical Historical Narrative	p. 31
The Rhetorical Function of Historical Narrative	p. 32
The Authorial Structure of Old Testament Historical Narrative	p. 35
The Multifaceted Nature of Biblical Historical Narrative	p. 35
Basic Elements of Historical Narrative	p. 37
Narrator and the Third-Person Form	p. 38
Point of View	p. 40
The Use of Plot in Old Testament Historical Narrative	p. 43
The Central Role of Plot in Historical Narrative	p. 43
The Role of Plot Conflict in Historical Narrative	p. 44
Types of Plot Conflict in Old Testament Historical Narrative	p. 46
Plot Conflict in Human Choices	p. 47
Types of Plot in Old Testament Historical Narrative	p. 49
The Use of Scene in Old Testament Historical Narrative	p. 51
Setting	p. 52
Characters and Characterization	p. 55
Decisions	p. 60
Dialogue	p. 62
Categories	p. 65
The Use of Stylistic Devices in Old Testament Historical Narrative	p. 68
The Importance of Literary Style	p. 68
Repetition	p. 69
Structural Devices	p. 74
Omission	p. 76
Time	p. 77
Developing a Methodology for Preaching Old Testament Historical Narrative	p. 81
The Need for an Expository Methodology	p. 81
Applying Hermeneutics to Homiletics	p. 83
Maintaining the Theocentric Focus	p. 83
Conveying the Position of the Narrator	p. 84
Incorporating the Point of View	p. 88
Transposing the Central Role of Plot	p. 90
Preserving the Setting	p. 93
Handling Characters and Characterization	p. 95
Reflecting Stylistic Devices	p. 99
Utilizing Narrated Time	p. 105
Guidelines for Analysis	p. 107
Read for Structure, Seams, and Statements	p. 107
Analyze the Plot	p. 109
Analyze the Scenes and Their Components	p. 110
Relate Each Scene to the Plot	p. 114
Develop the Proposition and Sermon Outline	p. 115
Develop the Sermon Around the Story	p. 118
Paradigms for Sermonic Structure on Historical Narrative	p. 120
Preliminary Considerations	p. 120
Four Models	p. 125
The Inductive-Deductive Pattern	p. 126
The Conflict-Resolution Pattern	p. 127
The Inductive-Narrative Pattern	p. 130
The Propositional Pattern	p. 133
Demonstrating a Methodology for Preaching Old Testament Historical Narrative	p. 138
The Goal: Going from the Text to the Sermon	p. 138
The Literary Analysis of Genesis 2:4-4:26	p. 139
Read for Structure, Seams, and Statements	p. 139
Analyze the Plot	p. 141
Analyze the Scenes and Their Components	p. 142
Relate Each Scene to the Plot	p. 158
The Sermon Development of Genesis 3:1-24	p. 161
Develop the Proposition and Sermon Outline	p. 161
Develop the Sermon Around the Story	p. 163
Selected Bibliography	p. 179
Expository Preaching	p. 179
Hermeneutics (General)	p. 179
Hermeneutics for Preaching	p. 180
Homiletics (General)	p. 180
Inductive-Narrative Preaching	p. 181
Literary Criticism of Old Testament Historical Narrative	p. 182
Preaching Old Testament Historical Narrative	p. 183
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Proclaiming God's Stories : How to Preach Old Testament Historical Narrative

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