Telling the Old, Old Story: The Art of Narrative Preaching

Rating:
Summary: Inspiring Material But Not A Lot of How To's
Review: Larsen packs this book with quotables, illustrations, and assessments of well-known or respected authorities. Although he drops a lot of names and offers numerous "golden nuggets," the book is not a practical "how to" work, nor is it concise and to the point.

Larsen inspires and offers a lot of "jabs," scoldings, and creative contrasts, but if I had not learned how to do narrative exposition elsewhere, I would not have learned it here. He would have left me with a lot of information but no clear procedure--or, if there is a clear procedure, it is buried within quotations, excerpts, and witicisms.

If you want to read this book for enjoyment and inspiration, (or pithy sayings), you will not be disappointed. His theological positions are wonderful. But if you want concrete and to the point procedures, you may be let down.

Rating:
Summary: Inspiring Material But Not A Lot of How To's
Review: Larsen packs this book with quotables, illustrations, and assessments of well-known or respected authorities. Although he drops a lot of names and offers numerous "golden nuggets," the book is not a practical "how to" work, nor is it concise and to the point.

Larsen inspires and offers a lot of "jabs," scoldings, and creative contrasts, but if I had not learned how to do narrative exposition elsewhere, I would not have learned it here. He would have left me with a lot of information but no clear procedure--or, if there is a clear procedure, it is buried within quotations, excerpts, and witicisms.

If you want to read this book for enjoyment and inspiration, (or pithy sayings), you will not be disappointed. His theological positions are wonderful. But if you want concrete and to the point procedures, you may be let down.