Introduction

1. The Scriptures and the Power of God: encountering the presence of God, when the preacher tells a story
2. Narrative Freedom: following Jesus’ pattern of creativity when the preacher tells a story
3. Love Songs and Love Stories: preaching psalms of praise as a story
4. Hurl Their Babies Against the Rocks: preaching imprecatory psalms as a story
5. To Make a Long Story Short: preaching multi-chapter texts as a story
6. What Do These Words Mean: preaching ancient Hebrew and Greek root words as a story
7. Once Before There Was a Time: preaching the doctrine of predestination as a story
8. If Only You Had Been Here:  preaching the doctrine of death and eternal life as a story
9. I Am Sending You: preaching the doctrine of resurrection and mission as a story
10. Once Upon a Christmas: preaching the doctrine of incarnation as a story