Book Description
The church has always faced the challenge of presenting the Word of God in a way which relates to its contemporary culture. The church of the twenty-first century, defined as a Digital Culture, is no exception. Gospeltelling to a Digital Culture: The Forensic Reconstruction of a Good Story offers a pattern and model for the exegetical investigation of a biblical text.
The purpose of this book is to provide a method for preaching in a multisensory environment. The book first reviews the historical background of worship and preaching. Different methods of sermon creation are explored including an approach labeled Gospeltelling: a biblically based, exegetical, narrative style of preaching designed to relate to the Digital Culture. The book concludes with a presentation of the development and application of that method using the parable of The Prodigal Son found in Luke 15.
The book is written for those who are seeking an understanding of church history and the development of worship. It also offers a different approach to sermon development for those who seek another path of sermon preparation or who wish to enhance their own personal method.
Book Reviews
“This book is the most detailed and comprehensive exploration of the history and practice of biblical storytelling in preaching that is currently available: a treasure trove for pastors who want to rediscover the riches of the ancient storytelling traditions of Israel and the early Church for preaching in our post-literate culture.” ~Dr. Thomas E. Boomershine, Professor of Christianity and Communications Emeritus, United Theological Seminary and Founder of the Network of Biblical Storytellers
“While teaching a respect for a variety of worship styles and traditions, Jonathan Watts offers his readers practical tools for telling the Gospel story well in today's postmodern, digital culture. This book is written in a way that will be accessible to all those who proclaim the Gospel. It gives creative approaches for a variety of settings.” ~ Rev. Dorothy Ann Webster, District Superintendent, North Alabama Conference, The United Methodist Church
“A quiet and quite calm look at the noisy issue of communication in a digital culture. An illuminating, instructive and useful guidebook to the subject.” ~Dr. Leonard Sweet, Drew Theological School, George Fox University
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