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D. Jonathan Watts
 D. Jonathan Watts, Ph.D. teaches Religion, Philosophy, and Speech at Snead State Community College, Boaz, Alabama, and is an Elder in the North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church. He holds a Bachelor's degree in theology, a Master of Divinity degree, a Doctor of Ministry degree, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree which he received from the Graduate Theological Foundation upon successfully defending his dissertation in Oxford, England, where he studied at Christ Church College, Oxford University.
Jonathan has a broad background in church work as a lay person, a minister of music, and has twenty years in pastoral ministry. He, and his wife Karen, are active in the First United Methodist Church, Guntersville, Alabama and have two daughters, Lindsey and Whitney. Jonathan has conducted numerous workshops and retreats focusing on storytelling and preaching.
Book Description
Available January 2007.
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.
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Book Information
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 175
Imprint: Cloverdale Books
Publication Date: 2007
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Dimensions: 6 x 9 (inches)
ISBN-10: 1-929569-21-1
ISBN-13: 978-1-929569-21-2
Availability: January 2007
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