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Using Illustrations to Preach with Power is unavailable, but you can change that!

Illustrations capture our attention and further our understanding in a way that no other sermonic tool can. This former pastor and current seminary president demonstrates why illustrations should be used in biblical preaching and then goes on to share how to find and integrate them effectively. Throughout his work Bryan Chapell makes it clear that illustrations are integral to effective...

If, as many now suggest, illustrations are stories in either elaborated or embryonic form, then narrative theory can help us determine how they communicate so efficiently and deeply. Narrative theory presumes that a community’s most basic values are stored, transmitted, and communicated through stories. Researchers have discovered that the most simple expressions have nearly infinite interpretive possibilities based upon the varying definitions, nuances, contexts, and motives that can characterize
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