THE ART OF PREACHING OLD TESTAMENT NARRATIVE
By Steven D. Mathewson
Paternoster/Baker. 279 pages
ISBN 1 84227 138 5
A foreword by Haddon Robinson and the tantalising prospect of ushering the reader into the neglected world of preaching biblical narrative, offers a mouth-watering incentive to read this book. Broadly speaking, it doesn't disappoint!
The need is obvious. Mathewson comments correctly: 'As evangelicals we've taken Old Testament stories seriously enough to defend their historicity. Now it's time to learn to preach them effectively' (p.20). This he seeks to undertake in three, very practical stages: the examination of interpretative issues specific to the genre and homiletics of Old Testament narrative (parts 1 and 2) and the presentation and discussion of some examples of narrative preaching (part 3).
