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Toward A Theology For Preaching
Preaching
THINKING IN STORY
Preaching In A Post-literate Age
Why do we tell stories at all? Why do we preach? What is the
burden of our message? What, in other words, is the theological
rationale for the task of proclamation? It is not my intention to
develop here a full-blown theology for preaching. That is a task
for another time. I do, however, want to speak briefly to the
issue. In my reading of the homiletical literature I miss the
rationale for preaching most of all. Maybe it is taken for
granted that everyone knows why we preach or that people from
burden of our message? What, in other words, is the theological
rationale for the task of proclamation? It is not my intention to
develop here a full-blown theology for preaching. That is a task
for another time. I do, however, want to speak briefly to the
issue. In my reading of the homiletical literature I miss the
rationale for preaching most of all. Maybe it is taken for
granted that everyone knows why we preach or that people from
