From Gospel to Sermon: Preaching Synoptic Texts

Rating:
Summary: Practical and instructive
Review: I took a preaching class from David Ourisman and we used his book as the textbook. The book is an excellent guidebook to narrative preaching. He begins with some very good points about the act of preaching and looks at the attributes of good storytelling. The highlight of the book is a very usable, step-by-step approach not just to developing one sermon, but also for reflecting on the larger text, as in next year's lectionary. He illustrates his teaching with three sample sermons based on Peter's confession as found in Matthew, Mark and Luke. He makes a strong point about staying true to the evangelist that wrote the text and not homogenizing the gospels.

Rating:
Summary: Practical and instructive
Review: I took a preaching class from David Ourisman and we used his book as the textbook. The book is an excellent guidebook to narrative preaching. He begins with some very good points about the act of preaching and looks at the attributes of good storytelling. The highlight of the book is a very usable, step-by-step approach not just to developing one sermon, but also for reflecting on the larger text, as in next year's lectionary. He illustrates his teaching with three sample sermons based on Peter's confession as found in Matthew, Mark and Luke. He makes a strong point about staying true to the evangelist that wrote the text and not homogenizing the gospels.