Preaching God's Grand Drama

Preaching God's Grand DramaHow can preachers preach biblically faithful sermons that move listeners to positive action? An author on the cutting edge of contemporary homiletics and theology offers a fresh approach to preaching that helps listeners see themselves as actors in God's grand drama. Ahmi Lee presents a unifying "third way" in homiletical approaches (i. e., theodramatic) that reimagines the preacher's role in relation to the Bible, the congregation, and the world. The

The introduction

not only are we speaking to God

The author explicates the often confusing legal system of ancient Israel

Cheryl Bridges Johns explains how the Enlightenment's turn to the rational human subject made it possible to objectify the Bible and has distorted our interpretations of Scripture

and entrepreneurship that inflates the self

and violence

The result is a guide that clearly and meaningfully brings the first part of this important New Testament book to life for contemporary readers

with chapters using the popular multiple-views format

Saying "It depends" is not the equivalent of saying "It's not true" or "I don't know

In the second section

and together they cover the whole New Testament

The second edition has been revised throughout and includes a greater emphasis on Bowen Family Systems Theory