STORIES ARE FOR ADULTS: EQUIPPING PREACHERS TO COMMUNICATE BIBLICAL NARRATIVES TO ADULT AUDIENCESEDWARDS, J. KENTJournal of the Evangelical Homiletics Society
In Chapter Seven, Van Leeuwen explores how “sacred values differ from ordinary preferences” (179) based on his claim that “religious credences are the identity-constituting imaginative attitudes that generate symbolic actions and fold people, places, and things into sacralizing doctrines and storie...
sibly they did not smell all that pleasant. They no doubt were very excited and loudly proclaiming what they had seen and heard. As they shared the stories of the angels, no doubt Mary remembered her visit from Gabriel. What reassurance to know that others now had heard the wonderful messa...
but that is not the point of this post.) Teaching a boy that a lack of consent turns what he does into rape is entirely compatible with telling him that he should not do it at all. Teens – and the adults teaching them – are completely able to understand...
For years, I notebooked with our children. We took nature walks and studied the seasons together. We did copy work and read stories of brave men and women who followed God with an abandon that most only dream about. And we spent a lot of time on the couch. ...
(p. 17). The annual feasts and celebrations of the Israelite community included all generations. The core purpose of the feasts was to remind the Israelites what God had done for them in ages past. Allen states, “As children and teens danced, sang, ate, listened to the stories, and ...
Imagine the excitement, the laughter, and the learning as children immerse themselves in these stories. It's a transformative experience that will leave a lasting impression on their hearts and minds.Learn more! Prayer Journal My Prayer Journal- Each of the 24 prayer sections contain an inspiratio...
Imagine the excitement, the laughter, and the learning as children immerse themselves in these stories. It's a transformative experience that will leave a lasting impression on their hearts and minds.Learn more! Prayer Journal My Prayer Journal- Each of the 24 prayer sections contain an inspiratio...
Imagine the excitement, the laughter, and the learning as children immerse themselves in these stories. It's a transformative experience that will leave a lasting impression on their hearts and minds.Learn more! Prayer Journal My Prayer Journal- Each of the 24 prayer sections contain an inspiratio...
for Pete’s sakes. It was hard cover and about an inch and a half thick. It contained illustrated stories from the Bible, but little coherency, and although I only glanced through it, no sound doctrine that I could see, yet it was called a Bible. Granted, it stands head and s...