We are excited to share a collection of resources on the theme of Narrative Theology, compiled to complement the OralityTalks Webinar featuring Ezekiel Ajibade held on July 9, 2025.
🎞️ Check out the recording of the webinar.
More resources on Narrative on GOMAP and the corresponding training materials at Orality.Academy.
Videos
Bibliography
Allen, Ronald J., ed. Patterns of Preaching: A Sermon Sampler. St Louis, Missouri: Chalice Press, 1998.
Arthurs, Jeffrey D. How to Preach Narrative. Dallas: Fontes Press, 2022.
___. Preaching With Variety: How to Re-create the Dynamics of Biblical Genres. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Kregel, 2007.
Davis, D. R. The Word Became Fresh: How to Preach from Old Testament Narrative Texts. Dublin: Mentor Publishing, 2006.
Edwards, Kent. Effective First-Person Biblical Preaching: The Steps from Text to Narrative Sermons. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2005.
Eslinger, Richard L. The Web of Preaching: New Options in Homiletical Method. Nashville: Abingdon, 2002.
Hoezee, Scott. Actuality: Real Life Stories for Sermon that Matter. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2014.
Jonker, Peter. Preaching in Pictures. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2015.
Lowry, Eugene. Doing Time in the Pulpit: The Relationship Between Narrative and Preaching. Nashville: Abingdon, 1985.
___. How to Preach a Parable: Designs for Narrative Sermons. Abingdon Preacher’s Library. Nashville: Abingdon, 1989.
___. “Narrative Preaching.” In Concise Encyclopedia of Preaching. Willliam H. Willimon and Richard Lischer, eds. Louisville, Kentucky, Westminster John Knox Press, 1995. pp 342-344.
___. “Narrative Preaching.”In The New Interpreters Handbook of Preaching. Paul Scott Wilson, ed. Nashville, Abingdon Press, 2008. pp 201-202
___. The Homiletical Plot: The Sermon as Narrative Art Form. Exp. ed. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2001.
Matthewson, Steven D. The Art of Preaching Old Testament Narrative. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Publishing Group, 2021.
Miller, Calvin. Preaching: The Art of Narrative Exposition. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2006.
Robinson, Torrey. “First-Person Narrative Sermons.” In The Art and Craft of Biblical Preaching: A Comprehensive Resource for Today’s Communicators. Haddon Robinson and Craig Larson, eds. Grand Rapids, Michigan. Christianity Today International, 2005. pp 448-450
Wilson, Paul Scott. Preaching and Homiletical Theory. St. Louis, Missouri: Chalice Press, 2004.
___. The Four Pages of a Sermon: A Guide to Biblical Preaching. Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Press, 2018.
