“The set of outline notes of our poorer sermons, however, will likely reveal that they were shaped by the nature of their substantive content, not by the process of the narrative experience that is anticipated.” — Eugene L. Lowry Copy Share Image
“the primary purpose of sermon introductions is to produce imbalance for the sake of engagement.” — Eugene L. Lowry Copy Share Image
“The term plot is key both to sermon preparation and to sermon presentation.” — Eugene L. Lowry Copy Share Image
“So it is that once a person has settled on the question as to what is wrong, the choice of cures is limited. You… — Eugene L. Lowry Copy Share Image
“Transforming our intuitions into articulate form is precisely the purpose of this book.” — Eugene L. Lowry Copy Share Image
“Sometimes a sermon idea seemed to emerge on its own, possessed of its own power, and required a developmental process more akin to pruning… — Eugene L. Lowry Copy Share Image
“Whatever the thinking of Prof. Lowry and his editor, they obviously share the conviction that The Homiletical Plot can sit comfortably on the shelf… — Eugene L. Lowry Copy Share Image
“Why not conceive every sermon as narrative—whether or not a parable or other story is involved?” — Eugene L. Lowry Copy Share Image
“Says Robert Roth in Story and Reality: “For the Greeks . . . words were definitions. . . . For the Hebrews, on the contrary, words were descriptions.” 14” — Eugene L. Lowry Copy Share Image
“It is not enough to probe the question of what the text is saying. It is equally important to discover why it is saying… — Eugene L. Lowry Copy Share Image
“Hence there is more action or natural movement in describing, for example, a God who walks in the garden in the cool of the… — Eugene L. Lowry Copy Share Image
“So it is that much homiletical advice tends to function in reverse—that is, it works reasonably well in evaluating a sermon already formed, but… — Eugene L. Lowry Copy Share Image
