Quote by Eugene L. Lowry

“the primary purpose of sermon introductions is to produce imbalance for the sake of engagement.”

— Eugene L. Lowry

“The term plot is key both to sermon preparation and to sermon presentation.”

— Eugene L. Lowry

“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

“Transforming our intuitions into articulate form is precisely the purpose of this book.”

— Eugene L. Lowry

“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

“It is a disservice to any form to elevate it as the form.”

— Eugene L. Lowry

“Why not conceive every sermon as narrative—whether or not a parable or other story is involved?”

— Eugene L. Lowry

“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

“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

“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

“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

“I noted a second time appreciation for the author’s making room for intuition in the sermon process. Most of us give lip service to…

— Eugene L. Lowry