Comments on: Sermon Workshop: Transfigure this — Exodus 24:12-18 and Matthew 17:1-9

By: michaelahamm

michaelahamm — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:28:13 +0000

Good luck with the narrative style, it can be tough, but rewarding. Let your exegesis serve the story rather than the other way around. I don’t know if you’re a Rob Bell fan or not, but his narratives are always exegetically interesting without dominating the sermon, like some many of us mainliners can do. I too am preaching the Matthew this week, along with the 1 Peter text. I am trying a narrative approach that is similar, not “mountian top” experiences but transformation experiences, times when life is irrevocably changed, transformed, different whatever. The sermon series I’m on about is “Do a New Thing” and this seems to fit the context. I’m tying this New Thing of the transformation to last bit of the 1 Peter; “Prophecy resulted when the Holy Spirit prompted men and women to speak God’s Word. ” (yeah, it’s The Message) – Transformation requires us to speak prophetically. Or something like that.

By: adamjcopeland

adamjcopeland — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:07:06 +0000

If anyone’s wondering, I’m trying my hand at a narrative sermon for the first time. It’ll be sort of on mountain top experiences and reactions to them, but somehow incorporate the text in the story. We’ll see…

By: Erika

Erika — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:05:24 +0000

I’m preaching on Matthew Sunday. I’m thinking about how different Jesus looked when standing next to Moses and Elijah – and playing with that idea. Placing someone we already know in a new context changes our viewpoint, our opinion of that person. Think about today’s NY Times, if you saw it. So, now flip that around perhaps and envision people who aren’t your favorite types standing next to Jesus. Does that change anything? Maybe not. Just wondering at this point. Its still Monday in the US.