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By: Competing stories « Richard Littledale's Preacher's A – Z

Competing stories « Richard Littledale's Preacher's A – Z — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:33:22 +0000

[…] yesterday’s post on competing narratives, the wonderful KOREuk directed me to this video by German Artist Garvin […]

By: Schmaltz attack « Richard Littledale's Preacher's A – Z

Schmaltz attack « Richard Littledale's Preacher's A – Z — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:05:42 +0000

[…] Given that we believe the real Christmas story has nothing to do with magic and everything to do with God, how do we cross the gap between here and there, so to speak? How do we confront the scmaltz with reality, without sounding like Ebenezer Scrooge’s grumpy Uncle or Aunt ? We can’t just jump up and down and insist that our story is better. […]

By: preachersa2z

preachersa2z — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:21:40 +0000

Thanks John. God bless you as you do so!

Richard

By: John Hamilton

John Hamilton — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:55:03 +0000

Richard, do keep on prompting us as I prepare to go and tell some more stories this Sunday morning!

By: preachersa2z

preachersa2z — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 05:15:44 +0000

Thank you Stuart. Not sure what the great man would have said about my narrative preaching, mind you!

By: Stuart

Stuart — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:01:48 +0000

Well said, and it’s most certainly not old fashioned to call out Plato on the importance of our oration, Spurgeon was just as concerned in this regard and look what he achieved in his generation.