When asked to discuss the role of story in postmodern culture, Alex McManus, the founder of the International Mentoring Network, said the following. “Truth is too complex for propositions alone. To communicate truth also requires poetry. Poetry (as well as story telling) invites a full-bodied entrance of the intellect and heart and [...]

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According to The Complete Evangelism Guidebook: Expert Advice on Reaching Others for Christ, Colin Harbinson, in his chapter “Arts: The Role of Creativity in the Expression of Truth,” contends that “approximately 75 percent of Scripture consists of narrative, 15 percent is expressed in poetic form, and only 10 percent is propositional and overtly instructional in [...]

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In his book on preaching, Calvin Miller begins by emphasizing the genre of the scriptures. “The Bible begins with those primeval once-upon-a-time words bereshith bara elohim: ‘In the beginning God created.’ From that point on, for some thirteen hundred pages, the story unfolds till it reaches that simple Greek happy ever after amēn, [...]

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