Foreword by Michael Duduit -- ix

Preface -- xiii

Introduction -- pg. 1

Part 1. The Basics of Storytelling

Chapter 1: The Great Appeal of Narrative -- pg. 10

Chapter 2: The Essential Elements of Narrative -- pg. 22

Chapter 3 : The Seven Basic Plot Plans -- pg. 35

Chapter 4: Telling Your Own Story -- pg. 45

Chapter 5: The Persuasive Power of Testimony -- pg. 58

Part 2: Getting the Story Straight

Chapter 6: Step-by-Step to the Narrative Sermon -- pg. 74

Chapter 7: Telling the Bible Story -- pg. 90

Chapter 8: Remembering the Children -- pg. 104

Chapter 9: Ten Ways to Sharpen Storytelling Skills -- pg. 117

Chapter 10: An Endless Supply of Stories -- pg. 127

Chapter 11: It’s All in How You Tell It -- pg. 140

Part 3: Learning from the Masters of Storytelling

Chapter 12: Gotham in the Golden Age -- pg. 150

Chapter 13: London Luminaries in the Age of Spurgeon -- pg. 164

Chapter 14: Bible Biography Preachers -- pg. 177

Chapter 15: The Story for America’s Lost Generation -- pg. 189

Suggested Reading -- pg. 209

Name Index -- pg. 215

Subject Index -- pg. 216

Scripture Index -- pg. 218

Strengthen your telling of the greatest story ever told.
The Preacher as Storyteller takes a skills-development approach to its timely lesson in homiletics. In short, author Austin B. Tucker reasons that “you can greatly improve your preaching by sharpening your storytelling skills. ... A story can touch the latch spring of the heart to let the life-changing gospel come in.”
To that end, he focuses on the art of narrative, including how Jesus used it in the Bible. Tucker also stresses the importance of telling one’s own conversion story, and he profiles ten legendary preachers who displayed a clear gift for illustrative and transformational storytelling in their ministry.