Chip Scanlan suggests five questions for writing stories:
1. Why does it matter?
2. What's the point?
3. Why is this story being told?
4. What does it say about life, about the world, about the times we live in?
5. What is my story really about? In one word.
Could we modify them for preaching?
1. Why does it matter?
2. What's the point?
3. Why is this story sermon being told preached?
4. What does it say about life, about the world, about the times we live in, about Christ?
5. What is my story sermon really about? In one word.