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To Make A Long Story Short
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Finding the Story
Hard Texts, Homiletical Narratives, and Hearing God's Voice
preaching multi-chapter texts as a story
In the year 587 BC, the Babylonian army captured the city of Jerusalem. The conquering soldiers tore down the buildings, stole everything worth stealing, and dragged off every reasonably healthy man, woman, and child to become slaves in Babylon. And so began the period of great sorrow in the history of our people -- the time known as the exile, or the Babylonian captivity.
In the year 587 BC, the Babylonian army captured the city of Jerusalem. The conquering soldiers tore down the buildings, stole everything worth stealing, and dragged off every reasonably healthy man, woman, and child to become slaves in Babylon. And so began the period of great sorrow in the history of our people -- the time known as the exile, or the Babylonian captivity.
