Further thoughts about narrative preaching

After preaching narratively on 1 Thes 2, here are some reflections and feedback from my trainer for next time

• you still need to exegete the passage as you would normally
• be true to the genre of the passage...its more natural to preach narratively if its a narrative genre to begin with
• you can realistically only express one idea throughout
• never ever take the persona of Jesus
• application is harder - there are more barriers and obstacles to overcome for them to understand the big idea
  
• milk the emotional aspect of the narrative
• illustration - avoid pointless ones (just like any other sermon)
• you'll need to work hard at keeping the listener's attention