Worship is characterized by a dramatic retelling. . . . Retelling a story is a major form of communication in both the Old and New Testaments. . . . Stories were told with words—words that described and explained an event. But they were also words attended by a power—the power to re-create the event, to draw people into the event, and to result in their repentance, conversion, and commitment.
-Robert Webber, Worship Is a Verb: Celebrating God’s Mighty Deeds of Salvation, Second Edition (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1996), 34-36.