Discovering the age-old structure of storytelling in sermons

The speaker recounts a conversation with a seminarian who pointed out that the structure of storytelling in his radio show, alternating between plot and idea, was the same as the structure of sermons - starting with a current event, presenting its meaning, sharing a related biblical story, and concluding with the significance of the story. The speaker was surprised to find out that he unknowingly invented a storytelling structure that dated back to Jesus' sermons as seen in the New Testament, which made him realize that even Jesus followed a similar pattern of story and idea in his teachings.