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Windows For Sermons
$16.18All those who preach or teach, or who just enjoy fascinating stories, anecdotes, and illustrations, will want to include this book in their library. After a lifetime of preaching Don Yocom has collected all of his best illustrations from life and history and categorized them in a topical index, making this as especially valuable resource.
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1-2 Samuel NIV Preachers Edition (Student/Study Guide)
$39.99The Preacher’s Outline & Sermon Bible(R) is much more than a commentary – it’s a comprehensive resource for expository and topical preaching.
Each volume organizes key points of Scripture passages in a systematic outline form, along with content synthesized from 200+ Bible commentaries, language sources, and reference works.
The Preacher’s Outline & Sermon Bible(R) includes inspirational sermon points, practical life applications and dozens of supporting scriptures in every section.
This volume includes 1 & 2 Samuel and contains Scripture printed in New International Version (NIV).
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Joshua KJV Preacher Edition (Student/Study Guide)
$39.99The Preacher’s Outline & Sermon Bible is a comprehensive resource that provides preachers and teachers with everything they need to prepare their messages. Each volume has the Scripture passages written out, a sermon outline that is listed in a parallel column, commentary that provides important background information, thoughts for illustration, and others Scripture references written out. There are also discussion boxes that provide suggestions and information for deeper study. For pastors that are short on preparation time, but don’t want to cut corners on the quality of preparation, this volume will be an excellent resource.
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Presence In The Promise Cycle C
$19.93If we want to know how God will treat the Christian Church, we must look at how God treated the ancient people of Israel. That’s the premise of Harry Huxhold’s 17 messages based on First Lesson texts from the Revised Common Lectionary, which demonstrate that the word and sacrament of Christian worship are as fresh as the promises of hope, providence, salvation, grace, and steadfast love that God first shared with humanity millennia ago.
Titles include:
Days Of Promise — Jeremiah 33:14-16
The Child Of Promise — Isaiah 9:2-7
The Promise Of Baptism — Isaiah 43:1-7
The Fruit Of Forgiveness — Genesis 45:3-11, 15
Keeping The Glow On — Exodus 34:29-35
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Pilgrim Road
$28.00Christian faith and life are not static; in fact, they can be viewed as a journey. Preeminent theologian B.A. Gerrish uses the motif of the journey of Christian life to present the cardinal Christian themes-such as God, faith, sin, forgiveness, evil, and moral action-as well as to address important related contempory questions.
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Humming Till The Music Returns Cycle B
$17.95One day God will stand again as solo conductor on the podium of the universe, and lead in the crashing finale of the symphony of Life. But until then, we who are left in this world with the buzzing and blaring of many competing and changing “top 40” hits need to keep humming the tune that Jesus taught. (from the Introduction)
The scripture lessons for these seasons combine themes of waiting in expectation and displaying the effects of eternity within the context of time. Though the dulling ache of sin and corruption pushes the song of creation out of tune, Jesus intervenes with a melody of grace, and the church keeps the music alive in witness and testimony while longing for the chorus of eternity to shout hallelujah once again. Wayne Brouwer’s messages ring loud and true in the ears of those who hear these sermons.
Sermon titles include:
I Can’t Wait — 1 Corinthians 1:3-9
Tilting The Balance Of Power — Romans 16:25-27
Anti-Venom Serum — Galatians 4:4-7
Finding the Right Superlatives — Ephesians 1:3-14
Beyond Personal Preferences — 1 Corinthians 8:1-13
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Against The Grain Words For A Politically Incorrect Church Cycle B
$13.95I have always been troubled by a church that is too enamored of “the big business of religion” and too hungry for the world’s applause and approval. The church is first of all called to be faithful to the Gospel, to be a sign of God’s coming gracious kingdom in this world, and only secondarily to be a successful and competent institution in this world. This book is driven by the fear that the church has too often forgotten the former and succumbed to the latter. (from the Preface)
While thoroughly grounded in scripture and sound theology, Steven Albertin has a way of contemporizing the message of the Gospel, making it easy to understand but not necessarily easy to fulfill. After reading or listening to one of these sermons, you’ll be left with a very clear understanding of its central message, expressed with such carefully chosen and forceful words that it will not be easily forgotten.
Chapter titles include:
*What’s In It For Me (Mark 10:35-45)
*Baptism And Self-Esteem (Mark 12:28-34)
*Breaking The Taboo (Mark 12:38-44)
*Having the Last Word (John 18:33-37)
*No Freudian Slip (Matthew 6:25-33)
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Surviving In A Cordless World Cycle B
$16.18Lawrence Craig is widely recognized as a powerful preacher not only by laity but by his peers. He has the unique gift of linking biblical texts to contemporary life. His sermons offer strength, support, and vision to those hoping to enrich their own Christ-centered life.
The sermons flow from the text. They are imaginative, articulate, clear, and easily understandable.
Burton H. Throckmorton, Jr.
Hayes Professor of New Testament Emeritus
Bangor Theological SeminaryLarry Craig’s illustrations, his personal stories in these sermons, are delightful or poignant or memory-tickling as needed, drawing the reader in to the scriptural stories with fresh understanding.
Rev. Susan J. Ingham
Conference Minister
Iowa Conference, United Church of ChristLarry has the wonderful ability to focus on one bit of leaven in the scripture and shape it into a whole new loaf. He uses everyday illustrations that everyone can relate to.
Rev. Cynthia E. Robinson
Pastor, United Church of Christ… refreshingly original, a warm blending of text and theme, focused on real-life scenarios …
Earse Mauler
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Wearing The Wind Cycle B
$12.95Stephen Crotts tells us that “nothing is spared the Spirit’s influence. He shapes our friendships, our marriages, our love for our enemies, our heritage, sexual passion, wisdom, even our femininity and self-esteem.” One of the nation’s most eloquent preachers pulls contemporary wisdom from these ancient texts with sermons such as “How To Affair-Proof Your Marriage,” “How To Treat Your Enemies,” and “Godly Sexual Passion For An X-Rated World.” Preachers will find much food for thought in these ten sermons based on Cycle B Old Testament texts.
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Out From The Ordinary Cycle B
$16.18Packed with personal stories of warmth and family, these sermons show how God takes a frightened group of disciples and sends them out to be the most constructive force for good in the history of the world. They demonstrate that God can move ordinary people to extraordinary heights, and that our success is more dependent upon our availability to God than on our own ability.
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From This Day Foward Cycle B
$12.95God is into relationships, and he restores them by grace and love. Paul Kummer picks up the covenant/marriage/renewal themes in these scriptural texts and creatively develops them into inspiring messages of love and hope.
Sermon titles include:
Forsaking All Others — Joel 2:1-2, 12-17
A New Name — Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16
Our Jealous Husband – Exodus 20:1-17
Something Old, Something New — Jeremiah 31:31-34
Shameless Passion — Isaiah 50:4-9a
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They Came Together In Bethlehem
$16.18This book provides a complete worship resource for busy pastors …
Sermons for Advent, Christmas Eve, and the Sunday after Christmas
Advent candle readings with scripture verses
Pastoral prayers
Children’s object lessons
Dramatic monologues which can be presented by the pastor or a lay personAssign the materials … schedule the sermon titles … then relax and enjoy the season with your family as you employ these inspiring materials in your congregation.
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Culture Of Disbelief Cycle B
$16.18Through fascinating anecdotes and narrative stories, Donna Schaper relates these ancient texts to contemporary situations. She skillfully applies the Gospel of life and hope to circumstances of suffering and death.
Chapters include:
Letting Death Go — Mark 8:31-38
Paying Attention To The Modern Light — John 3:14-21
Junk Food And Holy Tables — John 18:1-19
Being Spiritually Odd — John 20:19-31
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Out Of The Whirlwind Cycle B
$16.18Writing on the lectionary texts from Job, Stroman deals with extremely contemporary issues. We discover in these messages that Job’s struggles are the same as ours. The texts from Ruth and 1 Samuel introduce us to four important Old Testament women: Naomi, Orpah, Ruth, and Hannah. They all play an important role in the biblical narrative, as well as providing insight into vital current issues.
Chapters include:
*Taking The Good With The Bad — (Job 1:1; 2:1-10)
*Making Our Feelings Known — (Job 23:1-9, 16-17)
*The Tale of Three Women — (Ruth 1:1-8)
*God Remembers — (1 Samuel 1:4-20)
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Parables Of Jesus Cycle B
$16.18The parable is the most well-known literary form presented in the Gospels – and since narrative or story sermons are such a prominent element in the contemporary pulpit, pastors are preaching on the parable texts more frequently than ever.
This book provides a thorough and complete examination of each of the parables in Cycle B of the Revised Common Lectionary. Each parable study includes:
discussion of the theme
spiritual food for the journey
application of the parable to contemporary life
openings for preaching
points of challenge and questions to ponder
exegesis and explanation of the parable
context of the parableThese studies will be a classic resource for preaching … or useful for Bible study and inspiration.
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Defining Moments Cycle B
$18.68The Old Testament readings in the lectionary are often neglected during the Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany seasons in favor of the more direct and easier-to-preach New Testament passages. William Self brings his creative imagination to these scriptural passages and gives them new life for the preacher.
The sermons of this veteran preacher are written with the pew in mind. They are for people who hurt, for people who wait, for people who face defining moments, and for churches that struggle to proclaim the Gospel. Amply illustrated from life and literature, these sermons can be read for inspiration by lay persons and clergy alike.
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Ashes To Ascension Cycle B
$16.18These sermons lift up the themes of suffering, reconciliation, and the unmerited goodness of God extended to all through Jesus Christ. Stroman never loses sight of the kerygma in his tightly packed messages. He addresses a world where hatred and violence prevail with the message of divine love, which has enriched souls and kindled faith throughout the centuries.
Titles include:
Beginning The Journey To Calvary — 2 Corinthians 5:20b
Once And For All — 1 Peter 3:18a
Promises — Promises — Romans 4:21
The Right Person For The Job — Hebrews 5:5-10
Life – And Then Some — 1 John 5:9-13
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4 Pages Of The Sermon
$30.99Discover a new method of organizing both the preparation and content of your sermons! Wilson focuses on what he calls the “four pages” of a sermon, each addressing a different theological and creative component. Amply illustrated with examples from contemporary sermons, this guide provides a fresh approach to the sustained discipline of sermon preparation..
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No Grazing For Sacred Cows
$18.95The provocative ponderings and questions of a modern-day prophet will change how you look at life. These vignettes are a launching pad for a sermon, a group discussion, or personal reflection and growth.
When you read this book you will change — you will examine who you are, what you’ve become, how you look at life, and how you relate to your wife or husband, your children, your community, and your work.
“Through a lifelong commitment to the classroom and a careful examination of the institutions of our times, Dr. Francisco reaches through the disillusionment spread across American culture for the past forty years to consider values … and restores a reasoned foundation upon which we can build anew.
“Dr. Francisco’s style is easy, almost casual, but the questions he poses will keep you on the edge of your chair … this book is a must-read.”
Clyde O. Rogers
Executive Director (retired)
Duluth Bethel SocietyAdd to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Patterns Of Preaching
$29.99Thirty-four different ways of creating sermons with chapters introduced by and examples given from princes of the modern pulpit: Long, Mitchell, Craddock, Buttrick, Lowrie, Troeger, etc. “A good reference for anyone wanting to cultivate a more diverse homiletical repertoire,”
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Crisis Preaching : Personal And Public
$23.99It’s 6:30 Sunday morning and you’re feeling good about today’s sermon . . . until you learn a tornado has ravaged two neighborhoods overnight, leaving a quarter of your congregation homeless. With little preparation time, how do you revise your message to offer desperately needed encouragement? Jeter, a professor of homiletics, offers six practical strategies for effective “crisis preaching.”
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Speaking The Truth In Love
$36.00Philip Wogaman challenges preachers not to retreat from the world and to reconsider what they leave out of their sermons. In this helpful guide, he discusses the biblical and theological grounding of prophetic preaching, the pastoral and liturgical setting, Christian moral decision making, and appropriate issues for discussion from the pulpit. He also includes his most compelling sermons, identifying the setting and goals of each.
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How To Profit From Prophets
$16.18Prophets have not done well in history — at least not by ordinary standards:
Elijah seemed to be the only one in Israel resisting Baalism
Amos was told to keep silent and go back where he came from
Jeremiah was scorned and imprisoned
John, the Baptist was beheaded, and …
Jesus, the greatest of them all, was crucifiedBy ordinary standards the prophets have not done well because, as Jesus said, we ignore or kill the messengers of God. And yet it is the extraordinary standards of the prophets that intrigue us, inspire us and stimulate our minds and consciences to God’s ways and thoughts. Because of their extraordinary standards the prophets continue to shape us and history.
In this challenging Advent-Christmas book, Maurice A. Fetty reminds us again how it is important to “profit from prophets.”
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God In Pain
$18.99To speak of God in pain, says Taylor, is not only to address the biblical stories of Christ’s suffering and death but also to proclaim the God who is present in our pain. This volume of teaching sermons on suffering presents different approaches to the problem of God in pain.
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Love Is Your Disguise Cycle A
$16.18These messages are written in a lively and exciting style, but the style never overshadows the penetrating content and call to action.
The author leads us through Lent with a focus on the themes of Love, Peace, and Our Inheritance in God. In part two we consider “Easter A Time For Higher Things.” How is the joy of Easter translated into the days and weeks which follow! How can we find an Easter power and an Easter faith when tests and trials descend! This section is a powerful reminder that Easter is a time for finding life’s deeper meanings.
Chapters include:
Pleasing The Teacher
Say. “I Remember”
The Day God Forgot
A Time To See Through Suffering
A Time To Answer “Where Do You Live!”
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We Walk By Faith Cycle A
$16.18Author Richard Gribble has the great gift of telling a story that reveals the meaning of a scriptural text. Most of these sermons begin with a story that captures the reader’s or listener’s attention. While the story illustrations are fascinating, they do not detract from the thrust of the gospel text, but rather enhance it and provide cogent reasons for applying the lesson to one’s own life.
Sermon titles include:
The Most Important Thing In Life
Set Your Goal On Jesus
The Responsibility Of Belief
The Challenge Of Tough Love It’s Never Too Late
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No Post Easter Slump Cycle A
$16.18Keller’s sermons are anything but boring. He preaches boldly, with wit, insight, and inspiration.
Wayne Keller’s sermons show the good work of a pastor who loves the gospel, who knows his people, and who uses the language well. These sermons offer us preachers the encouragement of a fellow-worker who shares his experience and vitality with us.
William H. Willimon, Dean of the Chapel
Professor of Christian Ministry Duke UniversityKeller’s treatment of the Gospel selections is direct, hard-hitting and frequently passionate. This is good fodder for the would-be preacher or layperson who wants to take the scripture seriously. Sometimes sharp-edged, sometimes humorous, these sermons are always thought-provoking.
Rev. Paul F. McCann, Retired Executive Presbyter
Olympia PresbyteryWayne has a gift of helping us make an emotional connection to biblical story, pushing us headlong into an examination of ourselves, the meaning of faith, and the nature of the church.
Rev. Lynn Famum, Executive Presbyter
Olympia PresbyteryThe good humor of Wayne Keller’s work helps us feel at home in our imperfect world and to feel more empathy for the rough edges of others and ourselves.
Dr. Doug Adams, Professor of Christianity and the Arts
Pacific School of Religion and Graduate Theological Union Berkeley, CaliforniaReally good sermons take their listeners right into the biblical texts to discover themselves there. Wayne Keller’s sermons consistently do that. Spend time in them and let them speak to you.
Don Keller, Pastor
Aberdeen Presbyterian Church
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Lord Is Risen He Is Risen Indeed He Really Is Cycle A
$17.43At first glance the Easter title may seem out of place for a book half full of sermons for Lent. But Richard Sheffield argues and preaches that the sermon for Easter Day is really the sermon for every day in the life of a Christian. The Lord Is Risen is really the only sermon we have or need to have. How we live out our lives in response to that central fact of our faith fills the sermons in Lent, as well as Easter, with hope. Hope in the here-and-now as well as in the hereafter.
Rev. Sheffield has little patience with those who would turn the good news about God into the bad news about us … and it shows. He writes: “Belief is more than just ascertaining the facts and figures of faith. Or figuring out the best way to keep God happy long enough to get into heaven. Belief is living life now certain of the love of God in Jesus Christ for you and me. Living life unafraid — even of death itself.”
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And Then Came The Angel Cycle A
$16.18Sermon titles include:
How Unexpected Can Christmas Be? — Matthew 24:36-44
Room For Questions — Matthew 11:2-11
Been There, Done That — Matthew 2:13-23
You May Have To Die First — John 1:29-42
How Much Sin Is Too Much? — Matthew 5:13-20
How Long Should We Stay? — Matthew 17:1-9Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
