Table of Contents
Features
Finding Visual Resources for Preaching by Jeff Horch
Interview with Robert Smith Jr. by Michael Duduit
Sheep, Serpents and Doves: Using Argumentation Theory in a World Hostile to Truth by Calvin Pearson
Illustrating Sermons with Biography by Bill D. Whittaker
Interview with Chuck Colson by Michael Duduit
In Ministry
Unwrapping the Bad Wrap by Will Mancini
Finding Your Own Strength Zone by John C. Maxwell
Sermons
The Absolute Necessity of a Biblical Worldview (Colossians 1:13-20, 27-29; 2:4-8; 3:1-3, 12, 13) by Michael Milton
When an Insurance Policy Is Not Enough (Luke 23:46; 1 Corinthians 15:12-22) by Marvin A. McMickle
When You Get Bent Out of Shape (Luke 13:10-21) by David O. Dykes
Going to Hell for All the Right Reasons (1 Peter 3:18-22) by Robert Smith Jr.
RESOURCES
From the Lectionary
— Proper 18 September 7, 2008
Love One Another (Romans 13:8-14)
— Proper 19 September 14, 2008
What Does God Say About It? (Romans 14:1-12)
— Proper 20 September 21, 2008
Finding Contentment in God’s Best (Philippians 1:21-30)
— Proper 21 September 28, 2008
A Better Way to Live (Philippians 2:1-13)
— Proper 22 October 5, 2008
I Want to Know (Philippians 3:4-13)
— Proper 23 October 12, 2008
The Cure for Conflict (Philippians 4:1-9)
— Proper 24 October 19, 2008
How a Christian Is Known (1 Thessalonians 1:1-10)
— Proper 25 October 26, 2008
Jesus Is Coming (2 Thessalonians 2:1-8)
TO ILLUSTRATE by Michael Shannon
Atonement
Atonement
Communion
Empathy/Sympathy
Gossip
Greed
Humility, Compassion
Kindness
Prayer
Conviction
Preacher to Preacher
Getting by with a Little Help from My Friends by Leslie Holmes
The Preacher’s Bookshelf
The Moody Handbook of Preaching
What’s the Shape of Narrative Preaching?
Past Masters
Of Preaching and Personality: The Ministry of Joseph Parker by David R. Stokes
Back Page Pulpit
Book ‘Em! by Michael Duduit