Features
- Preaching to the Emerging Church: An Interview with Dan Kimball
- Studying the Word: Preaching’s Annual Survey of the Year’s Best in Bibles and Bible Reference Works
- Preaching the Take-out Sermon by Tim McQuade
- The Preacher as Holy Fool: Humor as Homiletical Heuristics by Blayne A. Blanting
- I Stand Here Testifying: Applying Paul’s Use of Autobiography to Our Preaching by James Barnette
Sermons
- Fatal Temptations Seniors Face (Titus 2:1-5) by Bob Russell
- The Greatest Gift Ever Given (John 3:16-21) by Marvin A. McMickle
- Packing Up Christmas for Another Year (Jeremiah 31:7-14 & John 1:10-18) by Jimmy Gentry
- Living with Hope in the Face of Despair (Romans 5:1-10) by John Davis
Columns
- From the Lectionary
— Epiphany of the Lord (A) January 2, 2005
How to Cope with Calamity (Isaiah 60:1-6)
— Baptism of the Lord (A) January 9, 2005
Pilgramage from Prejudice (Acts 10:34-43)
— Second Sunday after Epiphany (January 16, 2005)
“Look, the Lamb of God” (John 1:29-42)
— Third Sunday after Epiphany (A) January 23, 2005
So, What’s the Good News? (Matthew 4:12-17; Isaiah 9:1-4)
— Fourth Sunday after Epiphany (A) January 30, 2005
3 Simple Rules (Micah 6:1-8)
— Transfiguration Sunday (A) February 6, 2005
Can I get a Witness (2 Peter 1:16-21)
— First Sunday in Lent (A) February 13, 2005
Understanding Our Story (Romans 5:12-19)
— Second Sunday in Lent (A) February 20,, 2005
The Unexpected Joy of Forgiveness (Romans 4:1-5, 13-17)
— Third Sunday in Lent (A) February 27, 2005
The Joy of Being Right with God (Romans 5:1-11)
- To Illustrate
- Preacher’s Bookshelf
Unceasing Worship: Biblical Perspectives on Worship and the Arts by Harold M. Best - Exploring the Word: The Testings of the Christian Life by John Phillips
- Pastor to Pastor: Appealing But Not “A-Pauline!” by Robert Leslie Holmes
- Back Page Pulpit: Creative worship takes on a new meaning by Michael Duduit