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Post-Christendom, Christian leaders and preachers in North America struggle to respond to anxiety and despair about the future of the church. Declining participation, fewer resources, decreased influence, and confusion about pastoral and ecclesial identity lead to fear for the survival of the institutional church. Preaching must speak to the despair and confusion faced by congregations today, as well as cast a hopeful vision for an uncertain future....
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Many pastors are just too busy to fellow the latest theories on preaching and sermon form. In The Shape of Preaching, Dennis M. Cahill seeks both to educate the working pastor on the current issues of sermon design and enable them to use this design in a way that can change their preaching. After first laying the theoretical groundwork with discussions of the theological, cultural, and literary roots of the new approaches to sermon design, Cahill...
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Contiene sermones para poder predicar, por un año completo, sobre los temas más importantes y fundamentales e incidir en el conocimiento y la formación bíblica de los creyentes. Predicados con el estilo y base bíblica que caracterizan las predicaciones de John MacArthur: revolucionar los corazones y vidas por medio de la palabra predicada.
En los diferentes temas encontrará sermones y bosquejos sobre: Escatología, Jesús, Hombres y Mujeres...
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Powerful sermons from Washington National Cathedral in the midst of the pandemic.
Through their sermons, Cathedral clergy and guest preachers such as Jon Meacham, Kelly Brown Douglas, and Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry share inspiring words. Collectively, they offer lasting guidance for difficult times, reinforcing that even in the midst of loss and chaos, God is at work among us, lifting us up and giving us hope for the future.
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The growing hunger for the Word of God is an unexpected development in our time. This book sets out to nourish those who desire something deeper and richer than is possible in the usual setting of worship. By exploring the context and background to all three readings, the author hopes to make the readings available for personal prayer and as a preparation for taking part in the Sunday liturgy. A very useful resource for all who wish to get more out...
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MUJERES QUE ROMPEN REGLAS, Y SE LAS ARREGLAN PARA SALIR A LA LUZ.
PROVOCADORA, ÍNTIMA, FURIOSA Y AMANTE, DEBBIE LE PONE VOZ A ESTAS MUJERES MIENTRAS PATEA EL TABLERO DEL PATRIARCADO BIBLIOCENTRISTA.
"Las palabras de los sabios son como aguijones", advirtió el predicador de la antigüedad. Palabras pronunciadas que no son tan apacibles como uno podría esperar. Las personas sabias hablan y de inmediato se estimula la acción. O puede ser también...
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WOMEN THAT BREAK THE RULE RULES AND MAKE THEMSELVES VISIBLE.
THOUGHT AND ACTION PROVOKING. INTIMATE, FURIOUS AND LOVING, DEBBIE BLUE GIVES VOICE TO THE WOMEN OF THE BIBLE AS TOGETHER THEY TURN THE TABLE OF PATRIARCHY.
"The sayings of the wise are like goads," warned a preacher of old: words that are not as restful as one might expect. The wise speak and are goaded into action. Or perhaps the community works and the wise merely capture its hidden wisdom...
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The growing hunger for the Word of God is an unexpected development in our time. This book sets out to nourish those who desire something deeper and richer than is possible in the usual setting of worship. By exploring the context and background to all three readings, the author hopes to make the readings available for personal prayer and as a preparation for taking part in the Sunday liturgy. A very useful resource for all who wish to get more out...
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Countless preachers have turned to the Zondervan Pastor's Annual to save them time in sermon and service preparation. This tried-and-true resource makes your demanding job as a pastor a lot easier. Use its contents as is, or tailor it to fit your unique approach.
The Zondervan 2023 Pastor's Annual supplies you with:
• Morning and evening services for every Sunday of the year
• Sermon topics and texts fully indexed
• Definitive and usable sermon...
170) Wings of Faith: Soar Above Life's Challenges: Rabbi Asher Zelig Rubenstein z'l on Shaar HaBitachon
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Wings of Faith is a fantastic work, explaining Shaar HaBitachon with answers to life's crucial questions:
Why do we need to work? (pg. 73)
What is the best way to get brilliant business ideas? (pg. 74).
What is the best way for a Jew to decide issues? (pg. 78)
What is the most important principle of fundraising? (pg. 288)
How can we get a hug from Hashem, our Father in Heaven, every day? (pg. 103)
What type of job should a person choose? (pg. 86)
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Countless preachers have turned to the Zondervan Pastor's Annual to save them time in sermon and service preparation. This tried-and-true resource makes your demanding job as a pastor a lot easier. Use its contents as is, or tailor it to fit your unique approach.
The Zondervan 2022 Pastor's Annual supplies you with:
• Morning and evening services for every Sunday of the year
• Sermon topics and texts fully indexed
• Definitive and usable sermon...
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"When I think of the greatest homilies I have heard in my lifetime, they all have one thing in common: they didn't just hit home with me, they went home with me."
What is the secret to a great homily? Best-selling author and popular preacher Deacon S. James Meyer maintains that great homilies are fundamentally born of listening to the needs of the people in the pews.
In this one-of-a kind exploration, Meyer offers parish-tested advice to help...
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Ebenezer W Rogers was born in 1893. He was known to his generation and is still remembered by many as a gifted preacher and Bible expositor. The sermons he preached, and articles he wrote, over his lifetime cover an incredible range of subjects that will be of great help and interest to many Christians. This little volume contains his thoughts on the Apostle Paul.
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Every pastor wants the sermon to be an important tool for maturing those listening in the pews. Having a preaching plan is an essential part of this process. If a preacher's messages are scattered, unrelated to one another, or haphazardly prepared, it can be difficult for those in the congregation to make connections to aid their spiritual growth. Preaching with a Plan encourages and equips pastors to develop a cohesive preaching plan to guide their...
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Contemporáneo libro de sermones, para predicar sobre la Biblia con un leguaje y estilo actuales.
El criterio elegido para su función no ha sido el temático, sino el orden de aparición en la Biblia, dividiéndose en dos grandes grupos:
20 sermones basados en el Antiguo Testamento.
32 sermones apoyados en el Nuevo Testamento.
El propósito de este libro es ayudar al predicador en su ministerio de llevar el Evangelio al creyente de hoy, el cual vive...
177) Anniversary Sermon, Preached in the First Presbyterian Church, McKeesport, Pennsylvania on Sabbath M
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Anniversary Sermon: Preached in the First Presbyterian Church, M'Keesport, Pa. on Sabbath Morning, November 17th, 1861. "I will mention the lovingkindness of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindness." Isaiah 63:7.
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A Year of Grace Vol. 2 is a collection of Bo Giertz's sermons from the second half of the liturgical calendar following the day of Pentecost. He preached the earlier sermons in his ten years as a parish pastor at Torpa, a small rural town in Sweden where he began his pastoral career and wrote such books as The Hammer of God and With My Own Eyes. These early sermons are strongly, influenced by the ordo salutis (order of salvation) that he took over...
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The objective of this book is to address the following premises: Premise number one: The purpose and aim of Christian preaching/teaching is to produce spiritually faithful, biblically capable, and productively active disciples of Jesus Christ. Premise number two: Conventional preaching/teaching philosophies and methods are not achieving the desired effects in far too many cases. This is evidenced by the numbers of lukewarm churches and spiritually...
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With a foreword by Peter Rollins and an afterword by Thomas J. J. Altizer, Too Good to be True is a collection of sermons written and preached from a radical theology perspective, which demonstrate preaching in a post-Christendom, post-'God' world. These sermons were actually preached in a mainline church in the US. The sermons follow the liturgical and lectionary year A, so clergy may use the books for their own preaching and easily reference it...
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