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Book SynopsisHighly regarded preacher and teacher Bryan Chapell shows readers how he has prepared expository sermons according to the principles he developed in his bestselling Christ-Centered Preaching. This companion volume provides concrete examples of how a redemptive approach to Scripture is fleshed out in various types of sermons and various genres of the Bible. The example sermons not only demonstrate different approaches but also are analyzed for pedagogical purposes, helping readers move from theory to practice. In essence, the book allows students and preachers to look over Chapell''s shoulder as he prepares these messages to learn how to construct their own expository sermons that communicate grace and truth from both the Old and New Testaments.Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction: Christ-Centered SermonsPart One: StructureExample Sermon One: Expository Sermon in Formal Structure FormatExample Sermon Two: Expository Sermon in Fundamental Reduction FormatExample Sermon Three: Expository Sermon in Inductive (Narrative) FormatExample Sermon Four: Topical Sermon for a Special OccasionPart Two: Biblical TheologyExample Sermon Five: Predictive Christ-Centered Interpretation (A Bridge Example)Example Sermon Six: Preparatory Christ-Centered Interpretation (A Dead End Example)Example Sermon Seven: Reflective Christ-Centered Interpretation (Narrative Passage)Example Sermon Eight: Resultant Christ-Centered Interpretation (A Macro-Approach)Example Sermon Nine: Resultant Christ-Centered Interpretation (A Micro-Approach)Part Three: Gospel ApplicationExample Sermon Ten: Indicative/Imperative Dynamics (Indicative Emphasis)Example Sermon Eleven: Indicative/Imperative Dynamics (Imperative Emphasis)Example Sermon Twelve: Union with Christ: Motivation and EnablementExample Sermon Thirteen: Preach the WordIndexes

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Book SynopsisThis companion volume to Robinson's bestselling Biblical Preaching provides models of biblical preaching from Old Testament texts and includes insightful preacher interviews.Table of ContentsContentsA Word to the Reader1. Climbing Test Mountain: Genesis 22:1-19 Bryan Wilkerson2. How to Say God's Name: Exodus 20:7 Eric Dokken3. The Story of the Left-Handed Assassin and the Obese King: Judges 3:12-30 Steve Mathewson4. Dealing with Doubt: A Story: Psalm 73 Patricia Batten5. Sounds That Make a Noise: Proverbs 22:1 Sid Buzzell6. Ego Adjustment: Ecclesiastes 3:9-15 Scott Wenig7. There Is Value in Remembering: Isaiah 43:1-3a Ramona Spilman8. The Place of the Preacher: Jeremiah 1 Kent Edwards9. The Insanity of Stewardship: Daniel 4 Torrey Robinson10. What Do You Care About? Jonah 1-4 Matthew Kim11. God's Justice and Love: Topical Chris DolsonAppendix: Titles That Tick Haddon W. Robinson

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Book SynopsisPreaching Today 2016 Book Award (Editor''s Choice)This book by a well-respected teacher of preachers develops an integrated biblical and theological vision for preaching that addresses the essentials of this most important activity in the church. Drawing on influential voices from church history, Abraham Kuruvilla reclaims what has been lost through the centuries and offers fresh insights, showing preachers what they can aim for as an ideal in their preaching. He helps preachers have a better conception of what it means to preach, a fuller understanding of the divinely granted privilege of preaching, and a greater excitement for the preaching ministry. Concluding biblical reflections reinforce the teaching of each chapter.Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction: "The Entrance of Thy Words . . ."1. Preaching Is Biblical2. Preaching Is Pastoral3. Preaching Is Ecclesial4. Preaching Is Communicational5. Preaching Is Theological6. Preaching Is Applicational7. Preaching Is Conformational8. Preaching Is Doxological9. Preaching Is SpiritualConclusion: ". . . Giveth Light"Indexes

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Book SynopsisThe classic collection of sixteen sermons preached and compiled by Dr. King As Dr. King prepared for the Birmingham campaign in early 1963, he drafted the final sermons for Strength to Love, a volume of his most best-known homilies. King had begun working on the sermons during a fortnight in jail in July 1962. While behind bars, he spent uninterrupted time preparing the drafts for works such as “Loving Your Enemies” and “Shattered Dreams,” and he continued to edit the volume after his release. A Gift of Love includes these classic sermons, along with two new preachings. Collectively they present King’s fusion of Christian teachings and social consciousness, and promote his prescient vision of love as a social and political force for change.

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Book SynopsisSt. John Chrysostom delivered nine homilies on repentance in Antioch of Syria sometime between 386 and 387. This volume presents Chrysostom's homilies on repentance and includes a sermon on almsgiving that he preached in Antioch during the winter months in 387.Trade ReviewThis volume successfully draws readers' attention to the importance of 'repentance' in Greek theology and ecclesiology. It also sheds new light on 'preaching' as an important activity in the life of the Early Church. . . . The precise and concise sketch of the life of Chrysostom in Father Christo's Introduction helps set his sermons in their historical context. . . . This volume is a rich source of spiritual nourishment. Moreover, it is highly recommended for those who are interested in the different ways by which the Church Fathers approached and interpreted the Scripture." ―Koinonia―Princeton Theological Seminary Graduate Forum

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Book SynopsisFresh translations of Meister Eckhart's sermons are made available in this volume: three for the first time in English and sixteen others for the first time since C. de B. Evans translated them in 1924 and 1931, long before critical editions of the manuscripts were published in 2003. Other important sermons are also included in the translations.

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword by Patrick J. Ryan, S.J. | xi Introduction by Antonio Spadaro, S.J. | xv Translator’s Notes Marina A. Herrera | xxxix List of Abbreviations | xlvii 1999 Anointing Is an Act of the Whole Being | 3 Homily, Chrism Mass—April 1, 1999, Year A Leave Behind Nostalgia and Pessimism and Open the Way to Our Thirst for Encounter | 5 Homily, Solemn Te Deum on Independence Day—May 25, 1999 Remembering the Father Is Not Just Another Memory | 11 Homily, Solemnity of Corpus Christi—June 5, 1999, Year A God, Our Father, Please Heal Her | 13 Homily, Meeting of Politicians and Legislators from Latin America— August 3, 1999 Standing in Line and Walking | 15 Homily, Shrine of Saint Cajetan—August 7, 1999 Educating in the Culture of Encounter | 17 Position Paper on Education at the Headquarters of the Christian Business Association—September 1, 1999 Consecrated Life Makes Sense Only in Light of Fruitfulness | 26 Homily, Mass with Consecrated Men and Women—September 8, 1999 Open the Doors to Christ | 29 Letter to Priests of the Archdiocese—October 1, 1999 The Virgin’s Gaze Is a Gift | 33 Homily, Twenty-Fifth Youth Pilgrimage to Luján—October 3, 1999 To Govern Is to Serve Each One of These Brothers | 34 Homily, Solemn Te Deum for New National Authorities—December 11, 1999 (Transcript) “God with Us” | 35 Homily, Christmas of the Millennium—December 18, 1999, Year B 2000 “Repent and Believe in the Gospel” | 41 Archdiocesan Catechetical Encounter (EAC)—March 11, 2000, Year B (Transcript) Keeping Our Feet on Earth to Avoid Losing the Way to Heaven | 43 Message to the Educational Community—March 29, 2000 Educating in Peace and Hope | 58 Homily, Mass for the Education Vicariate—March 29, 2000 (Transcript) God, Your God, Has Anointed You with the Oil of Gladness | 59 Homily, Chrism Mass—April 20, 2000, Year B The Angel Reassures the Women: “Do Not Be Afraid” | 62 Homily, Easter Vigil—April 22, 2000, Year B Hope Does Not Disappoint | 63 Homily, Solemn Te Deum on Independence Day—May 25, 2000 Where Do You Want Us to Prepare the Eucharist? | 67 Homily, Solemnity of Corpus Christi—June 24, 2000, Year B For a Millennium of Justice, Solidarity, and Hope | 69 Homily, Shrine of Saint Cajetan—August 7, 2000 In Every Encounter There Is a New Story at Play | 71 Jubilee Celebration for Educators—September 13, 2000 Help Us Find Jesus in Each Other | 73 Homily, Twenty-Sixth Youth Pilgrimage to Luján—October 1, 2000 2001 To Educate: Blending a ‘Warm’ and an ‘Intellectual’ Task | 77 Message to the Educational Community—March 28, 2001 Caring for Another Is Power | 92 Homily, Mass for Educators—March 28, 2001 May Our Priesthood Make the Faithful People of God Feel That the Church Loves Them | 93 Homily, Chrism Mass—April 12, 2001, Year C He Is Not Here. He Has Been Raised | 96 Homily, Easter Vigil—April 15, 2001, Year C Whoever Wishes to Be Great Among You Shall Be Your Servant | 98 Homily, Solemn Te Deum on Independence Day—May 25, 2001 Everyone Ate Until Satisfied | 104 Homily, Solemnity of Corpus Christi—June 16, 2001, Year C Be Engaged So You Can Help Engage Others | 106 Letter to Catechists—August 2001 The Word Seemed Already to Wipe Away Our Tears | 111 Homily, Shrine of Saint Cajetan—August 7, 2001 The Human Dimension Is Key to the Sociopolitical Task | 114 Spontaneous Remarks at Archdiocesan Days for Social Ministry—December 13, 2001 (Transcript) A Light That Is the Hope of the People of God | 116 Homily, Christmas Mass during the Night—December 24, 2001, Year A 2002 You Are Anointed to Preach, to Heal, to Liberate | 121 Homily, Chrism Mass—March 28, 2002, Year A This Event Changes for Us the Meaning of History | 124 Easter Vigil—March 30, 2002, Year A One’s Word and Friendship | 125 Message to the Educational Community—March 31, 2002 Let Yourself Be Possessed by the Truth | 145 Homily, Mass for Educators—April 10, 2002 We Have Reasons to Hope | 147 Homily, Solemn Te Deum on Independence Day—May 25, 2002 Remember How Your God Has Directed All Your Journeying | 153 Homily, Solemnity of Corpus Christi and Consecration of Buenos Aires to Our Lady of Luján—June 1, 2002, Year A “The Lord, Your God, Shall You Worship and Him Alone Shall You Serve” | 156 Letter to Catechists—August 2002 Get in Line and Walk | 159 Homily, Shrine of Saint Cajetan—August 7, 2002 Communicator, Who Is Your Neighbor? | 162 Keynote Address, Third Congress of Media Personnel—October 10, 2002 2003 To Educate Is to Choose Life | 173 Message to the Educational Community—April 9, 2003 And the Truth Shall Set You Free | 191 Homily, Mass for Educators—April 9, 2003, Wednesday in the Fifth Week of Lent, Year B The Hope That God Would Care for Our Fragility | 192 Homily, Chrism Mass—April 17, 2003, Year B Paralysis Sickens Our Soul | 195 Homily, Easter Vigil—April 19, 2003, Year B Do Not Let Anyone Remain “at the Edge of Life” | 196 Homily, Solemn Te Deum on Independence Day—May 25, 2003 Duc in altum, the Social Thought of John Paul II | 202 Lecture on the Social Thought of John Paul II on the Dignity of Work—June 7, 2003 He Broke the Bread and Gave It to Them | 214 Homily, Solemnity of Corpus Christi—June 21, 2003, Year B Let Us Not Be Disheartened—We’ll Find the Way to Start Over Again | 216 Homily, Shrine of Saint Cajetan—August 7, 2003 The Treasure of Our Clay | 219 Message to Catechists—August 21, 2003 “The People Who Walked in Darkness Have Seen a Great Light” | 222 Homily, Christmas Mass during the Night—December 24, 2003, Year C 2004 Throw the Nets in Deeper Waters | 227 Homily, Ash Wednesday—February 25, 2004, Year C The Reality of the Unborn Child | 230 Homily, Day of the Unborn Child—March 25, 2004, Feast of the Annunciation Where Did We Take the Fragility of Our People? | 232 Homily, Chrism Mass—April 8, 2004, Year C Remembering Returns the Women to Reality | 234 Homily, Easter Vigil—April 10, 2004, Year C Education for Living | 236 Letter to Educators—April 21, 2004 Enter the Light Because the Truth Is There | 257 Homily, Education Mass—April 21, 2004, Wednesday, Second Week of Easter, Year C (Transcript) Wisdom Is the Bread That Opens Our Eyes | 259 Homily, Solemn Te Deum on Independence Day—May 25, 2004 “He Spoke to Them about the Kingdom of God” | 267 Homily, Solemnity of Corpus Christi—June 12, 2004, Year C “Get Up and Eat or the Journey Will Be Too Much for You!” | 270 Letter to Catechists—August 2004 The Lord Gives Us a Bread That Puts Us Back on the Road | 273 Homily, Shrine of Saint Cajetan—August 7, 2004 “Be Reconciled with God” | 276 Homily, Tenth National Eucharistic Congress—September 2, 2004 Let’s Be Quiet in Our Hearts and Be Accountable for Our Brothers and Sisters | 279 Remarks, Selichot Service in Preparation for Rosh Hashana at the Synagogue on 2049 Vidal Street—September 11, 2004 It Is Possible to Be Holy | 281 Closing Presentation at the Congress on Veritatis splendor—September 25, 2004 We Want to Be One People, We Want to Be Family | 288 Homily, Thirtieth Youth Pilgrimage to Luján—October 3, 2004 The Existence of the Pastor Is Expressed in Dialogue | 290 Homily, Funeral Mass for Cardinal Juan Carlos Aramburu, Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires—November 22, 2004 Jesus Already Warned Us That These Things Would Happen, and He Told Us Not to Be Afraid | 291 Letter to Consecrated Men, Women, and the Faithful—December 1, 2004 Give Us a Sign | 292 Homily, Christmas Mass during the Night—December 25, 2004, Year A (Transcript) Index of Scriptural References | 295 General Index | 299

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Book SynopsisTrue to Experience is a new anthology drawn from Williams'' many profound and thought-provoking writings including much previously unavailable material. True to Experience, like Williams himself, is unorthodox by the tenets of contemporary Christianity, but encompasses the uncertainties and fears, the joys and sorrows common to us all. It expounds a God-given universal humanity to which both Christians and non-Christians can respond.Trade Review"a profoundly Christian vision of life...also and real bargain."--Franciscan Magazine, September 2001

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Book SynopsisHere is a collection of Herbert McCabe''s more popular spiritual writings. McCabe was highly regarded as a writer on philosophy and theology but in true Dominican tradition (the Order of Preachers) he was also a brilliant preacher. He always preached in a lively and witty way - his style has been compared to that of G.K. Chesterton. This collection of his sermons and spiritual addresses are never platitudinous or short of ideas, filled with questions, arguments and solid intellectual content. The major influence on McCabe was the Bible but he was also a devoted admirer of the thought of St Thomas Aquinas, whose ideas saturated his public speaking. From the Bible, McCabe derived the notion of God leading us to happiness through the work of grace and through the life and teachings of Jesus. From Aquinas, McCabe derived a hatred of idolatry, a powerful sense of the incomprehensibility of God and a recognition that we depend on God''s gracious revelation of himself rather that what we can Trade Review"'An irresistibly direct, earthy no-nonsense refresher course in Christian Faith as such...A brilliantly unususal guide to Christianand (in the fullest sense) Catholic reality, accessible to practically an reader.' Archbishop Rowan Williams"Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Faith; 2. Hope; 3. Motorways and God; 4. 'Felix Culpa'; 5. Abraham and Isaac; 6. Jesus and the Sons of Zebedee; 7. Jesus and Sanctity; 8. Poverty and God; 9. Possession and Forgiveness; 10. Sin; 11. Self-Love; 12. Ash Wednesday; 13. The Wedding Feast at Cana; 14. Washing and Eucharist; 15. Easter; 16. Resurrection as Epiphany; 17. Ghosts, Burial and Resurrection; 18. Prayer; 19. Trinity; 20. The Forgiveness of God; 21. Render to Caesar; 22. Mammon and Thanksgiving; 23. Transfiguration; 24. Life after Death; 25. Priesthood; 26. Christian Unity.

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Book SynopsisThis book continues the exploration of the Jewish sermon Saperstein began in his groundbreaking Jewish Preaching 1200-1800. His new book is an indispensible resource for understanding Jewish history, spirituality, and thought from the High Middle Ages to the beginning of the Emancipation in Europe.Trade Review"Intellectual history at its best."" - David Berger

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Book SynopsisSermons for Lent and the Easter Season

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Book SynopsisAn exploration of the power of active belief and how to develop simple, childlike faith in God and His Word--Provided by publisher.

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Book SynopsisThroughout Christian history, the sermon has been a key means of transmitting religious ideas. This book was the first to assess the effectiveness of the sermon as a means of spreading Protestant ideas in early modern England by focusing on how sermons were interpreted by their audience.Trade Review'This wonderful book takes us into one of English preaching's golden ages, and tries to find out what actually happened when preachers stood up and cleared their throats.' The Times Higher Education Supplement'Beautifully written, with some wonderfully observed allusions to contemporary culture and church life which will resonate with readers … this is indeed an important book for scholars, and will greatly reward the generalists, preachers and the preached to alike.' Church Times'A brilliant and original re-examination of the importance of preaching in later Reformation England … provides an exceptionally stimulating discussion of what came to fill people's minds after the statues had been burned and the altars stripped.' The Times Literary Supplement'… a masterful and highly readable study of 'early modern Protestant preaching' … has much to enlighten and inspire today's homiletical scholars.' Geoffrey Stevenson, The Expository Times'In The Art of Hearing, Arnold Hunt provides a fascinating account of preaching in late Elizabethan and early Stuart England. Hunt's book will be of value to all students of religious, cultural, and political life in early modern Britain and to anyone interested in the scholarly study of preaching.' Marty Cowan, ChurchmanTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The theory of preaching; 2. The art of hearing; 3. From pulpit to print; 4. Reconstructing the audience; 5. Preaching and the people; 6. Reading sermons politically: criticism and controversy; 7. Reading sermons theologically: predestination and the pulpit; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisPrepared by Benjamin Thorpe (1781/21870) and first published in 18446, this two-volume collection contains transcriptions and translations of the Sermones Catholici of Ælfric of Eynsham (c.950c.1010). Volume 1 (1844) contains sermons for the first year of a two-year cycle, and focuses on the important events in the calendar.Table of ContentsPreface; 1. On the beginning of creation; 2. On the nativity of Our Lord; 3. The passion of the Blessed Stephen protomartyr; 4. The assumption of St John the Apostle; 5. The nativity of the Innocents; 6. The octaves and circumcision of Our Lord; 7. The epiphany of Our Lord; 8. The third Sunday after the Lord's epiphany; 9. On the purification of St Mary; 10. Shrove Tuesday; 11. The first Sunday in Lent; 12. Midlent Sunday; 13. The annunciation of St Mary; 14. For Palm Sunday; 15. Easter Sunday; 16. The first Sunday after Easter; 17. The second Sunday after Easter; 18. On the greater litany; 19. On the Lord's prayer; 20. Of the Catholic faith; 21. On the Lord's ascension; 22. On the holy day of Pentecost; 23. The second Sunday after Pentecost; 24. The fourth Sunday after Pentecost; 25. The nativity of St John the Baptist; 26. The passion of the apostles Peter and Paul; 27. The nativity of St Paul the apostle; 28. The eleventh Sunday after Pentecost; 29. The passion of the blessed martyr Lawrence; 30. On the assumption of the blessed Mary; 31. The passion of St Bartholomew the apostle; 32. The decollation of St John the Baptist; 33. The seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost; 34. Dedication of the church of St Michael the Archangel; 35. The twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost; 36. The nativity of All Saints; 37. The nativity of St Clement the martyr; 38. The nativity of St Andrew the apostle; 39. The first Sunday in the Lord's advent; 40. The second Sunday in the Lord's advent; Notes.

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Book SynopsisThis commentary on 1--3 John examines the deeply theological, yet intensely practical, teaching on the foundational nature of truth and love in the context of the local church. Part of the popular Preaching the Word series.

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Book SynopsisThis carefully selected collection of sermons acquaints readers with the life and ministry of famed preacher Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, explaining each message's historical context and relevance for the church today.

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Book SynopsisISIS. Ebola. Social disorder. Religious persecution. Rampant immorality. Are these the harbingers of the biblical apocalypse, of the end of the world? If they are, what do they mean and when can we expect this to happen? In this eye-opening book, prophecy insider Robert Jeffress offers a reasoned look at these signs and what Jesus Christ himself meant when he talked about a future so horrendous that no human lives would be spared unless those days were shortened (Matthew 24.22). Did He have our time in mind? All over the world people are aware that something unprecedented in human history is about to happen. COUNTDOWN TO THE APOCALYPSE presents vital information that everyone, both inside and outside the church, needs to know to be prepared.

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