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Humor Us!
Preaching and the Power of the Comic Spirit

By Owen Hanley Lynch, Alyce M. McKenzie

Homiletics textbooks often discourage the use of humor in preaching, regarding it as trivializing or distracting. The result is that many preachers have failed to understand humor’s positive power, demoting it to the opening joke to get a guaranteed ...

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Karoline
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biblical studies, gospel of john, biblical, interpretation, methods, new,
biblical scholarship, homily, homilies, homiletics, PS23;P23FOH2023;PRCH ;PSBS

Preaching the Word
Contemporary Approaches to the Bible for the Pulpit

By Karoline M. Lewis

The question of what to do with the biblical text in the sermon is perennial. Biblical scholarship constantly evolves and grows, making it hard even for biblical scholars themselves to apply the latest insights in their preaching. The average pastor ...

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$Kimberly Wagner, mass trauma, trauma, trauma studies, preaching, sermon, homily, fractured ground, pastors, preacher, scripture, liturgy, liturgies, communal, communal trauma, brokenness, Preaching in the Wake of Mass Trauma, mass communal trauma, PS23;P23;FOH2023, PTSD;PRCH ;PSBS; AWV$

Fractured Ground
Preaching in the Wake of Mass Trauma

By Kimberly R. Wagner

Mass trauma is an unavoidable reality in the United States. Trauma from violence, natural disasters, and disease has become all too familiar in the American experience, inevitably raising questions about where God is to be found in the midst of such ...

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Becoming Human
The Holy Spirit and the Rhetoric of Race

By Luke A. Powery

Discussions of racial difference always embody a story. The dominant story told in our society about race has many components, but two stand out: (1) racial difference is an essential characteristic, fully determining individual and group identity; a...

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Preaching and the Grotesque, The Scandal of the Gospel, Charles L. Campbell, Beecher Lecture, Beecher Lectures, Grotesque Charles Campbell, Charles Campbell, Carnivalesque and preaching, Grotesque preaching, preaching on the grotesque, Grotesque gospel, Charles Campbell Grotesque, Charles Campbell Lecture, Charles Campbell Yale Divinity Lecture; F2021;P23;FOH2023;PRCH

The Scandal of the Gospel
Preaching and the Grotesque

By Charles L. Campbell

Through its shocking incongruities and transgressive forms, the grotesque offers an intriguing lens for exploring the scandal of the gospel and the challenges of Christian preaching. Drawing on diverse sources—from Swedish crime fiction and contempor...

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The Women's Lectionary
Preaching the Women of the Bible throughout the Year

By Ashley M. Wilcox

Focusing on passages about women in the Bible and feminine imagery of God, The Women's Lectionary reimagines the liturgical calendar of preaching for one year. These women are daughters, wives, and mothers. They are also strong leaders, evil queens, ...

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Preaching and the Thirty-Second Commercial
Lessons from Advertising for the Pulpit

By O. Wesley Allen, Jr., Carrie La Ferle

At first glance, preaching and advertising seem worlds apart from one another. One tries to proclaim love of God and neighbor; the other tries to sell you something that you may or may not need. Yet both must compete with other ways we receive and pr...

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Always a Guest
Speaking of Faith Far from Home

By Barbara Brown Taylor

From beloved writer and renowned preacher Barbara Brown Taylor comes a new collection of stories and sermons of faith, grace, and hope. Taylor, author of the best-selling books Holy Envy and An Altar in the World, among others, finds that when you ar...

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The Preacher's Bible Handbook

By O. Wesley Allen, Jr.

When it comes to understanding a passage in the Bible, context is everything. What historical events surround a book’s composition? What larger literary unit is a given passage part of? What central themes explored by the book touch on the verses in ...

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A Preacher's Guide to Lectionary Sermon Series, volume 2
Thematic Plans for Years A, B, and C

Both lectionary preachers and topical preachers will enjoy the best of both worlds with this second volume of sermon series ideas designed to frame consecutive weeks of lectionary texts into seasonal and short-term series. With contributors from seve...

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Making a Scene in the Pulpit
Vivid Preaching for Visual Listeners

By Alyce M. McKenzie

How can preachers ensure that their sermons continue to engage listeners in a world defined by visual media and the short, segmented delivery of information? Alyce McKenzie harnesses the element of drama and the human fascination with scenes to offer...

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Preaching the Women of the Old Testament
Who They Were and Why They Matter

By Lynn Japinga

Take an in-depth look at over forty fierce, faithful, and strong women featured in the Old Testament with Preaching the Women of the Old Testament. Inside this unique resource author Lynn Japinga interprets the stories of various biblical women, incl...

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The Witness of Preaching, Third Edition

By Thomas G. Long

This is a newly revised edition of one of the standard introductory preaching textbooks on the market today. Beginning with a solid theological basis, veteran preacher and best-selling author Thomas G. Long offers a practical, step-by-step guide to w...

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A Preacher's Guide to Lectionary Sermon Series
Thematic Plans for Years A, B, and C

Preachers get the best of lectionary and topical series preaching with this comprehensive manual of sermon series ideas based on the Revised Common Lectionary. Designed to frame consecutive weeks of lectionary texts into seasonal and short-term serie...

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Blue Note Preaching in a Post-Soul World
Finding Hope in an Age of Despair

By Otis Moss III

"Can preaching recover a Blues sensibility and dare speak with authority in the midst of tragedy? America is living stormy Monday, but the pulpit is preaching happy Sunday. The world is experiencing the Blues, and pulpiteers are dispensing excessive ...

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