Opening Blind Eyes

In a perceptive look at his own life, this well-known Southern Baptist pastor and author speaks to all of us who have done the right things for the wrong reasons.

Claypool, John

Religion & Spirituality

ABINGDON PRESS *

A Baptist pastor explains in four sermons how his Christian faith helped him deal with the grief he experienced as a result of his daughter's terminal illness and death

How to Handle Grief Tracks of a Fellow Struggler

Literature & Fiction

United States

W Pub Group

Glad Reunion

The Light Within You: Looking at Life Through New Eyes

Stages

Tracks of a fellow struggler: How to handle grief

Word Books

Glad Reunion: Meeting Ourselves in the Lives of Bible Men and Women (Claypool, John. John Claypool Library.)

Glad Reunion: Meeting Ourselves in the Lives of Bible Men and Women (John Claypool Library)

Insight Press Inc

John Claypool is one of this country's foremost preachers. In "The Preaching Event, the text of the Lyman Beecher Lectures on Preaching, delivered by Claypool in 1979, he talks about the what, why, how, and when of preaching. What are the basic objectives of the preacher? Why do we preach? How should we preach? When is it done? Claypool's book is an excellent companion for new or seasoned preachers.

The Preaching Event (Lyman Beecher Lectures)

CHURCH PUBLISHING INC

In three meditations John Claypool speaks eloquently of the wounds all of us carry through life-the wounds of grievance, guilt, and grief-and how they can be healed.

Mending the Heart

Self-Help

Death & Grief

Cowley Publications

In this revised second edition of Stories Jesus Still Tells, John Claypool brings fresh insight to a selection of parables, allowing us to hear Jesus' calm, persuasive voice still speaking to us through stories like the great banquet, the rich fool, and the final judgment. By providing us with a clearer understanding of the context of these stories in Jesus' immediate culture, Claypool demonstrates how accessible the parables were to his listeners, told in familiar terms that everyone who heard them could grasp. He writes: “This is how Jesus worked the miracle of reconciliation again and again. People would come to him in all degrees of panic, fear, and anger. Yet, instead of confronting them head-on and driving them deeper into their defensiveness, he would, like Nathan, defuse their anxiety by saying, ‘Let me tell you a story. . . .' Then, drawn in by the narrative and with their defenses down, the listeners would see the story as a mirror, and its light would make their personal darkness visible. In this way, parables became events of revelation.” And so it is with us, Claypool believes. When we open the deep places in our being to the parables―these stories Jesus still tells―then in a moment of surprise and insight, we who listen recognize ourselves in the characters and the decisions they face. The stories are no longer about them, but about us, and the opportunity for illumination and transformation in our own lives.

Stories Jesus Still Tells

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