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)

Religion & Spirituality

Claypool, John R.

Christian Books & Bibles

Harpercollins

Hope is to the human spirit what breath is to the physical body―the very fuel that animates our being. So says best-selling author John Claypool. But with hopefulness comes the possibility of disappointment. How can we hope and yet be realistic about what we hope for? What is a hope that doesn’t disappoint? In his inimitable pastoral and gentle way, Claypool explores biblically based avenues to hopefulness. Beginning with what we can and cannot know of God's promises, he discusses the value of humility in the face of the Great Mystery that is God. Claypool then examines what we can expect by letting God be God, and he looks at the place of forgiveness and second chances in seeking hope. His conclusion addresses the greatest hope, that of the life to come beyond the grave. This very personal book, written without theological jargon, will be a welcome companion to anyone who is struggling with disappointment, fear, or loss.

The Hopeful Heart

Worship & Devotion

Morehouse Publishing

God the Ingenious Alchemist: Transforming Tragedy into Blessing

"God's goodness is bigger than all human badness," writes best-selling author John Claypool in this timely new book. "God's power and willingness to forgive are greater than our human capacity to sin." The Bible is often held up as a source of family values, but it is also full of families who falter and do so generation after generation. Few families have visited as much evil on each other as Abraham's descendants in Genesis. Using these stories, Claypool explores how God turns the "lead" of evil–like Jacob's theft of Esau's birthright, and Joseph's brothers selling him into slavery in Egypt–into the "gold" of abundant blessing, as alchemists were said to do in the past. God is always more interested in our future, according to Claypool, than in our pasts. In this book, as in his other books, Claypool explores the biblical texts carefully, and with a pastoral eye for the characters from Genesis and his contemporary readers. This book offers challenge and comfort to people who feel that their sins may be beyond God's concern and their lives beyond redemption.

God the Ingenious Alchemist: Transforming Tragedy Into Blessing

By studying those whom Jesus selected as apostles and what he did for them, to them, with them, and through them, we can learn much about how we experience the holy in our own day. This book is about those apostles, their relationships with Jesus and with each other and what the dynamics of that community can teach us.

The First to Follow: The Apostles of Jesus

W. Publishing Group

Blasphemy? No, in this collection of sermons well-known preacher John R. Claypool takes "amateur" in its original meaning: one who acts out of love.

God Is an Amateur

Forward Movement

Hope is to the human spirit what breath is to the physical body--the very fuel that animates our being. So says best-selling author John Claypool. But with hopefulness comes the possibility of disappointment. How can we hope and yet be realistic about what we hope for? What is a hope that doesn't disappoint? In his inimitable pastoral and gentle way, Claypool explores biblically based avenues to hopefulness. Beginning with what we can and cannot know of God's promises, he discusses the value of humility in the face of the Great Mystery that is God. Claypool then examines what we can expect by letting God be God, and he looks at the place of forgiveness and second chances in seeking hope. His conclusion addresses the greatest hope, that of the life to come beyond the grave. This very personal book, written without theological jargon, will be a welcome companion to anyone who is struggling with disappointment, fear, or loss.

The Hopeful Heart (Episcopal Clerical Directory)

Reference

Catalogs & Directories

Church Publishing

John Claypool had been a pastor for almost two decades, ministering to others who suffered through the loss of loved ones, when the loss came home with the death of his eight-year-old daughter. This book is the story of Claypool's own journey through the darkness, written through four sermons. The first was delivered just eleven days after his daughter's diagnosis of leukemia, the second after her first major relapse nine months later, and the third weeks after her death. The final sermon--a reflection on the process of grieving--was preached three years later. With more than a million copies sold, this is easily one of Claypool's most popular books.

Tracks of a Fellow Struggler: Living and Growing Through Grief

Parenting & Relationships

CHURCH PUBLISHING INC

Crisp copy with sturdy binding and light shelf wear

The Saga of Life: Living Gracefully Through All of the Stages

Insight Press Inc

Opening Blind Eyes

Meyer Stone & Co

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The Preaching Event (Lyman Beecher Lectures)

The Hopeful Heart

God the Ingenious Alchemist: Transforming Tragedy Into Blessing

The First to Follow: The Apostles of Jesus

The Preaching Event (Lyman Beecher Lectures)

God Is an Amateur

The Hopeful Heart (Episcopal Clerical Directory)

Tracks of a Fellow Struggler: Living and Growing Through Grief

The Saga of Life: Living Gracefully Through All of the Stages

Opening Blind Eyes