Extraordinary Faith for Ordinary Time: Sermons for Pentecost (Last Third) Cycle C Gospel Texts

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Kalajainen, Larry

Ministry & Evangelism

CSS Publishing Company

Here are sermons, which I can say proudly are by my pastor, which bury into some of the lectionary's Old Testament texts. They get at them in the context of the message of the whole gospel. They address the issues we face with candor. They will stimulate your imagination and your faith, just as his preaching stimulates those of us in his congregation week by week. Paul Westermeyer Professor of Church Music Luther Seminary St. Paul, Minnesota In Bethlehem the rules are different. We get by giving. We win by losing. We live by dying. These are principles set forth by a God who comes to us, not under Herod's golden crown, but Jesus' thorny crown, not with legions of soldiers, but legions of angels, not in great Jerusalem, but in tiny Bethlehem. Let us begin our journey there. From the Advent 3 sermon Robert A. Hausman writes that once again in Advent, we tell Israel's story of hope against hope. We believe the promise of a shoot coming forth from a dead stump, of a king who executes justice. "In faith we are ready to be called by the name, 'The Lord is our righteousness.' We remember not only the promise, but also the fulfillment," says the author. The 17 sermons in this book are based on the First Lesson texts primarily from Isaiah and Jeremiah. The sermons follow the Revised Common Lectionary.

Days Are Surely Coming: First Lesson Sermons for Advent/Christmas/Epiphany, Cycle C

Hausman, Robert

It boils down to this: You will trust God only as much as you love him. You will love God, not because you have studied him, but because you have touched him and he has touched you. This does not mean an automatic end to all trouble in the future. Trust does not guarantee you will never again experience desolation, disappointment, or pain -- but it does mean you will never again go through it alone! -- from the Proper 5 sermon "How long has it been since you heard a sermon about Elijah, Elisha, Melchizedek, and Amos? It was so exciting to write from these fresh passages. How they speak to our day -- and to us!" writes Barbara Brokhoff. "God's eyes are ever upon us; upon those who do evil and those who do good. God never sleeps. Nothing escapes him. He is not hoodwinked by our easy rationalizations for our sins. He misses nothing," says the author. "How happy we are when God can bless our lives as we try to follow him in obedience and integrity." The ten sermons in this book are based on First Lesson texts primarily from 1 Kings and 2 Kings. The sermons follow the Revised Common Lectionary. Barbara Brokhoff, Largo, Florida, is a general evangelist for the United Methodist Church. She preaches around the nation in revivals, pastor's schools, and at annual conferences. This is her second CSS lectionary-based sermon book.

Grapes of Wrath or Grace?: First Lesson Sermons for Pentecost First Third, Cycle C

Brokhoff, Barbara

Tom Rogers' sermons face the hardest of real life's hard questions and find some surprising answers. The connections he makes between the world of scripture and ours are colorful and compelling. An expert storyteller, he weaves intriguing tales that subtly blend the threads of the biblical world with the threads of our daily lives. Dr. Jana Childers Professor of Homiletics San Francisco Theological Seminary As one who does not usually get much out of sermon books, I can happily say that these sermons were very helpful! Professor Rogers has not only given some great stories and content for us to chew on, but even more importantly, has modeled a way of preaching in story that can readily be utilized in the pulpit. Pastor William Crabtree Senior Pastor Emmanuel Lutheran Church Lodi, California Thomas G. Rogers writes that the drama of God's word is not a story to be observed by spectators at a distance. God invites each of us to be full participants in this drama. It is his hope the stories in these sermons may be preached and heard not simply as stories about someone else, but that God may grant Christians the grace to experience them as our own, once we step inside them. The ten sermons in this book are based on First Lesson texts. Many of the sermons are from Jeremiah. The sermons follow the Revised Common Lectionary. Thomas C. Rogers is associate professor of homiletics at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, California. Prior to teaching preaching, he was a parish pastor in California. He graduated from Wartburg Seminary.

Stepping Inside The Story

Thomas G. Rogers

Dallas Brauninger continues her helpful and insightful interpretation of scripture. Those who plan services of worship will find here a treasure of resources and a model they can use with other passages. The Rev. Anne Lee Kreml Associate Conference Minister Northern California Nevada Conference United Church Of Christ In The Beginning Was The Word allows every person of whatever age who can read and speak to become a leader in worship The clear, ringing voice of children and the aging voices of older members help make Sunday worship part of everyone's joy. Dallas Bauninger takes one lectionary reading for each Sunday and other special days in the life of the church and develops it into a choral reading. Readings are based on the New Revised Standard Version texts and the Revised Common Lectionary texts. This is part of a three-book cycle on lectionary readings. Dallas A. Bauninger, a graduate of Albion College, received her master of divinity degree and an honorary doctor of divinity degree from the Chicago Theological Seminary. A full-time writer, Brauninger has served churches in Colorado and Nebraska. She and her husband, also an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, live in West Point, Nebraska.

In The Beginning Was The Word

Dallas A. Brauninger

Religion & Spirituality

Lectionary Preaching Workbook. Revised for Use With Revised Common, Episcopal, Lutheran, and Roman Catholic Lectionaries

John R. Brokhoff

Give homage to the Christ. Bring him your treasures and offer him your gifts. -- Call to Worship for Epiphany of the Lord Lectionary Worship Aids, Series III, Cycle C, follows in the CSS Publishing Company tradition of providing creative worship resources for congregations. Series III is based on the Revised Common Lectionary and New Revised Standard Version. Each Sunday offers: • Listing of the four lectionary texts for the day • Call to worship • Prayer of confession • Declaration of God's forgiveness • Exhortation • Prayer of the day • Prayer of thanksgiving • Prayer of dedication • Psalm (congregational reading) B. David Hostetter is a retired pastor of the Presbyterian Church USA. He served as a pastor and education consultant in that denomination and in the Presbyterian Church in Canada. He graduated from Princeton University, received a master of arts in religious education from New York University School of Education, and graduated in theology from Presbyterian Church, Montreal.

Lectionary Worship Aids: Cycle C Series III

Hostetter, Reverend B David

Churches & Church Leadership

Lectionary Tales for the Pulpit: 57 Stories for Cycle C

The wind of the Spirit blew through St. Mary's Parish but it did not seem to touch the life of Maria Sanchez. Maria had been a faithful member of the parish all of her life. She was baptized there, confirmed there, married there. And yet, when the Spirit blew new life into the lives of so many in the parish, Maria felt excluded. From the Epiphany 2 story Richard A. Jensen writes that herein are contained stories you can ""stitch together"" with other stories to form a sermon. This is the approach to preaching that he has advocated in Thinking In Story. Readers will find 57 short stories based upon the Cycle C lectionary. Each is a contemporary adaptation of the biblical theme. This resource offers one story for each Sunday in the church year plus stories for Christmas Eve/Day and Ash Wednesday. Most stories are based on Gospel texts. Others are from First or Second Lesson or Psalms scripture. Jensen uses his story-telling techniques to weave tales with themes to strengthen believers' faith and to bring new meaning to scriptures. This is part of a three-book series on lectionary stories for preaching. Richard A. Jensen, Park Ridge, Illinois, a systematic theologian, is author of the CSS best-seller Thinking In Story. He is presently teaching homiletics at Wartburg Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa, and Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.

Richard A. Jensen

Reference

CASPAR: I had a strange dream last night, and I woke convinced that we should go in a different way. MELCHIOR: Odd that you should say that -- I had a dream, too! I am convinced that Herod has no desire to worship the child -- he sees him as a threat to his throne. (From ""The Wise Men"" drama) Here is a collection of short Advent dramas. The series can be presented with few rehearsals and limited props and costumes. Each drama easily fits within a worship setting. For a longer service, the dramas could be combined and offered as scenes for one complete service. This series includes: Mary and Elizabeth -- Advent 1 The villagers of Nazareth -- Advent 2 Ziph the Shepherd and his Wife Jerah -- Advent 3 Gabriel -- Advent 4 The Innkeeper's Wife -- Christmas Eve The Wise Men -- Epiphany Cynthia S. Baker, Aurora, Minnesota, has been writing and directing plays for the church for over 25 years. She is a graduate of Lake Erie College and the Institute for Children's Literature. This is her third CSS collection of plays.

Good Tidings Of Great Joy: Six Advent Dramas

Literature & Fiction

Baker, Cynthia S

Dramas & Plays

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