Table of Contents – May/June ‘04

Features

• Preaching to People Who Hurt: An Interview with Anne Graham Lotz  
• Self-Disclosure in Preaching: An Interview with Bob Russell, John Claypool, Barry Black, and Dieter Zander by James Barnette
• ‘So That You May Not Grieve as Others’ — Preaching the Funeral Sermon by David Mosser
• Doing Church in Babel by Mike Glenn
• 7 Ways to Grab a Listener's Attention — Designing More Effective Sermon Introductions by Steve Larson

Sermons

• Finding God in Spiritual Depression (Psalm 42; Hebrews 4:15) by Michael Milton
• Suffering for the Gospel (2 Timothy 1:8-12) by Donald Williams
• Praying in the Dark (Job 23:1-3; 16-17) by Allan Effa
• What’s God Up to in Ordinary Time? (1 Samuel 1) by H. Mark Abbott
• Take Time to Be Holy (Mark 6:30-34) by Marvin A. McMickle

Columns

• From the Lectionary
  
  -- Proper 9 (C) July 4, 2004
  
  Loving Outside the Lines (Luke 10:25-37)
  
  -- Proper 10 (C) July 11, 2004
  
  Following Orders (Luke 10:1-11, 16-20)
  
  -- Proper 11 (C) July 18, 2004
  
  God's Work: Soul Work (Colossians 1:15-28)
  
  -- Proper 12 (C) July 25, 2004
  
  The Triumph of Christ (Colossians 2:6-15)
  
  -- Proper 13 (C) August 1, 2004
  
  Seek The Things Above (Colossians 3:1-11)
  
  -- Proper 14 (C) August 8, 2004
  
  U-Turn Required (Isaiah 1:1-20)
  
  -- Proper 15 (C) August 15, 2004
  
  Finishing the Race (Hebrews 11:29-12:2)
  
  -- Proper 16 (August 22, 2004)
  
  Are You Listening When God Speaks? (Hebrews 12:18-29)
  
  -- Proper 17 (C) August 29, 2004
  
  Our Christian Duties (Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16) 
  
   
• Preacher’s Bookshelf
  
  Preaching from the Soul by J. Ellsworth Kalas 
• To Illustrate
• Past Masters: John Bunyan: Pilgrim's Imaginative Preacher by Gregory K. Hollifield   
• Exploring the Word: The Humanity of Jesus by John Phillips
• Pastor to Pastor: Blessed Manure!  
• Back Page Pulpit Outsourcing the Word by Michael Duduit