Table of Contents

Features

• Starting Fresh: An Interview with James Merritt
• The Preaching Swim by Michael Quicke  
• The Disastrous Drift from Deduction by David L. Larsen
• Expository Preaching That Touches the Heart by Gregory K. Hollifield
• From Mars Hill to the Movies by Marc T. Newman 

Sermons

• Just a Moment (John 8:58) by Max Lucado
• The Proclamation of the Church (2 Timothy 4:1-4) by Tony Evans
• The Road from Emmaus (Luke 23:36-49) by Maxie D. Dunnam
• From Doubt to Declaration (John 20:24-29) by Marvin A. McMickle
• The Resurrection of the Body (1 Corinthians 15:51-53) by John A. Huffman, Jr.

Columns

• From the Lectionary
  
  --Fourth Sunday of Easter (May 2, 2004)
  
  When the Bad Must Yield to the Good (Acts 9:36-43)
  
  --Fifth Sunday of Easter (May 9, 2004)
  
  Nudging the Church in the Right Direction (Acts 11:1-18)
  
  --Sixth Sunday of Easter (May 16, 2004)
  
  Good Intentions, Bad Circumstances, and God's Will (Acts 16:9-15)
  
  --Seventh Sunday of Easter (May 23, 2004)
  
  The Answer to Jesus' Prayer (John 17:20-26)
  
  --Pentecost Sunday (May 30, 2004)
  
  At the Starting Line (Acts 2:1-21)
  
  --Trinity Sunday (June 6, 2004)
  
  He Will Guide You (John 16:12-15)
  
  --Proper 6 (June 12, 2004)
  
  Glimpses of Grace (Gal. 2:15-21)
  
  --Proper 7 (June 20, 2004)
  
  All For One, The One's For All (Gal. 3:23-29)
  
  --Proper 8 (June 27, 2004)
  
  Branded (Gal. 5:1. 13-25) 
  

• The Preacher’s Bookshelf 
  
   Narrative Reading, Narrative Preaching, edited by Joel B. Green and Michael Pasqarello III
  
  Alister E. McGrath & Evangelical Theology. edited by Sung Wook Chung.
• To Illustrate
  
  Age, Bible, Creativity, Freedom, Honesty, Marriage, Peace of Mind, Sin, The Tongue, Vanity
• Past Masters: Leslie D. Weatherhead: The Sermon As Psychotherapy
• Proclaim the Word: How can A Congregation help Evangelist? 
• Exploring the Word: The Visiting Preacher 
• Back Page Pulpit: Oops. Let us rephrease that...