Table of Contents

Features

• Faith Among the Tears: Preaching in the Aftermath of the Virginia Tech Tragedy by Tommy R. McDearis  
• 2007 Survey of Visual Resources for Preachers by Jeff Horch
• Preaching the Big Idea: An Interview with Dave Ferguson by Michael Duduit
• The Power of The Big Idea by Dave Ferguson
• When a Story is the Best Response by D. Bruce Seymour
• Beware Tuneless Preaching (Part One of a Series on Preaching and Trinitarian Worship) by Michael Quicke
• Preaching in a Changing Culture: An Interview with N.T. Wright by Michael Duduit

• Doing It All Wrong: 10 Mistakes in Church Construction Projects by Rick Ezell
• 10 Steps to Stronger Children's Ministry by Amy Carter
• Mission Opportunities for Churches and Individuals by Don M. Aycock

• Living in the Spirit's Fullness (Ephesians 5:18) by Stuart Briscoe
• Has Any People Heard the Voice of God Speaking . . . And Survived? (Deuteronomy 4:32-40) by R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
• Confessions of an Ignoramus (Deuteronomy 29:29) by John A. Kitchen
• Twice in One Day (Luke 15:20-32) by Peter Rhea Jones

• Preacher to Preacher 
• From the Lectionary
  
  -- 14^th Sunday after Pentecost (September 2, 2007)
  
  Save my Seat! (Luke 14:7-14)
  
  -- 15^th Sunday after Pentecost (September 9, 2007)
  
  He Is Counting On Me (Philemon 1-21)
  
  -- 16^th Sunday after Pentecost (September 16, 2007)
  
  Every Christian Has a Testimony (1 Timothy 1:12-17)
  
  -- Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (September 23, 2007)
  
  A Matter of Money (Luke 16:1-13)
  
  -- Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost (September 30, 2007)
  
  Life, Death and Destiny (Luke 16:19-31)
  
  -- Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost (October 7, 2007)
  
  How to Increase Your Faith (Luke 17:5-10)
  
  -- Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost (October 14, 2007)
  
  The Heart of Christianity (II Timothy 2:8-15)
  
  -- Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost (October 21, 2007)
  
  More of God’s Word (II Timothy 3:14-4:5)
  
   
• To Illustrate
• The Preacher's Bookshelf 
  
     Preaching with Variety by Jeffrey D. Arthurs
  
     Walking with God by James S. Stewart
  
     Graceful Speech: An Invitation to Preaching by Lucy Lind Hogan
  
     Commentary & Reference Survey (10th ed.) by John Glynn
  
     The Bible in Pastoral Practice by Paul Ballard & Stephen R. Holmes
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