Table of Contents

Features

• Passing the Baton: An Interview with Bob Russell and Dave Stone 
• Keys to Creative Communication by Ed Young, Jr.
• The 7 Axioms of Sermon Delivery by Calvin Miller
• The Elusive Illustration by Chuck Sackett
• Preaching as Dialogue: An Interview with Doug Pagitt 
• The Sphere of Evangelical Homiletics by Blayne Banting
• How Church-Wide Campaigns Can Rev Up Your Ministry by Thom and Joami Schultz

Sermons

• Disciple in a Strange Land (Daniel 1:1-2) by Michael Milton
• While They Yet Breathed (Luke 12:4-5) by Gary D. Robinson
• Jacob and the Scandal of Faith (Genesis 32) by John S. Byerly

Columns

• From the Lectionary
  
  -- Proper 8 (July 2, 2006)
  
  The Grace of Giving (2 Corinthians 8:7-15)
  
  -- Proper 10 (July 16, 2006)
  
  Sing Praise to God's Glory (Ephesians 1:3-14)
  
  -- Proper 11 (July 23, 2006)
  
  God's Making of His People (Ephesians 2:11-22)
  
  -- Proper 12 (July 30, 2006)
  
  God's Mandate for His People (Ephesians 3:14-21)
  
  --Proper 13 (August 6, 2006)
  
  God's Ministry for His People (Ephesians 4:1-16)
  
  -- Proper 14 (August 13, 2006)
  
  The Attractive Christ (John 6:35, 41-51)
  
  -- Proper 15 (August 20, 2006)
  
  The Controversial Christ (John 6:51-58)
  
  -- Proper 16 (August 27, 2006)
  
  The Offensive Christ (John 6:56-69)
  
   
• To Illustrate
• Past Masters 
• The Preacher's Bookshelf
  
  Kindled Fire by Zack Eswine
  
  Preaching and Teaching the Psalms by James L. Mays
  
  Preparing Sunday Dinner By June Yoder, Marlene Kropf and Rebecca Slough
  
  A Guide to Preaching edited by Roger Bowen
  
  Confessing Jesus Christ: Preaching in a Postmodern World by David J. Lose
  
  Whatever happened to Truth edited by Andreas Kostenberger
  
  The New Pastor's Guide to Leading Worship by Barbara Day Miller
  
  Fundamentalism and American Culture by George Marsden
• Back Page Pulpit