January-Febuary, 2009, Volume 24, No. 4

FEATURES

• Preaching with Power by Ben Awbrey 
• Contextual Preaching by Ed Stetzer  
• Interview with Ed Stetzer by Michael Duduit
• Every Preacher Is a Theologian by R. Albert Mohler 
• Interview Dan Kimball by Michael Duduit

IN MINISTRY

• 4 Tips for Dealing with an Economic Downturn by Michael Duduit
• 90-Minutes-a-Day Care by Stan Toler
• Don’t Live for the Moment by Thom S. Rainer and Sam S. Rainer III

SERMONS

• Portrait of a Minister (1 Tim. 4:6-16) by Michael Milton 
• A Word to the Wise (1 Cor. 2:6-10a) by Jonathan A. Partlow
• Why Is Life So Unfair? (Job 40:1-5, 42:1-6, Rom. 8:28, 31-32,38) by Bill Bouknight  

RESOURCES

From the Lectionary

• --  First Sunday in Lent (B) March 1, 2009
  An Uncomman Man with an Uncommon Mission (Mark 1:9-15)
• --  Second Sunday in Lent (B) March 8, 2009
  Perfect Hearing (Mark 8:31-38)
• --  Third Sunday in Lent (B) March 15, 2009
  Money Changers Meet the Life Changer (John 2:13-22)
• --  Fourth Sunday in Lent (B) March 22, 2009