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Grace and Peace

Grace and Peace
Author: Dean Feldmeyer
Publisher: CSS Publishing Company
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2016-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780788028588

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Easter may be the highest holy day in the life of the church but in American culture that honor goes to Christmas. Christians often find themselves trying to straddle the divide between Christmas as "Christ Mass" and Christmas as a family gathering and a retail extravaganza. In Grace and Peace, Dean Feldmeyer's latest collection of sermons for Cycle A, the seasons of Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany are celebrated by acknowledging the secular, cultural parts of the season and, at the same time, they are first and foremost celebrations of God's incarnation in the living Christ. Sermon titles included Surprise! Surprise! Surprise! (Matthew 24:36-44) Less Fear; More Fruit (Matthew 3:1-12) Preparing the Way (Matthew 11:2-11) The New Moses (Matthew 1:18-25) Jesus Incognito (Matthew 25:31-46) Dean Feldmeyer is the author of five novels, two non-fiction books, three plays and over one hundred published articles, short stories, essays and poems. He is also one of the contributing writers for The Immediate Word, a component of CSS's SermonSuite. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati with a Bachelor of Arts in Speech and Theater, Dean also holds a Master of Divinity degree from the Methodist Theological School of Ohio and has studied classical philosophy at the post graduate level at The University of Cincinnati and The Ohio State University. For the past thirty-five years he has been an ordained minister in the United Methodist Church. He is currently the pastor of The Wilmington United Methodist Church in Wilmington, Ohio. He and his wife, Jean (a registered nurse) live in Wilmington and have two adult children.


A More Urgent Season

A More Urgent Season
Author: Erskine White
Publisher: CSS Publishing
Total Pages: 82
Release: 1993
Genre: Advent sermons
ISBN: 1556736541

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Mission Possible!

Mission Possible!
Author: Charles D. Reeb
Publisher:
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2014-06-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780788027871

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Throughout the seasons of Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany, we are often reminded of the importance of drawing near to God. But as the busyness of life absorbs into our homes, our relationships, and our spirits, it can be difficult to rely upon the grace of God and hear the voice of his Spirit. The promise of the season, though, is that through God's revelation to us in Christ, we can discover a hope that empowers a broken world. In nineteen sermons, Charley Reeb sets out to remind us that God's mysterious ways are limitless in power. It is impossible to truly comprehend the possibilities of an immaculate conception or of God in the flesh, but when the church proclaims the message of redemption and displays God's unmatchable love, it exposes a truth that begins to transform the heart of the world. This is the greatest calling of any believer -- living a life that serves as light and hope. Whether used as a sermon resource, a personal study and reflection guide, or as a curriculum for group and Sunday school study, "Mission Possible! "calls us into thoughtful discussion and seeks to move us deeper into the realm of the kingdom with a hopeful urgency that inspires us to breathe in God's word and exhale his grace to a world in need. Sermon titles include: Addicted to Hurry (Matthew 25:31-46) Defeating Discouragement (Mark 1:21-28) Learn to Play Again (Mark 2:13-22) Rev. Dr. Charles Reeb is the Senior Pastor of Pasadena Community Church (UMC) in St. Petersburg, Florida.He has previously served churches in Lakeland and Plant City, Florida; Atlanta and Athens, Georgia. Reeb's work has appeared in "Preaching" and "Circuit Rider" magazines, and he has been a featured preacher on the national radio program Day 1 (formerly known as The Protestant Hour).He is also a contributing writer to the "Feasting on the Word" commentary series. Reeb is a graduate of Florida Southern College and Candler School of Theology at Emory University.He earned his Doctor of Ministry degree from Columbia Theological Seminary. He is the author of two books, "One Heaven of a Party" and Seven Wonders of the Faith: Answers to Our Most Troubling Questions, both by CSS.


Preaching and Worshiping in Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany - eBook [ePub]

Preaching and Worshiping in Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany - eBook [ePub]
Author: Abingdon
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2011-09-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1426750099

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This helpful one-volume commentary resource provides brief preaching commentaries and prayers for worship for the first Sunday in Advent through Epiphany of the Lord (Years A, B, and C). This book includes: lectionary readings for each Sunday and Holy Day in the season; three sermon briefs for each Sunday in Advent and the Sunday after Christmas; sermon briefs for Christmas, Christmas Eve, and the Day of Epiphany; creative prayers for each Sunday and Holy Day in the season; scripture index.


Reading the Signs

Reading the Signs
Author: J. Ellsworth Kalas
Publisher: CSS Publishing Company
Total Pages: 96
Release: 1988
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781556730535

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If you are like many parish pastors, you find the Christmas season to be the most frustrating season of the church year -- so much to do, so much to celebrate, so much to say -- and so little time to prepare it all! That is why J. Ellsworth Kalas has prepared these twelve thoughtful sermons -- to help you present the meaningful and coherent messages you want your congregation to hear during this busiest of seasons. Within are sermons for every Cycle C gospel text during the Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany seasons from the Common, Lutheran, and Roman Catholic lectionaries, including: - The Signs of Summer - The Hinge of History - Songs of the Season - Return to the New - From Empty Nets to Full Lives - Awake to Glory Use these complete sermons as presented -- or as jumping-off points for your own meaningful messages. J. Ellsworth Kalas has for sixteen years served as senior minister of the Church of the Saviour (United Methodist) in Cleveland, Ohio.


Festival sermons and prayers from the Advent through Epiphany seasons

Festival sermons and prayers from the Advent through Epiphany seasons
Author: Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther
Publisher: Joel Baseley
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2008
Genre: Church membership
ISBN: 0965240371

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"Collected from his writings in Lutherische Brosamen, 1876; Ansprachen und Gebete, 1888; Casual Predigten und Reden, 1889; Festklaenge, 1892."


Sermons to the People

Sermons to the People
Author: Augustine of Hippo
Publisher: Image
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2002-10-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0385503113

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A superb new translation brings the words of Augustine the preacher stirringly to life! When the great Saint Augustine was called from his country home to become Bishop of Hippo in the fourth century, his new responsibilities took him away from the solitude of his writing and into the glare of the public eye. The author of two of the greatest works of religious literature, Confessions and City of God, Augustine became a shepherd to the people, inspiring and enlightening them with his sermons. His skills as a speaker were as great–if not greater–than his skills as a writer. According to his friend Possidius, “Those who read what Augustine wrote on the divine topics do get something out of them. But those who saw and heard him in person–they were the ones who got heaven and Earth.” Sermons to the People collects the homilies on the liturgical seasons of the Church Saint Augustine delivered over the course of his lifetime. This Image edition includes the first sermons in that vast collection: from Advent, Christmas, New Year’s, and the Epiphany. Newly translated by William Griffin, they address timeless concerns, including the problems of materialism and the intellectual difficulties of faith. Griffin renders the sermons with such immediacy, it is as though he had been present when Augustine spoke to his flock.


God's New Possibility

God's New Possibility
Author: James L. Killen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2013
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780788027086

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We live in a God-invaded world. This simple truth is easy to forget when we peer wide-eyed into a world filled with chaos, terror, and war. But when we embrace the kingdom of God as an ever-present reality, one filled with new possibilities rooted in the good news of Christ, we become molders and shapers of human history. "God's New Possibility" offers a bold invitation to believe and proclaim that God is indeed at work, calling us to participate in His plan of transforming the world. "God's New Possibility" reflects upon the seasons of Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany, unpacking the truths of a divine hope ushered into the world through the infant Christ. In seventeen sermons, James L. Killen Jr. reminds us that we serve a living and breathing God, one who became visible through Jesus and remains tangible through His Church. This is the evidence of a heavenly kingdom manifested through God's all-consuming presence and redemptive call -- a kingdom that offers a "new possibility here for us in each present moment of our lives." The rich narratives of holy love found within the pages of Killen's sermons remain emphatic: God's love is not waiting for us at the borders of heaven; rather, He has already unleashed his redeeming love upon His world, and it is a love that calls all who proclaim His son as Lord and Savior to take an active role in spreading the good news of salvation. James L. (Jim) Killen Jr. is a retired pastor of the United Methodist Church. After a 45-year career, Jim extended his ministry into retirement through prison ministry, interim ministries, teaching, and writing. Jim taught classes in preaching and in Biblical Studies in pastor's schools. He has written several books, including three published by CSS. He is a past contributor to The Immediate Word and other parts of the CSS Publishing online pastor's resource SermonSuite (sermonsuite.com. He holds degrees from the University of Houston (B.S. History and Philosophy) and Perkin's School of Theology at S.M.U. (B.D., D.Min.).