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Jesus spoke to people whose "hearts have grown dull, and their ears
hard of hearing" -- like today's churchgoers who think they know
what the preacher is going to say before the sermon begins. These
sermons use parable and paradox, narrative and humor, imagination
and solid biblical scholarship to tell the good news people don't
expect to hear.
"I hear best what I want to hear and I shut out the things I don't
want to hear. I hear, "Great sermon, Pastor " better than I hear,
"I notice your hair is getting thinner..". I have no problem at all
hearing the good news that I am forgiven. I have a really hard time
hearing a parable that tells me I will suffer the tortures of the
damned until I forgive. These sermons have been influenced by
preachers who have gotten through to me despite my spiritual
hearing impairment. Craddock, Buechner, and Lowry... David
Buttrick... Harry Emerson Fosdick..." (from author's Preface)
Sermons in this book are based on lections for the middle third of
the season after Pentecost.
Sermon titles include:
Prayer and Compassion Fatigue -- Matthew 14:13-21
Love Without Limits -- Matthew 15:10-28
Good News: Life Is Not Fair -- Matthew 20:1-16
Why Do We Ignore Warning Signs? -- Matthew 21:33-46
Roger Talbott is pastor of North Olmsted United Methodist Church in
North Olmsted, Ohio. He has served congregations in Ohio and
western New York. He earned his M.Div. degree from Colgate
Rochester Divinity School and is currently enrolled in the D.Min.
program at Ecumenical Theological Seminary in Detroit, Michigan.
Jesus' resurrection is a time for setting earthquakes shaking in
the soul. The seven excellent Easter messages in this book will
help to make that happen in your congregation. Leonard Budd and
Roger Talbott have combined well-crafted stories, most of them
imaginative fiction pieces, with solid exposition of texts from Old
and New Testaments. These messages will provide preaching resources
for the entire Easter season.
Two additional resources expand the usefulness of this volume:
- Prayers and readings for each Sunday follow each message.
- There are study/discussion questions for an adult forum group
which can assemble following worship, or in the week following, to
discuss the message. Each set of questions is preceded by
"group-builder" get-acquainted and growth exercises.
Leonard H. Budd is pastor of Lakewood United Methodist church in a
suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. Roger G. Talbott is a United Methodist
pastor in North Madison, Ohio.
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