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Christmas Program Builder 65
$6.99Sometimes a fresh perspective is all it takes to breathe new life into a familiar tale. This Christmas, give your congregation the gift of falling in love with the story and the Savior all over again. With new recitations and readings for children and adu
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Finding Faithful Elders And Deacons
$18.99An application-intensive approach to seeking out biblically qualified church leaders and servants and developing those qualities in others.
Any church leader knows the qualifications for elders and deacons are articulated in the Bible, but that same leader also knows that actually finding other leaders who fulfill the biblical qualifications is difficult. While many books analyze and debate the finer points of church government, few have been written on both elders and deacons, and fewer still successfully show how to identify and reproduce legitimate leaders and willing servants throughout the ranks of the church body.
Thabiti Anyabwile writes from his expertise as a pastor and an elder as well as from his experience of being led by faithful men-men who saw in him the fundamental qualities listed in Scripture and invested their time, energy, and love into grooming him to take their place. Balancing thoughtful analysis of pertinent passages with thorough application for practical use in a contemporary context, Anyabwile answers the questions, “Who should we look for to lead and serve in the church?” and “What should they do to fulfill their calling?” Most helpful, perhaps, are the lists “Observations to make” and “Questions to ask,” which are provided for each characteristic described. Rather than exacerbating the controversial questions surrounding these issues, this book provides meaningful action points that will prove effective for a wide range of interpretations.
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Popular Encyclopedia Of Christian Counseling
$29.99Seasoned counselors and professors Tim Clinton and Ron Hawkins provide a landmark reference that offers a capstone definition of the emerging profession and ministry of the Christian counselor. Appropriate for professional counselors, lay counselors, pastors, students, and teachers, it includes nearly 300 entries by nearly 100 top Christian counselors. At approximately 500 pages, this practical guide focuses on functional aspects of Christian counseling and explores such important topics as…
*Christian counseling as a profession, ministry, and lay ministry
*Spiritual and theological roots
*Social, emotional, and relational issues
*Skills and essentials in Christian helping
*Ethical and legal considerations
*Intake, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning
*Premarital counseling, family therapy, and substance abuseCounselors will also find up-to-date information on solution-based brief therapy, cognitive therapy and biblical truth, and trauma and crisis intervention. An essential resource for maintaining a broad and up-to-date perspective on helping others.
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Training For Service Student Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$12.99This 26-session Bible overview-designed to equip lay leaders to serve as elders, Sunday school teachers, small group facilitators, and in other positions of service in the church-can be completed as a group study or a self-study.
Both volumes have revised graphics and have been updated to reflect the best understanding of the Bible and educational methodology.
The church depends on volunteer workers to staff educational ministries. Sunday school teachers and small group leaders may have a heart to teach the Bible, but how have they been academically prepared?
Over the course of a century, Training for Service has equipped over one million volunteers with this basic course and certification for Bible teaching. This new revision retains all the features listed above and also gives access to www.trainingforservice.com, which:
* Gives the leader access to every reproducible included in the Leader Guide in a larger format.
* Allows the leader to create a full-color, fully personalized completion certificate for each graduate.
* Posts names of every graduate of the course submitted by the leader month by month.
* And contains many more helpful features!Add to cart2 in stock
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Simple Church : Returning To Gods Process For Making Disciples (Revised)
$14.99The simple revolution is here. From the iPod design to Google’s uncluttered homepage, simple ideas are changing the world. Now available in paperback, multi-awarded national bestseller Simple Church guides Christians back to the simple gospel-sharing methods of Jesus. No bells or whistles required. Based on case studies of four-hundred American churches, Thom Rainer and Eric Geiger prove the disciple-making process is often too complex. Simple churches thrive by taking four ideas to heart: Clarity. Movement. Alignment. Focus. Simple Church examines each idea, clearly showing why it is time to simplify.
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Christmas Program Builder 64
$6.99The angelic pronouncements, the courageous characters, the brilliant star no holiday holds a candle to the wonder of Christmas. But all the fanfare is meaningless without exalting Jesus, our infant Savior, God in a manger. Boldly proclaim the hope of Christ with this newest installment of Christmas recitations and scripts for all ages, including Marion Arthur Kirby’s comical one-act play Four Maps to Bethlehem .
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Nuts And Bolts Of Church Planting (Reprinted)
$24.99Most books on church planting offer a model for churches to replicate–usually one that is tied to a particular style, generation, or demographic. But what churches really need is a process that is flexible, not bound to a particular time or current fad. In The Nuts and Bolts of Church Planting, trusted author and church-planting expert Aubrey Malphurs shares the basic steps any church planter will need, regardless of his or her generation now or in the future. These steps include:
establishing values, mission, vision, and strategy
reaching the community
making disciples
recruiting a team
determining location and facilities
raising money for the ministryWith instant practical takeaway based on proven techniques, this book will be invaluable to any church planter.
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All In One Sunday School Volume 1 (Revised)
$24.99Be Ready No Matter Who Shows Up!
Formerly Sunday School Specials, this revised and updated volume includes original and creative programs designed for ministries with mixed-age classes of children ages 4 through 12! With 13 lessons, this book will work in any ministry, but it’s especially great for smaller churches that combine classes every Sunday. Also good for large churches that combine ages during summer and for any other multi-age class setting.
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Christmas Program Builder No 63
$6.99There’s a reason that Program Builders are a best-selling series: each edition is packed with the pieces you need to tailor make your own service, pageant, or program. Christmas No. 63 is brimming with recitations and readings for all ages to get every g
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Deacon Ministry
$6.99This handbook addresses practical issues that typically confront lay church leaders, otherwise known as board members or deacons. Here you will find relevant help to equip leaders for the challenge of both ministering in their congregation and giving support and guidance to their pastor. Offers specific, pertinent information about how to fulfill the unique roles and responsibilities of a lay leader, exploring topics that range from the biblical basis for ministry and New Testament qualifications to typical areas of service, administrative duties, even conflict management. Used alone or in a group, the suggestions for personal interaction and problem solving,, along with real-life stories, will help develop effective leaders.
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Preach For A Year 7
$19.99From an accomplished pastor and writer, this seventh book in the best-selling Preach for a Year series provides the busy pastor with two practical and easy-to-use outlines for every Sunday of the year. All outlines are structured in three sections (introduction, body, and conclusion) and include numerous suggestions for application and cross-references. A complete Scripture index rounds out this comprehensive resource.
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Preach For A Year 6
$19.99The sixth book in the best-selling “Preach for a Year” series provides pastors, who are always busy, with 104 sermon outlines, enough for two sermons every Sunday of the year. These practical and easy-to-use outlines are each structured in three steps.
(1) Introduction-provides attention-getting thoughts for sermon starters.
(2) Body-gives alliterated sermon points with biblical exposition.
(3) Conclusion-suggests practical questions and thoughts for application.Add to cart1 in stock
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Christmas Program Builder Number 62
$6.99Get value for your dollar in this resource packed with Christmas materials for worship, kids and adult seasonal programs, and family events. Build your own programs easily with the graded recitations for kids, adult readings and monologues, and seasonal
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Tony Evans Book Of Illustrations
$29.99Picture this: it’s Saturday afternoon and you’re putting the finishing touches on tomorrow’s sermon. You’ve been thinking, researching, and praying about this message all week, and, thankfully, feel pretty prepared. That is, except for one small detail-you aren’t sure how to begin. For over thirty years, Tony has been connecting to audiences around the world. Now his tools are available for you. Don’t leave your listeners to connect the dots. Let Tony Evans’ Book of Illustrations help you illustrate your point in a way they can’t forget.
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Ultimate Games
$19.50Ultimate Games is part of the Ultimate series, a set of resources for those working with children (and younger young people) in a variety of settings. Ultimate Games is packed full of ideas, divided logically into sections. Each of these ideas has been tried and tested before, so they have worked in other situations, and are more than likely to work again! The games ideas have different levels of complexity – large numbers of children or small, lots of resources or nothing, lots of space or not much – there’s something for every situation.
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Planting Churches That Reproduce
$15.95The goal of Planting Churches that Reproduce Starting a Network of Simple Churches is to simplify the church planting process in order to start a network of simple, reproducing churches. This book will give invaluable information to those contemplating church planting or in the process of planting a church. Comiskey has been gathering material for this book for the past ten years. He has also planted three churches in a wide variety of settings. Planting Churches that Reproduce is the fruit of his research and personal experience. Comiskey uses the latest North American church planting statistics, but also extends the illustrations to include worldwide church planting. In the first section, Comiskey lays out the Biblical basis for church planting, including the all important question what is the church? In order to understand how to plant a network of reproducing churches, its essential to know how the New Testament defines Christs church (and the New Testament definition is a simple one). Paul the apostle was the first centurys model church planter and arguably the most effective church planter the world has ever known. The book goes into detail about how Paul planted churches and the important lessons that we can apply twenty centuries later. The book then moves from the Biblical basis to the contemporary scene. Comiskey answers the question of how in todays complicated society we can plant churches that reproduce and even start a network of simple churches. The book shows statistically why church planting is absolutely essential to keep up with the population growth. Many statistics are noted to demonstrate the grave need for continual church planting today. Then Comiskey tackles the question of the modern day church planter. What makes a modern day church planter successful? What are the key characteristics that todays church planters need to successfully plant a church in the 21st century? Comiskey provides indepth information from recent studies about the character qualities necessary to plant a church. Comiskey provides helpful information on church planting barriers. These barriers come from the fieldboth from those who have planted churches andor those who are currently doing so. The book reveals what church planters would do differently if they could do it over again. This information will help future church planters avoid similar mistakes. The second section goes into detail about the three main church planting strategies the celebrat
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Prophets Handbook : A Guide To Prophecy And Its Operation
$19.99Discover God’s divine plan for the prophetic gifts and how they are meant to benefit the body of Christ. This handbook details the role and duties of the prophetic in the church, clearly explaining its necessity. No church leader should be without this indispensable reference. Dr. Paula Price’s years of research and ministry have yielded the ultimate guide to prophecy in the local church. You will learn how God awakens and prepares excellent prophets, understand the difference between prophets and psychics, and recognize and train budding prophets. Don’t let lack of knowledge keep you from utilizing one of God’s extraordinary gifts to the church.
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Christmas Program Builder 61
$6.99Made for churches that need flexible Christmas material that is easy to put together, this latest Program Builder fits the bill. With over 30 recitations for kids, and simple readings and scripts for adults, this book gives you value in content without stretching your dollars too much. Use what’s inside for multigenerational worship, kids programs, Christmas services, and more.
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How To Call A Pastor
$15.99At the death, resignation, or departure of a pastor, too many churches “wonder in the wilderness” of disbelief, despair, and ignorance about their next step. This book is the answer to that dilemma. Noted Pastor and Preacher, Rev. Marcel Kellar, (author of Timothy, Stir Up Your Gift) has provided a resource that churches can use to guide them through the process of selecting a pastor. This book is the result of Rev. Kellar’s long years of theological study and experiments with many churches. This book will serve as a valuable source of information for ministers and pastoral selection committees who have long desired a resource they could reference for clear and concise instruction on how to prayerfully and conscientiously replenish pastoral leadership.
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Pastors Pal
$15.99A comprehensive handbook for ministry. Pastors Pal contains suggestions for various special services, including weddings and funerals, providing practical advice for the local pastor. This manual for the busy pastor is designed to instruct, inform, amuse, and cause one to reflect upon some of the theological, administrative, and practical problems of today’s pastorate.
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Christian Counseling 3rd Edition
$39.99This proven “course” in pastoral counseling has been extensively expanded and revised by the author to include recent developments and research, new resources, and attention to newly urgent needs such as AIDS and eating disorders. Written with clarity and warmth, this volume builds on biblical foundations and reflects the author’s practical experiences.
–This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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Ushering 101 : The Complete Handbook Of Ushering For The Local Church
$12.99Ushering in the local church is much more than just shaking hands and passing offering plates. Fulfilling your role as an usher is just as important to the body of Christ as that of a prophet, teacher or evangelist.
This book covers both the biblical and the practical aspects of church ushering. Buddy Bell, founder of Ministry of Helps International, combines humor with informative teaching to help you become more effective in your ministry. You will be challenged to serve with excellence as you learn the following:
The scriptural role of ushering
Leadership by example
The legal do’s and don’ts of ushering
The responsibilities of the head usher
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Greeting 101 : Easy Steps To Greeting In The Local Church
$11.99Momentary Ministers . . .
Most people think it takes a long time–years, months or even days to accomplish something profound, something great for God. The truth of the matter is that church greeters have this opportunity every time someone walks through the doors of their church.
Greeters have the awesome ability and opportunity to be an ambassador for the Lord. The pastor’s vision is carried on and his ministry is extended through these everyday people. Sound exciting? It is !
Learn how to be an outstanding greeter in your local church and start doing something great for God today!
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Christmas Program Builder 59
$6.99(Lillenas Publications). This edition from the best-selling series makes creative service and/or program planning easier for you. Celebrate the season with kids using the recitations and short scripts. Get youth and adults involved with the various readings and plays. Make this Advent and Christmas more memorable with this valuable resource.
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From Cooperation To Competition
$25.99Congregational life has changed in so many ways in recent years, not least among them the transition from cooperation to competition as the central model of how churches relate to one another. Simply put, congregations that don’t learn to compete in this new “economy” will have few chances to thrive.
This change can be scary, because it forces us out of established patterns of behavior and thinking. This is why trying to lead a congregation in these changing times seems so often to lead to conflict. Yet that conflict is not inevitable, says Lyle Schaller. We can’t stop the change that has led to higher levels of competition, but we can manage that change in a variety of ways, such as making certain that we accompany it with an increase in the number of choices a congregation experiences, and by allowing change to lead to healthy competition.
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Mans Question Gods Answer (Revised)
$24.99Filled with discussions on more than 200 topics and issues that separate us from the perfect will of God, Man’s Question, God’s Answer is not just a book for counsellors. It is also a vital and powerful tool for personal evangelism. LuAnn Bransby has designed this book to reveal the consequences of sin as well as the blessings of God to those who overcome. Its easy-to-use format will help you take control over your life and circumstances, and help others who face similar problems and issues. If you are searching for the right answer to a difficult situation or sinful behavior, this is the book to read!
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Loving The Church Blessing The Nations
$31.99IVP Print On Demand Title
Rediscovering the role God designed for the church in mission is a critical issue facing the missions movement today. That role is to glorify God by planting churches among every tongue, tribe, and nation. Planting churches amid unreached peoples is a complex process. It calls forth every ministry gift and the contribution of every believer.
Imagine a businessman, a construction worker, a schoolteacher, and an engineer all working together to support the development of a local church amongst an unreached people group in another part of the world. Most Christians will not leave home and go elsewhere to minister. If they are to participate in God’s global mission, they must be affirmed, developed and released right where they live, in the context of their local church. This book shows how churches can become centers of mission vision and implementation and so accomplish God’s design for the local church.
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Primer On Pastoral Care
$35.00Editor’s Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction1.The One-Room Schoolhouse
2.The Grammar Of Care: Pointers And Precepts
3.The Prism Of Pastoral Care: Scripture Refracted
4.The Community As Classroom: Avoiding Compassion Fatigue
5.The Open Classroom: Places Of Care
6.The Open Classroom: More Places Of Care
7.An Alphabet Of GraceNotes
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Based on her twenty years of teaching and on her own experience in pastoral care, Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner has written a basic pastoral-care text to assist in the emotional and spiritual preparation of pastoral caregivers.Stevenson-Moessner sees pastoral care as the interconnection and interplay of love of God, love of neighbor, and love of self. Her brief book engenders confidence and caring in the initiate, and assuages the fear and anxiety that naturally occur when one accompanies people in life-changing pain and travail. Through bibical parables – especially the Good Samaritan and the Good Shepherd – and stories from her own experience, Stevenson-Moessner imparts genuine wisdom and meaningful support to those who courageously dare to offer caregiving ministry in whatever situation or through whatever method or paradigm.
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Work Of The Church Trustee
$15.991. Who Make The Best Trustees?
2. It’s A Big Job
3. Your Board Should Be The Best
4. The Money In Your Hand
5. Buried Treasure For The Kingdom
6. Working With The Professional Team
7. Trustees In A Changing World
8. You Learn Through Others
9. Trustees Are Ministers, Too
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There is more to serving as a trustee than counting money or arranging to repair the church plumbing! Beginning with the biblical and theological basis of service, Orlando Tibbetts has prepared a very comprehensive guide to deepen and broaden the trustee’s sense of ministry and mission in his/her service to the church. An excellent tool for new or experienced board members, this book covers every facet of the trustee’s responsibility as a steward of the community’s concerns and as a servant of the Lord. It is both practical and inspiring.Add to cart1 in stock
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Light Of Bethlehem Shines On
$12.95* In The Darkness Of Despair — Isaiah 9:2-7
* In The Darkness Of Suffering — John 1:1-13
* In The Darkness Of Oppression — Luke 2:1-5
* In The Darkness Of Fear — Luke 2:6-11
* In The Darkness Of Anxiety — Luke 2:12-17
* In The Darkness Of Uncertainty — Luke 2:17-20
* In The Darkness Of Suspicion — Matthew 2:1-12Additional Info
The impact of the miraculous event of the incarnation continues — and the light of hope that appeared in the darkness of that night in Bethlehem two thousand years ago still shines on us today, even in the midst of life’s most difficult situations. Illustrated with poignant stories and anecdotes, these powerful messages celebrate the heartwarming joy of Christ’s coming, and demonstrate how we can rely on the Lord to serve as our steady lighthouse while we navigate the shoals of life.This seven-part series for Advent, Christmas Eve, the Sunday after Christmas, and Epiphany Sunday provides a comprehensive seasonal resource for busy pastors and worship planners. Each chapter includes a sermon, a children’s message, a candle lighting response with scripture reading, and a pastoral prayer.
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Teaching Todays Teachers To Teach (Revised)
$25.99A revision of a standard resource for classes and seminary courses in Christian education. A revised edition of the best-selling Teaching Teachers to Teach (1974), this book is a basic, comprehensive manual offering practical guidance that helps teachers learn the art and practice of teaching. Throughout the book, Griggs identifies the basic elements of the teaching process and outlines the essential ingredients needed for effective teaching.
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Im More Than A Pastors Wife
$22.99A serious yet good humored look at the unique challenges facing pastors9 wives in the 21st century. Pastor9s wives confront unique challenges, both as wives of a public figure and as members of the congregation. Lorna Dobson, whose husband, Ed, is senior pastor of Calvary Church in Grand Rapids, MI, speaks from experience. In this open and caring discussion she addresses the dynamics that pastors9 wives face in a church culture that is in transition to a new era in the 21st century. Dobson9s writing has been praised for its combination of good humor and serious advice and for its balance of scriptural basis, personal illustrations, honesty, and sincerity. In this revised edition she draws on fresh experiences and mature reflection. Here she delves further into the ways wives can support their husbands9 ministries, and she explores the dynamics of dealing with “problem people” and conflicts between pastor and congregation. “Although this book is an easy read, Dobson isn9t always easy on readers, using a tone of gentle exhortation .[She] is well read and includes great quotes from authors .This book will help any pastor9s wife wanting to fine-tune her role.” Bookstore Journal
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Attitude 101 : What Every Leader Needs To Know
$16.99John Maxwell firmly points to attitude as the key in making or breaking a leader. Leadership has less to do with position than it does with disposition, because it will influence the way the followers think and feel. Great leaders understand that the right attitude will set the right atmosphere, which enables the right responses from others. Maxwell addresses what shapes a person9s attitude and whether or not attitude can be changed. He addresses the common feeling of failure and shows how to overcome obstacles. Understanding success as a journey rather than a destination, he explains, is the key to good leadership. He concludes Attitude 101 with practical ways readers can take their attitude to the next level.
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Preacher And His Preaching
$19.9941 Chapters
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There can surely be no question as to the tremendous importance and paramount need for the prayerful preparation and effective presentation of the gospel message. This is a matter of concern, not only to the Church of God in general, but to each Christian in particular.To each believer comes the unmistakably clear command of his Lord and Master: “Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15). With the object of aiding young Christians to fulfill this divinely given task, this book has been written.
This books brings A. P. Gibb’s encyclopedic knowledge of preaching within our reach. His seriousness, thoroughness, energy, and urgency are evident throughout this book. As is the case with all of Mr. Gibbs’ books, much material is packed into this book, and each chapter contains a wealth of helpful suggestions. The illustrations of the various types of sermons are especially helpful.
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Deacons : Servant Models In The Church Updated Edition (Reprinted)
$14.99From the days of the early church, deacons have been chosen to fulfill an essential ministry. Updating his classic resource, Webb explores the many facets of the pastoral assistant’s life and role, including marriage, family life, conduct, priorities, and more. Helpful as you equip lay leaders for their divinely appointed place in God’s church.
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Christmas Program Builder 53
$6.99For over 50 years, Lillenas has provided collection after collection of graded resources for Sunday School, worship services, and programs during the Christmas season. This Christmas builder is a treasury of recitations, dialogues, exercises, and easy-to-stage plays.
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How To Prepare Sermons
$19.99Especially valuable if you’re a layperson who is sometimes called upon to preach. Dr. Evans provides you with a clearly written guide for study, selection of sermon texts and themes, and sermon building. He covers the basics in a conversational manner you’ll appreciate. Includes outlines of sermons and Bible readings. Practical for ministers and students, too.
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