... what we want to hear. Most of us have been guilty of this at one time or another. Maybe we’re easily distracted. Publisher Thom Rainer has collected stories over the years from his pastor friends of some of the strangest distractions they’ve dealt with while preaching. For ... Sermons of Fred B. Craddock (Westminster: John Knox Press, 2011). 5. From What Good Is God?, by Philip Yancey, (New York: FaithWords), 2010, p. 75. Cited in Davis, Barry L. 52 Sermons From the Gospel of John (Pulpit Outlines) (p. 184 ...
... WOMAN'S SOUL, Simon & Schuster, N.Y. 1997. 2. "Why in the World?" From: Dan Cole, 40plus_humor@onelist.com. 3. W.C. Heinz, "Ghost of the Gridiron," in THE FIRESIDE BOOK OF FOOTBALL, ed. Jack Newcombe (New York, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964), pp. 129-131. 4. Thom and Joani Schultz, "Why Nobody Learns Much of Anything at Church: And How to Fix It," (Group Publishing: Loveland, CO 1996). Contributed by Curtis Fussell. 5. Charles Colson with Nancy Pearcey, A DANGEROUS GRACE (Dallas: Word Publishing, 1994 ...
... more than ever to leave your cocoon of comfort and hurtle your fence of fear and get busy fishing. My good friend, Thom Rainer, who is the Dean of the Billy Graham School of Missions and Evangelism and Church Growth at Southern Seminary wrote a ... Gospel, but they are really not interested in the Gospel. I am reminded of a man that was taking a survey on a street corner in New York City. He stopped a man and said, "Sir, do you know what the two biggest problems in America are?" The man said, "I don't know and ...
... that on this trip to England, they stayed in a home where Ralston had previously been a guest. Larson was surprised to find a Thom McAn shoehorn displayed prominently on a table in the bedroom. He asked his host where he got it. The host was a little ... twin. 1. (Dallas, Texas: Word Publishing, 1991). 2. Andrea Hughie, “A Holiday Toy That’s Intended to Be Dubious,” New York Times, 5 December 2000. Cited by Stephen Arterburn, Flash Points Igniting the Hidden Passions of Your Soul (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale ...
... of the liturgy in the author’s tradition, the Presbyterian Church (USA). Book of Common Worship, (Louisville, KY, Westminster/ John Knox Press, 1995) p. 406. Different traditions may handle the process in their own ways. 4. Nate Castens, Gospel Notes for Next Sunday, no. 2815, (January 10, 1997). Ecunet. 5. Thom M. Shuman, Sermonshop, no. 92 (January 9, 1997), PresbyNet. 6. Annie Dillard, Teaching A Stone To Talk, (New ...
