{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"ItemList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"1010 Sermon illustrations from the Bible","author":"Charles L.W","isbn":null,"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Haper a Row"},"datePublished":"1958","inLanguage":"English","description":"Published in: San Francisco\n\nPhysical description: 242p","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"15 characteristics of effective pastors \/ Kevin W. Mannoia and Larry Walkermeyer","author":"Mannoia, Kevin W.; Walkermeyer, Larry","isbn":"9780830744770","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Regal Books"},"datePublished":"2007","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents: Grace and growth -- Love for God -- Spiritual formation -- Personal integrity -- Love for the church -- Servant leader -- Model of holiness -- Prayer life -- Holy Spirit empowerment -- Inspired preaching -- Sure calling -- Godly character -- Personal accountability -- Strong marriage -- Visionary leadership.\r\n\r\nAbstract:  This invaluable guidebook explores the 15 character qualities of pastors who are deemed to be the most effective and offers hope to pastors and church leaders who are in doubt about how well they are doing in their role.\r\n\r\nOther Notes: Includes bibliographical references.\n\nPublished in: Ventura, Calif.\n\nPhysical description: 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"20 hot potatoes Christians are afraid to touch \/ Tony Campolo.","author":"Campolo, A.","isbn":"0849906555","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Word Pub."},"datePublished":"1988","inLanguage":"English","description":"How do we answer the challenge of AIDS? -- Why are so many people down on themselves (and what can they do about it)? -- What about women preachers? -- Can a mother of a preschool child have a career and not feel guilty (and where does dad fit into it all)? -- What do I do if I'm sexually starved? -- Is television evangelism a waste of money? -- Should we pull our kids out of the public school system? -- Can rich people get into a heaven (or, can a Christian own a BMW)? -- Does Christianity have any good news for homosexuals? -- Should preachers start preaching against sports? -- Is hunting a sin? -- When is it OK to tell the doctor to pull the plug? -- Where does a single woman over 30 go to get rid of the loneliness? -- Can Christians kill? -- Are funerals a rip-off? -- Is it OK to put your aging mother in the county home? -- Is it ever OK for divorced Christians to remarry? -- Is a lot of psychological counseling a waste of time? -- What should you do if your grownup children are making decisions that could ruin their lives? -- Are evangelicals too pro-Israel?\n\nPublished in: Dallas\n\nPhysical description: 235 p. ; 24 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"200 Sermons outlines Questions and answer style","author":"Fritz, P.J","isbn":null,"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Jos ECWA-SIM"},"datePublished":"2009","inLanguage":"English","description":"Published in: Sri Lanka\n\nPhysical description: ix, 246pages: ill., 26cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"A new hearing : living options in homiletic methods \/ Richard L. Eslinger.","author":"Eslinger, R. L.","isbn":"0687276934","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Abingdon Press"},"datePublished":null,"inLanguage":"English","description":"Introduction -- Charles Rice: preaching as story -- A sermon for Pentecost Day \/ Charles Rice -- Henry Mitchell: narrative in the black tradition -- The providence of God \/ Henry Mitchell -- Eugene Lowry: narrative and the sermonic plot -- Swept upstream \/ Eugene Lowry -- Fred Craddock: the inductive method in preaching -- Surrounded \/ Fred Craddock -- David Buttrick: a phenomenological method -- Abraham and Isaac \/ David Buttrick -- Postscript: story and storytelling -- The wilderness and the dry land \/ John Vannorsdall -- Just look at us now \/ Deneise Deter-Rankin.\n\nPublished in: Philadelphia\n\nPhysical description: 191 pages ; 22 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"A Passion for preaching : reflections on the art of preaching : essays in honor of Stephen F. Olford \/ compiled by David L. Olford.","author":"Olford, Stephen F.","isbn":"9780840772466","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Thomas Nelson"},"datePublished":"1989","inLanguage":"English","description":"pt. 1. Preaching: God's man. Profile of Stephen F. Olford. -- A tribute to Stephen F. Olford--as a father \/ Jonathan M. Olford. -- Reflections of a son \/ David L. Olford. -- Stephen F. Olford--as a preacher \/ W. Ian Barclay. -- pt. 2. Preaching: God's method. The infallible word of God \/ W.A. Criswell. -- Inerrancy: the issue is settled \/ W.L. Probasco. -- Preaching \/ Paul B. Smith. -- The primacy of preaching \/ Ray C. Stedman. -- Hooting owls on tombstones \/ D. Stuart Briscoe. -- Interpretation in preaching \/ Joel Gregory. -- Pastoral preaching \/ Philip Hacking. -- The art of preaching as an act of worship \/ Paul S. Rees. -- The theologian and the evangelist \/ Haddon W. Robinson. -- The power of preaching \/ Stephen F. Olford. -- pt. 3. Preaching: God's message. The cost of being a disciple \/ Gerald B. Griffiths. -- The quality of commitment \/ W. Ian Thomas. -- The making of a man of God \/ Alan Redpath. -- Made for ministry \/ Charles F. Stanley. -- A strength in difficulty \/ James M. Latimer. -- The New Testament and revival \/ Ted S. Rendall.\n\nPublished in: Nashville, Tenn.\n\nPhysical description: 189 pages : portrait ; 24 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":7,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"A theology of preaching : the dynamics of the Gospel \/ Richard Lischer.","author":"Lischer, R.","isbn":"0687415705","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Abingdon Press"},"datePublished":"1981","inLanguage":"English","description":"Includes bibliographical references and indexes.\n\nPublished in: Nashville, Tenn.\n\nPhysical description: 112 pages ; 20 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":8,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"An introduction to the reformed tradition : a way of being the Christian community \/ John H. Leith.","author":"Leith, John H.","isbn":"0804204799","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"John Knox Press"},"datePublished":"1981","inLanguage":"English","description":"1. Traditioning the faith -- The tradition and the traditions -- A secular and pluralistic society -- The open tradition -- 2. The Reformed churches -- The beginnings -- The Reformation in Switzerland -- Europe -- Great Britain -- The United States and Canada -- Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa -- The Reformed tradition and the younger churches -- The ecumenical movement -- 3. The ethos of the reformed tradition -- The majesty and praise of God -- The polemic against idolatry -- The working out of the divine purposes in history -- Ethics, a life of holiness -- The life of the mind as the service of God -- Preaching -- The organized church and pastoral care -- The disciplined life -- Simplicity. \r\n4. Theology and the Reformed tradition -- What is theology? -- Characteristics of reformed theology -- The development of Reformed theology -- Representative theologians -- Reformed confessions -- 5. Polity and the Reformed tradition -- The significance of polity -- The subordination of polity to the Gospel -- The one, holy Catholic, apostolic church -- Reformed polities -- Calvin's polity -- Presbyterianism -- Episcopacy -- Congregationalism. \r\n6. Liturgy and the Reformed tradition -- John Calvin and Karl Barth on worship -- Reformed liturgies -- Calvin's liturgy of 1545 -- Farel's liturgy -- The Westminster directory -- The American experience -- 7. Culture and the Reformed tradition -- Visual arts -- Literature -- Architecture -- Music -- Political order -- Economic order -- Learning -- 8. Prospects -- The freedom of God -- The reality of the power and presence of God -- The Bible as the Word of God -- The emphasis on the Word: spoken and written -- The vision of the Christian community -- The possibility of discipline -- The simple life.\n\nPublished in: Atlanta\n\nPhysical description: 264 pages ; 21 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":9,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"An unexpected journey : reflections on pastoral ministry \/ J. Philip Wogaman.","author":"Wogaman, J. P.","isbn":"0664225853","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Westminster John Knox Press,"},"datePublished":"2004","inLanguage":"English","description":"Beginnings -- Crisis -- Guess Who's Coming to Church -- Learning to Be a Pastor -- Coping with Death -- Preaching to Both Heart and Mind -- Faith Questions -- Becoming a Reconciling Congregation -- Meeting the Press -- Crisis in the White House -- The Culture War -- The Conclusion of the Clinton Presidency -- Endings.\n\nPublished in: Philadelphia\n\nPhysical description: xv, 176 pages ; 23 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":10,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Anointed expository preaching \/ Stephen F. Olford with David L. Olford ; foreword by Adrian Rogers.","author":"Olford, Stephen F.","isbn":"0805460853","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Broadman & Holman Publishers"},"datePublished":"1998","inLanguage":"English","description":"Part 1 : the walk to pursue -- The preacher and the call of God -- The preacher and the word of God -- The preacher and the life of God -- The preacher and the man of God -- The preacher and the work of God -- Part 2 : the work to perform -- The preacher and exposition -- The preacher and preparation : selection -- The preacher and preparation : investigation -- The preacher and preparation : organization -- The preacher and preparation : finalization -- The preacher and communication -- Part 3 : the word to proclaim -- The preacher and consecration -- The preacher and proclamation -- The preacher and comprehension -- The preacher and application -- The preacher and invitation -- The preacher and conservation -- The preacher and inculcation -- The preacher and motivation. \r\n \tAbstract\tWhat is \"expository preaching?\" In this brilliant new book, Dr. Stephen F. Olford and Dr. David L. Olford, both widely respected preachers in their own right, define \"expository preaching\" (\"exposing Scripture instead of imposing upon it\"), teach its technique, and express its significance. This book equips and encourages preachers of all kinds to respect their calling and minister God's inerrant Word by the Olfords' marvelous method.\n\nPublished in: Nashville, Tenn.\n\nPhysical description: xiv, 369 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}}]}