This issue of The Living Pulpit concerns itself with the ancient practice of jubilee. Various perspectives on the subject are presented, examined and applied. I hope that you find the content and complexity of the topic stimulating to your own thinking and that you will be excited about the prospects that this theme has for preaching in the 21st century.
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Reflects on the particular themes through scripture
Reflects on the specific theme through traditional theological topics and/or historical perspectives
Reflects on the particular theme through a pastoral perspective
This section highlights sermons by specific pastors, preachers, etc
by David Bartlett
Reflections on the Lectionary Readings for October 2010
By Rafael Reyes III
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This issue of The Living Pulpit concerns itself with the ancient practice of jubilee. Various perspectives on the subject are presented, examined and applied. I hope that you find the content and complexity of the topic stimulating to your own thinking and that you will be excited about the prospects that this theme has for preaching in the 21st century.
Rev. Dr. George D. McClain
This sermon provides a good example of the art of preaching and is shared with our readers for instruction and encouragement.
By Rev. Dr. Keith Russell
Reflections on the Lectionary Readings for July
By Rev. Dr. William J. Sappenfield
Reflections on the Lectionary Reading for September
Tania Oldenhage
Reflections on the Lectionary Readings for August
by Kimberly Credit
“And Jesus went all about Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people”-Mt. 4:23
By Dr. James T. Clemons
Of all the strange and wondrous stories of the Bible, few are better known than that of Jonah. Even people who have never read the Bible, or attended Sunday school, or listened to sermons, have heard something of Jonah and the whale. But it is just this familiarity and this obsession with the whale that keep us from understanding and appreciating the more profound meanings of this portion of Scripture
By Dr. Doris Donnelly
Theological Reflection on Healing through Henri Nouwen’s book The Wounded Healer.