Lectionary Preaching Workbook: Series V, Cycle A (Revised) - Paperback

by Russell F. Anderson (Author)

Bigger, stronger, better! This newly revised edition of Anderson's best-seller retains all of the great features that have made it an indispensable tool for busy pastors. Combining concise but insightful textual notes with a wide range of creative preaching ideas, each chapter provides plenty of starting points for developing stimulating sermons that make the scriptures come alive for the people in the pews. In addition to a convenient sermon planning template plus overviews of Matthew (the featured Gospel narrator in Cycle A) and each liturgical season, every week's material includes: a listing of applicable Revised Common, Roman Catholic, and Episcopal lectionary texts; a theme for the day; brief commentary on the Old Testament, New Testament, and Gospel lessons; a prayer for the day; theological reflections reflections exploring relationships between the texts; possible preaching approaches with suggested titles and sermon angles; additional illustrations to flesh out the message.

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Bigger, stronger, better! Russell Anderson has taken the most original and successful lectionary resource in history and improved on it. He has kept all the traditional features that have made it a classic, such as: overviews of each liturgical season, commentaries compatible with the Revised Common, Roman Catholic and Episcopal lectionaries, an introduction to the featured Gospel narrator (Luke, in Cycle C), theological reflections for exploring the relationships between the texts, wide margins for note-taking and a stay-flat binding.