Healing the Heart
The Power of Biblical Heart Imagery – Joseph Grassi. Paulist Press. From Jeremiah’s “new heart covenant” to Paul’s “heart-spirit transformation” Grassi suggests the meaning of the familiar references to the heart. Grassi’s Catholic devotion is apparent at several points, though the book is directed to an ecumenical readership. 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by
Movie Clips for Kids
– Group Publishing Resource for finding, evaluating and selecting a variety of movies. 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by Warren Wiersbe and Michael Catt, to build up the church, seek revival, and encourage pastors.
The Life Of Jesus Christ
– James Stalker. Revell, 1909. This small work delivers big time. If you do not have time to read Edersheim, then this book will provide great insight into Christ’s life and ministry. Very fruitful. 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by Warren Wiersbe and Michael Catt, to build up the church, seek revival, and encourage
The Mind Of The Maker
– Dorothy Sayers. Harcourt, Brace, 1941. Sayers artfully draws the reader into the creative process, not only of ourselves, but of the Lord. A great help in understanding the Creator, His purpose, His method, and how we fit into his plan. 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by Warren Wiersbe and Michael Catt, to build
Preaching in the Spirit
– Dennis F. Kinlaw. Zondervan. Based on lectures given at the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College, this volume reaches beyond the Wesleyan world to speak to the spiritual requirements of powerful preaching. The preacher and the sermon must be immersed in the Holy Spirit, says Kinlaw. 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by Warren
The Kingdom Will Succeed
(Matthew 13:24-30; 36-43) The planners hadn’t expected such a large turnout for the “seminar.” Jesus was teaching. They had to have “Professor” Jesus in a larger space to accommodate the “class.” Moving outside was the only logical solution – so outside went students, notebooks, pens and all. Capitalizing on the outside visual aids, Jesus launched
Preaching Through a Storm
– H. Beecher Hicks. Zondervan. The sermons included are rich in depth and flavored with the idiom of the Black church. A challenging resource for those on either side of the storm. 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by Warren Wiersbe and Michael Catt, to build up the church, seek revival, and encourage pastors.
Go and Tell
Sermon Outline from the Lectionary, from PREACHING, July/Aug. 1987, pg. 41. Matthew 28:18-20 and Acts 1:8 All Christians are commanded to share about Christ. God did not just call pastors, Sunday School teachers and missionaries to share the good news about Christ. The command to “go and tell” is for all disciples of Christ. We are
The New Testament Documents
– F.F. Bruce. Eerdmans, 1978. Are They Reliable? All of Bruce’s works are worth consulting. Here he ably defends the credibility of the N.T. He supports fully the canon, the miracles, the genuineness & reliability of the gospel accounts. 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by Warren Wiersbe and Michael Catt, to build up the
The Parables And Metaphors Of Our Lord
– Morgan Campbell. Revell, 1943. This work is another in the impressive collection of studied efforts by Morgan. He gives ample, useful insight into the Lord’s use of parabolic teaching. 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by Warren Wiersbe and Michael Catt, to build up the church, seek revival, and encourage pastors.
"Today is mine. Tomorrow is none of my business. If I peer anxiously into the fog of the future, I will strain my spiritual eyes so that I will not see clearly what is required of me now." - Elisabeth Elliott in Keep a Quiet Heart
"It is precisely because of the eternity outside time that everything in time becomes valuable and important and meaningful. Therefore, Christianity…makes it of urgent importance that everything we do here (whether individually or as a society) should be rightly related to what we eternally are. 'Eternal life' is the sole sanction for the values of this life. - Dorothy L. Sayers in Dorothy L. Sayers: Her Life and Soul" - Christianity Today: Oct. 6, 1997
"Although the threads of my life have often seemed knotted, I know, by faith, that on the other side of the embroidery there is a crown." - Corrie Ten Boom in My Heart Sings
"A pastor was preaching on going to heaven. He said, 'How many of you would like to go to heaven tonight?' And everybody raised their hands but a little boy in the balcony. He tried again, 'How many of you would like to go to heaven?' Everybody but that one little fellow in the balcony. So he said to him, 'Son, don't you want to go to heaven?' The little boy said, 'Yeah, someday, but I thought you were gettin' up a load right now.'" - James Hewett, Illustrations Unlimiteda
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Religion and Republic
The American Circumstance – Martin E. Marty. Beacon Press. Martin Marty is one of the most prolific and influential pens in contemporary Christianity. He has authored or edited a small library of books. This is a collection of essays, articles, and addresses published or delivered in the past fifteen years. The collection is a veritable