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Summer 1981: Preaching & Worship

Volume 2
Summer

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In this Issue
COMMENTS FROM THE EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Paul D. Robbins
Outreach
The Word Did It
John Hesselink
Aeration: Keeping A Lilt In Life
Four attitudes that will help keep joy in the Christian life.
Fred Smith
If You Want The Chickens To Follow You ...
Fred Smith
Ten Preachers Talk about Sermon Illustrations
Knowing where to look for good sermon illustrations can make an important difference in your preaching. Ten well-known preachers share their resources.
Daniel W. Pawley
How To File Sermon Illustrations
Terry Phillips
Worship as Performance
The difference between a biblical and a pagan understanding of worship lies in the difference between a verb and a noun.
Ben Patterson
Preventive Financial Counseling
Donald L. Bubna
An Invitation to the Spiritual Life
Through the disciplines of solitude and community, we can begin to remove the many obstacles that prevent us from listening to God's voice.
Henri J. M. Nouwen
A Great American Poet and Hospital Visitation
Daniel W. Pawley
Discipleship
BOOK COMMENTARY
MY CHOICE OF BOOKS
Herschel H. Hobbs shares some thoughts on books and reading.
Herschel H. Hobbs
Redemptive Love: The Key To Church Discipline
James R. Kok
Redemptive Love: The Key To Church Discipline
The biblical confrontation of delinquent parishioners aims at restoring them to fellowship.
Donald L. Bubna
WHAT DOES FORGIVENESS MEAN?
Helmut Thielicke
Using Athletes As Christian Personalities
Gary Warner
Worshipers Make the Worship Service Work
Changes in worship service may be resisted by the congregation--unless they're involved in the process.
Lyla L. White
DISCOVERING DIFFERENT WORSHIP TRADITIONS
Warren Bird
IDEAS THAT WORK
William Folprecht
TIPS, TRENDS & RESOURCES
Daniel W. Pawley
A Model For Multiple Staff Management
God does not call together church members only to see them divide the body of Christ.
Kent R. Hunter
Discipleship
What Are You Doing About Singles In Your Church?
David McCasland was talked into leading a singles ministry, which turned out very different from what he expected.
David McCasland
LEADERSHIP BIBLIOGRAPHY
Paul Borthwick
From the Publisher
A Message from the Publisher: July 01, 1981
Harold L. Myra
The Sweet Torture of Sunday Morning
Leadership's Top 40: #39
The Sweet Torture of Sunday Morning
An interview with Gardner C. Taylor
Terry Muck and Paul Robbins
The Unbusy Pastor
The Unbusy Pastor
The word busy is the symptom not of commitment but of betrayal.
Eugene H. Peterson
Your Preaching Is Unique
Preaching
Your Preaching Is Unique
Preaching is not what we do; it's what we are.
Warren W. Wiersbe

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