Ministry Matters™ Homepage » Site » The Beatitudes Society. The Living Pulpit. Explore faith : The Rev. Dr. Herbert O'Driscoll. GoodPreacher. Deacons_additional_books_references. Anthony B. Robinson: Weekly Reading. - Archives Posted April 14, 2014: The full week of Holy Week ends and a new week and world begin with Easter Day. We're looking at the lessons for Sunday, April 20, 2014, the Day of Resurrection. Preachers and worship planners do have options or choices, between Jeremiah and Acts for the first lesson, Colossians or Acts for the second, and between John and Matthew for the gospel. Jeremiah 31: 1 - 6 There is much to be said for retaining the pattern of the first lesson from the Old Testament, especially for those congregations for whom an Easter Vigil service, with its abundant use of the Old Testament, is not the norm. This text comes from the period of Exile, which many-- especially Walter Breuggemann--have drawn upon as an analogy for the recent chapter in the life of mainline Protestantism in North America.
Acts 10: 34 - 43 One might think of this text as "Hearing the Easter Story Again As If for the First Time. " Can Easter be that for us? Matthew 28: 1 - 10 Preachers have a choice. The Fellowship: Interest Areas - Preaching. Lectionary Preaching Resources - Biblical Exegesis for Sermons. Worship and Spiritual Growth Resources. Preaching. Sermons Most Likely To Succeed « Sustaining Pastoral Excellence.
WorkingPreacher.org. Progressive Preaching and Preachers  Illustrations. Sermons, Preaching and Christian Community | Welcome to Day1. Center for Excellence in Preaching. It is a great privilege to welcome you to the Center for Excellence in Preaching website! I hope that this will soon be a regular stop for you as you travel the information superhighway. We've loaded this website with a battery of sermon resources and ideas and we are committed to keep adding new material constantly. Be sure routinely to check the "This Week" section as we will post fresh ideas for the upcoming Sunday as well as for the current season of the church year. Take note, too, that this is a website that contains the voices of a great many of your peers-in fact, we hope you will share your ideas as well so that we may all learn from each other. For the past fifteen years I have written and then preached two new sermons almost every single week. But this website is just one portion of the CEP.
In fact, I welcome all of your comments, questions, and ideas and am available to correspond with you. -- Scott.