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Wisdom, wit, and Sacred Writ are the outstanding interactive hallmarks of this fourth and final volume in The Spiritual Wisdom of the Gospels for Christian Preachers and Teachers series. In the same style and format as the first three volumes, Shea presents evocative reflections to enhance Scripture-based preaching and teaching for liturgical feast days, funerals, and weddings. Christian preachers and teachers and anyone interested in the spiritual...
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The Watch Dog Is Mad is a humorous look at an intern fresh from journalism school who is eager to show his business ability. His use of the mass media using sensational headlines to sell newspapers quickly brings financial success but chaos in the community. In this book the mystery involves the intern and the editor of the Sassafras Springs Gazette who have a lot of surprises as they get to know each other. The intern learns the responsibilities...
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Preacher volume 1
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Merging with a bizarre spiritual force called Genesis, Texan preacher Jesse Custer becomes completely disillusioned with the beliefs that he had dedicated his entire life to. Now possessing the power of "The Word," an ability to make people do whatever he says, Custer begins a violent and riotous journey across the country. Joined by his gun-toting girlfriend Tulip and the hard drinking Irish vampire Cassidy, the Preacher loses faith in both man and...
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Preacher volume 13
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In the continuing saga of the bizarre adventures of faithless Texas preacher Jesse Custer, Jesse, along with his girlfriend Tulip, and their friend Cassidy, the Irish vampire, head west to a party of Babylonian proportions. Then, Jesse heads for France to rescue Cassidy from the clutches of religious fanatics. His search leads him into a no-holds-barred battle against the forces of the mysterious organization known as The Grail. Also told here is...
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I showed up in backwater little Yazoo City Mississippi expecting to find solitude and a fresh start. I just left my wealthy, neglectful husband—with a couple million dollars belonging to him, I might add. When I got to Yazoo, though, I didn't find any solitude, that's for sure. I ended up in the arms of an oh so sexy man named Tre McNabb. The problem? Tre is the preacher's son.
All three hot Preacher's Son stories in one edition.
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Preacher volume 41
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Preacher Jesse Custer's dark journey to find God, accompanied by his gun-toting girlfriend and Irish vampire buddy, continues as Jesse becomes the sheriff of a troubled Texas town. Then, he decides it's high time to renew his quest to find God and hold him accountable for all of his actions. But before he can continue down that path, he must reunite with his girlfriend, Tulip.
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Preacher volume 34
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Preacher Jesse Custer's dark journey to find God, accompanied by his gun-toting girlfriend and Irish vampire buddy, continues in this third volume. During some down time, Jesse Custer faces an enemy from the past, who seeks vengeance for his father's death. Also includes a story spotlighting the Saint of Killers, a standalone tale starring Cassidy, the vampire, Preacher Special: One Man's War, Preacher Special: The Good Old Boys, and Preacher Special:...
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Preacher volume 55
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In this final PREACHER trade paperback, Jesse Custer makes amends with his girlfriend, Tulip, then seeks revenge against his former friend Cassidy for the things the Irish vampire did to her when they both believed the Preacher to be dead.
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Preacher volume 27
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Preacher Jesse Custer continues his dark journey to find God, accompanied by his gun-toting girlfriend and Irish vampire buddy. In the continuing saga of the bizarre adventures of faithless Texas preacher Jesse Custer, Jesse, along with his girlfriend Tulip and their friend Cassidy, the Irish vampire, head down South in hopes of recovering from their encounter with the forces of the Grail. But during their planned downtime Jesse must face off against...
10) GODS' Enemy
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A 2016 Indies Book Award Finalist. The Preacher Spindrift Series - A fallen angel, a beautiful spirit woman and a brave adept man must save mankind from the Sha-aneer.
Texas 1883: A man found face down in a fire ants' mound has been raped and brutally murdered. His killing sparks a nightmare for Sheriff Caleb Sawyer and the townspeople of Mule's Ass - named after the last thing the founder looked at before setting up camp. Aided by the enigmatic...
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November 1917. The first great allied tank battle takes place at Cambrai in the Pas de Calais. At first, it proves a rousing success but after a hard, fought two weeks German forces repulse the British on every front.
Reserves called up in support of the retreat include five hundred American engineers, including captain Colin Cahoon, a deeply religious Texan. Cahoon is, injured during an enemy shell bombardment and wakes up in a hospital bed to find...
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With a goal of transcendent awareness, John Shea presents this commentary on the Sunday Gospel readings for those who are drawn to the spiritual wisdom of the Gospels. Ideal for Christian preachers and teachers, and Christians who meditate on the Gospels, Shea's book takes a literary-spiritual approach. He analyzes the mindsets of characters and how Jesus complimented, critiqued, praised these mindsets, to inspire meditation, reflection, and spiritual...
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2006 Catholic Press Association Award Winner!
With a goal of transcendent awareness, John Shea presents this commentary on the Sunday Gospel readings for those who are drawn to the spiritual wisdom of the Gospels. Ideal for Christian preachers and teachers, and Christians who meditate on the Gospels, Shea's book takes a literary-spiritual approach. He analyzes the mindsets of characters and how Jesus complimented, critiqued, praised these mindsets,...
14) Frontier America
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PREACHER + MacCALLISTER = DOUBLE THE MAYHEM
Two of the Johnstones' most legendary heroes-the rugged mountain man known as Preacher and the Scottish clan rancher Jamie Ian MacCallister, here together for the first time-are forced to choose sides in a blood-soaked battle for the heart and soul of a nation divided . . .
FRONTIER AMERICA
As the father of a young Crow tribesman, Preacher would like nothing more than to see the long-time natives...
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In this new volume, prolific scholar Walter Brueggemann seeks to show Christian preachers how to consider the faith witnessed in several Old Testament traditions and to help them discover rich and suggestive connections to our contemporary faith challenges. The author also assumes that a wholesale, sustained engagement with the Old Testament is worth the effort for the preacher. He recognizes what he calls the "sorry state" of Old Testament texts...
16) Gods' Warrior
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The ancient and peaceful city of Lijiang and the iconic Tiger Leaping Gorge, China, 1918. These will become the stage, at a time when the whole world is riven by what seems to be endless war, for a final titanic struggle that could mean the preservation or the end of all humanity. The enigmatic Preacher Spindrift's GODS having deserted him, he is now the last of his kind remaining on Earth.
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Lisa Cressman, founder of Backstory Preaching, offers preachers tools to craft difficult sermon messages that can be heard. The gospel changes lives, but to do that it must first be, heard. For it to be, heard people have to trust they are "seen" and their concerns and fears are acknowledged. They have to feel their perspectives are real, valid, and respected.
Preachers have a difficult message to preach, a message many will not want to hear: new...
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In A Lay Preacher's Guide, How to Craft a Faithful Sermon, Karoline M. Lewis provides lay preachers with an essential and accessible guide to the basics of Sunday morning preaching.
Laypeople are increasingly, called to serve congregations and are preaching regularly. But often, they do not have immediate, reliable, or trusted access, to homiletical instruction or support for their preaching. As a result, these church leaders, feeling called, to ministry...
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Prolific author William H. Willimon makes the compelling case that two key pastoral tasks, preaching and leadership-complement, correct, strengthen, and inform one another. Preaching is the distinctive function of pastoral leaders. Leadership of the church, particularly, during a challenging time of transition in mainline Protestantism, has become a pressing concern for pastors. This book shows how the practices, skills, and intentions of Christian...
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Preeminent biblical scholar and preacher Walter Brueggemann says the book of Jeremiah is not a sermon, but it does sound the cadences of the tradition of Deuteronomy that serve as sermons-that is, as expositions based on remembered and treasured tradition. In this volume, Brueggemann conducts an experiment in homiletics. He wants us to wrestle with the question, What if we allow the canonical shape of the book of Jeremiah to instruct us concerning...
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