Books from Abingdon Press
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Fear of the Other: No Fear in Love
By Bishop William H. Willimon“Barack Obama,” “Hillary Clinton,” “Britney Spears,” and “Justin Timberlake” found their places somewhat to the left of the really, really good “Teresa” and ...
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The Surprising Imagination of C. S. Lewis: An Introduction
By Jerry Root, Mark Neal, Root17 He sought to make sense of his material and even, where conflicts existed between his sources, he sought ways these might be reconciled. Lewis holds up Thomas Aquinas's Summa and Dante's Divine Comedy as well as the Salisbury ...
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Adapt to Thrive
By Karen Vannoy, John Flowers“Take up your cross” means doing what makes us uncomfortable for the purpose of making new disciples of Jesus in order that the world will be transformed. Many theologians have postulated that the suffering from a “thorn in the flesh” ...
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Creating Holy Spaces: Worship Visuals for the Revised Common Lectionary
By Karen Appleby, Delia HalversonUse a large thorn, or a branch of thorns, and a cross to symbolize this reading where Paul says grace is sufficient in the midst of thorns. Two pairs of sandals may be used for this reading. Place them as if they are walking their ...
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Christian Education in the Small Membership Church
By Dr. Karen B. TyeDavid R. Ray, The Big Small Church Book (Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 1992), 96. 13. Ibid. 2. Who: It's All about People! 1. Robert Sylwester, A Celebration of Neurons: An Educator's Guide to the Human Brain (Alexandria, Va.
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10 Temptations of Church: Why Churches Decline and What To Do About It
By Karen Vannoy, John FlowersSee Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, and Clayton M. Christensen, The Innovator's DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators (Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2011), a followup book to Christensen's earlier volume (The ...
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The First 48 Hours: Spiritual Caregivers as First Responders
By Jennifer S. Cisney, Dr. Kevin L. Ellersvehicle accidents and met criteria for ASD went on to develop PTSD (Bryant & Harvey, 2000). This finding is consistent with other studies that found that over 80 percent of people with ASD had developed PTSD by the time they were ...
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The Six Deadly Sins of Preaching: Becoming Responsible for the Faith We Proclaim
By Robert Stephen Reid, Lucy Lind HoganGeoffrey W. Bromily and Donald E. Daniels (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1991), 82-83. It should be noted that Barth believed so strongly that the sermon should be the witness of the preacher that he had little patience for ...
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A Field Guide to Methodist Fresh Expressions
By Michael Adam Beck14. Alan J. Roxburgh, Structured for Mission: Renewing the Culture of the Church (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2015), 79. 15. Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor, and Rory McDonald, “What Is Disruptive Innovation?
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American Dream 2.0: A Christian Way Out of the Great Recession
By Frank A. Thomas“Let America Be America Again” from THE COLLECTED POEMS OF LANGSTON HUGHES by Langston Hughes, edited by Arnold Rampersad with David Roessel, Associate Editor, copyright © 1994 by the Estate of Langston Hughes.
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Religious Foundations of Western Civilization: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
By Jacob Neusner"This book provides a superb source of information for scientists and scholars from all disciplines who are trying to understand religion in the context of human cultural evolution.
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Hollow Faith: How Andy Griffith, Facebook, and the American Dream Diluted the Gospel
By Stephen IngramPew Forum Study: “Religion Among the Millennials,” by Allison Pond, Research Associate; Gregory Smith, Senior Researcher, and Scott Clement, Research Analyst, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
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Stories by Willimon
By Bishop William H. WillimonRead all the plays (sonnets too) of Shakespeare. (Anyone who despised God that much—and so eloquently, too—must be of interest to a would-be word peddler like you.) ... Oh, yes, the novels of Walker Percy, the entire Sunday Times.
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Black United Methodists Preach!
By Linda Lee, Gregory V. Palmer, Dr. Gennifer Benjamin BrooksPaul's intent, having looked back at his own situation and the situation of the Philippian church; having examined, considered, and analyzed where he and they had come from, is to call them to the stark and sobering realization that ...
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Preachers Dare: Speaking for God
By Bishop William H. WillimonThis work emphasizes preaching as a distinctively theological endeavor that begins with and is enabled by God. God speaks, preachers dare to speak the speech of God, and the church dares to listen.
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Pastor: The Theology and Practice of Ordained Ministry
By William H. WillimonWhat are the special ethical obligations and disciplines of the ordained? In this book, Willimon explores these and other central questions about the vocation of ordained ministry.
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Fear of the Other Leader Guide: No Fear in Love
By William H. Willimon, Erin M. HawkinsThis Leader Guide and the DVD (9781501857249), sold seperately, are required for the small group study.
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Lord, Teach Us: The Lord's Prayer & the Christian Life
By Stanley Hauerwas, Bishop William H. WillimonProviding basic faith understanding, this book will help the user experience Christianity as attractive and inviting, not distant, difficult, or foreboding. (separate leader's guide 9780687089284)
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Will Willimons Lectionary Sermon Resource, Year C Part 1
By William H. WillimonEach week of sermon resources includes: 1. Readings 2. Theme title 3. Introduction to the Readings 4. Encountering the Text 5. Proclaiming the Text 6. Relating the Text
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Incarnation: The Surprising Overlap of Heaven & Earth
By William H. WillimonThe Incarnation is the grand crescendo of our reflection upon the mystery that Christ is the full revelation of God; not only one who talks about God but the one who speaks for and acts as God, one who is God.