A Closer Look At Biblical Friends: A Study Series
Katheryn Barlow-Williams
Each section contains a first-person monologue of a biblical character along with a response showing the contemporary application, followed by discussion questions. If used for a worship service, a church member could deliver the response and the dis

A Dramatic Reading
Betty Streib
Light To Light is a dramatic reading based on the Old and New Testaments. It retells, through slides, drama, and narration, the story of humankind’s salvation from Genesis to Revelation. This Christmas presentation recalls God’s promise of a S...

One Christian's Struggle
Terry Boyd
”Terry Boyd has touched theological depths and clear biblical understanding in his book, Living With AIDS: One Christian’s Struggle. A victim of the dread pandemic ... Boyd shares the practical reality of his intimate experiences with the i...

Three Worship Dramas For Christmas
Gurden F. Henley
Joseph, Jesus’ Guardian; the Bethlehem shepherds; and aged Simeon are featured in these three new Christmas worship dramas. Any of the three could provide the message for the service for one of the Sundays in Advent, or for Christmas Eve, Christmas D...

Sermons For Pentecost III Based on Gospel Texts, Cycle C
J. Will Ormond
Ormond looks at scripture in a new way and uncovers extraordinary inspiration through his penetrating insights. There is a surprise for the reader/listener in each sermon/chapter as the author explores the Bible passages.

Sermon titles includ...

Margy Nelson
Thousands of Lutheran pastors, worship planners, parish organists, and music directors have already found Scriptural And Topical Indices To LBW (CSS No.5811) by Paul E. Schuessler, Thomas R. Bartsch, and David P. Rebeck to be an invaluable pla...

First Lesson Sermons For Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany, Cycle C
Robert A. Hausman
Here are sermons, which I can say proudly are by my pastor, which bury into some of the lectionary's Old Testament texts. They get at them in the context of the message of the whole gospel. They address the issues we face with candor. They will st

"The Lost Feeling of Christmas" "A Lot of Christmas Love"
Nancy Funk
The Lost Feeling Of Christmas echoes themes from Charles Dickens’ ”A Christmas Carol” to the extent that a grumpy senior citizen is forced, through a confrontive dream, to come to terms with what the time of Christ’s nativity is really all abo...

Sermons For Pentecost II Based on Gospel Texts, Cycle C
Richard W. Patt
Richard Patt's sermons enable the reader/listener to perceive new truths in old stories. As one reads them, it might be tempting to challenge Patt's observations, to argue against him, to debate his approach ... but one is never bored. Only "stirred

Series III, Cycle B
George M. Bass
Practical preaching strategies to help the over-burdened parish pastor communicate God's Word in vital, meaningful ways.

This is the second volume in CSS's third series of popular preaching workbooks -- Designed to help you get the most out of every moment you spend in sermon preparation.

Special Features Include:
Commentary on Roman Catholic, Episcopal, Lutheran, and Common lectionary texts
Sermon Starters for First Lesson, Second Lesson, and Gospel texts for every Sunday in Cycle B
"Theological Clues" to help you explore the relationships among all the texts for each Sunday