Practicing the Promise: More Sermons for the Lectionary, Year C, Advent through Eastertide

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Bruce L Taylor

Practicing the Promise

More Sermons for the Lectionary, Year C, Advent through Eastertide

Bruce L Taylor

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Wipf & Stock Publishers
13 March 2024

Christianity; Christian liturgy, prayerbooks & hymnals; Christian life & practice; Christian social thought & activity

The Scripture readings for Year C of the Common Lectionary (Revised) pair the Gospel of Luke, rich in its unique stories surrounding Jesus' birth, Jesus' care for the marginalized, and parables at once beloved and profound, with Old Testament and epistolary testimony to life-imparting faith in God's promises. Bruce Taylor's homiletical proclamation through the first half of Year C expounds the gospel's summons to live today in hopeful reliance upon all that God has pledged to those who trust the Bible's testimony to God's faithfulness. Like his previous collections of sermons for the Sundays and feast days of the Christian year, the penultimate volume in this veteran preacher's second journey through the lectionary is theologically rich, sacramentally oriented, and ecumenically sensitive, celebrating the church's unity and community as witness to Christ's living presence in the world. The sermons, including representative story sermons, speak as powerfully to clergy as to laity, to seminarians as to parishioners, evoking ardent commitment and lives characterized by gratitude, grace, hospitality, humility, and love. This book will be a welcome addition on the bookshelf or, better, on the desk and nightstand.

By: Bruce L Taylor
Imprint: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 308g
ISBN: 9798385207459
Pages: 228
Publication Date: 13 March 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

A retired Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) minister, Bruce L. Taylor is a graduate of Northwestern University, the University of Denver College of Law, the Iliff School of Theology, and Union Theological Seminary in Virginia. He served congregations in Texas, Nebraska, Kansas, Nevada, and Oklahoma. Now living in the foothills near Denver, he participates in congregational, denominational, and academic life and is a frequent guest preacher. Wipf and Stock has published ten previous collections of his lectionary-based sermons.

Reviews for Practicing the Promise: More Sermons for the Lectionary, Year C, Advent through Eastertide

"""Good sermons speak to particular communities at particular times and in particular contexts; excellent sermons also point to enduring, timeless truths. Practicing the Promise convincingly demonstrates that present, past, and future can find common ground on Sunday mornings. Sermons preached over three and half decades still resonate today. Rich in biblical and historical background, they are models for both seasoned and aspiring preachers, as well as anyone seeking insight and inspiration in their Christian faith."" --David Hogue, professor emeritus of pastoral theology and counseling, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary ""Good sermons speak to particular communities at particular times and in particular contexts; excellent sermons also point to enduring, timeless truths. Practicing the Promise convincingly demonstrates that present, past, and future can find common ground on Sunday mornings. Sermons preached over three and half decades still resonate today. Rich in biblical and historical background, they are models for both seasoned and aspiring preachers, as well as anyone seeking insight and inspiration in their Christian faith."" --David Hogue, professor emeritus of pastoral theology and counseling, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary"