Product Description: Writing in a homiletical style, prominent Bible scholar Elizabeth Achtemeier provides expositions on all of the Old Testament texts contained in Cycle B of the Revised Common and Lutheran Lectionaries. Infused with her customary insight into the Hebrew scriptures, this collection of Achtemeier's contributions to the preaching journal Emphasis furnishes a plethora of fruitful starting points for preparing sermons rooted in the Bible yet connected to modern life...read more

In this memoir, Elizabeth Achtemeier writes an account of her faith and the guiding of God in her life as a teacher, preacher, and writer. She believes that God has played and continues to play a guiding role in everything she does.Achtemeier speaks out on such topics as marriage and children; seminary teaching and Christian education; feminism, sex, and the church; and Christian discipline and the Word of God. Throughout, she acknowledges God's presence and working in her life.

Elizabeth Achtemeier has carefully chosen thirty-one Old Testament passages that are difficult to understand and more difficult still to preach. The sacrifice of Isaac, God's command for Hosea to marry a harlot, Moses' use of the bronze serpent to heal snake bitten Israelites these and many other passages are illumined for the preacher who no longer wants to fear these texts. In each chapter, Achtemeier discusses the text and then offers suggestions for forming a sermon based on that text. In treating specific unsettling passages, Achtemeier also addresses thematic difficulties found throughout the Old Testament, such as the frequent militaristic portrayals of God, the often perplexing behavior of Old Testament prophets, and the many anthropomorphic descriptions of God. (view table of contents)

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Product Description: This book will help pastors who want to preach on the topic of abortion but do not know quite how to begin. It will help pastors and others in a congregation think through their feelings about abortion. Includes 14 sermons contributed by John Cardinal O'Connor, Terry Schlossberg, Mother Teresa, Charles Whited, Jr...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The NIBC offers the best of contemporary scholarship in a format that both general readers and serious students can use with profit. Based on widely used NIV translation, the NIBC presents careful section-by-section exposition with key terms and phrases highlighted and all Hebrew transliterated...read more

Product Description: The heart of the Christian faith rests upon the confession "Jesus is Lord," yet faithful Christians sometimes overlook the fact that the Lordship of Jesus is firmly rooted in the promises and prophecies of the Old Testament. Moreover, knowing Jesus more fully entails knowing the story of God's salvation that was planned before the foundation of the world...read more

Product Description: An inspiring celebration of God in relation to His world. Even though we moderns--largely an urbanized population--have practically become strangers to the natural world, we still yearn to be more connected to the natural realm, God's creation...read more

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Product Description: This book provides theological insights as well as practical sermon suggestions for preachers and seminary students. It treats the reader to a thorough examination of how to approach and interpret any portion of the Old Testament.

Product Description: Book by Achtemeier, Elizabeth

Product Description: Elizabeth Achtemeier focuses her considerable expertise on the necessity and consequences of thorough training in Christian theology for effective preaching. She illustrates that conviction through the full texts of sixteen sermons and meditations, demonstrating that rhetorical skills and biblical exegesis can be eloquently combined with theological reflection...read more

Product Description: Book by Achtemeier, Elizabeth

From a biblical point of view, the author examines the contemporary state of marriage and family life, identifies sources of conflict within marriage, and clarifies the nature of Christian marriage