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Product Description: In this second volume of the Teaching Sermons Series, Are YOu the One? William D. Watley examines several questions that appear in the Bible. At times the questions are asked by God of humans; at other times they are asked by individuals of God...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: When the authors of this book set about analyzing the data and reporting the findings of their extensive study on how laity hear sermons, they thought they would be sharing what listeners reported helps them enter into the meaning of a sermon and what prevents them from hearing what the preacher is saying...read more

Product Description: When the authors created the first edition of <b>Comprehensive Criminal Procedure</b>, they tied it to contemporary thinking in the field and made it reflect the realities of the course as it is actually taught, covering both investigative and adjudicative topics...read more

Product Description: When the authors created the first edition of Comprehensive Criminal Procedure, they tied it to contemporary thinking in the field and made it reflect the realities of the course as it is actually taught, covering both investigative and adjudicative topics...read more

Product Description: Book by Allen, Ronald J., Stuntz, William J., Hoffmann, Joseph L., Livingston, Debra A. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The pressures of today’s church life with its added demands on the minister’s time often leave few hours for sermon preparation or for searching deeply into a biblical text. To overcome this obstacle, Allen suggests a disciplined, informed approach that utilizes the insights of critical exegesis but that is simple enough to be practiced weekly...read more

With an emphasis on descriptive and policy-oriented text, plus a wide range of well-developed and realistic problems, EVIDENCE: Text, Problems, and Cases, Fourth Edition, presents an engaging exploration of the fundamental principles, policies, and cutting edge issues of the Federal Rules of Evidence.Refined through years of successful classroom use, this popular casebook:uses clear and concise text to develop student understanding and encourage in-depth examination of problemsfollows a consistent chapter organization that highlights basic interpretation of the Rules, elaboration of underlying policy, and reflection on theory and practiceidentifies "Key Points" to reinforce student understanding of all topicspresents a wide range of realistic problems that help students better understand the depth and complexity of the Rules of Evidenceopens with a transcript from a real criminal law case that illustrates how evidence is admitted and excluded in practicefeatures a chapter on the trial process to use independently or in tandem with the trial transcriptBe sure to notice these changes to the Fourth Edition:integration of updated Rule amendments and case law, including Crawford v. Washington (confrontation clause) and its subsequent case applications, as well as significant developments in the use of expert testimonynew problems throughout the book represent a wide range of difficulty, from the basic principles of the Rules to more challenging policy issuesthe chapter on Character Evidence is revised to provide a sharper focus on policies relating to the character ban

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Product Description: Hearing the Sermon is a total revolution in the "how-to's" of preaching. It is the result of an extensive study that made those who listen to sermons the teachers of effective preaching. Using Aristotelian categories of rhetoric as a basis for analyzing the effectiveness of the sermon -- the audience's perception of the of the preacher (ethos), the audience's perception that the message of the speech is true (logos), and the audience's response to the feelings and identifications generated in connection with the sermon (pathos)...read more

Product Description: Allen and Holbert address what seems to be an insurmountable problem for preaching ministers: how the confession that Jesus is Lord affects our reading and preaching from the Old Testament. Their work attempts to explore how the Hebrew Bible is--and is not--instructive for the Christian church...read more

Product Description: Preaching, says professor and author O. Wesley Allen Jr., should be considered as a form of conversation. The church, after all, is a community of conversation that exists in part to interpret God's purposes for the world and to participate in those purposes...read more

Product Description: Imperfect Peace is a collection of nine sermons--with a preface--on major controversial topics that trouble Christian pulpits in our era: divorce, homosexuality, God's wrath, dishonesty, and other issues. CONTENTS 1. "Whoever Divorces" (Matthew 5:31­32; 19:3­9)  2...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Many preachers long to understand the dynamics of thought, feeling, and behavior at work in congregations. They use many techniques to evaluate the needs of their congregation and to sharpen their sermons, but preachers seldom give members of their congregation the opportunities to identify qualities of preaching that motivate them to engage sermons, and qualities of sermons that prompt disengagement...read more