Description
Here is the all-new edition of the most comprehen-
sive, concise, useful resource available for pastor,
lay preacher, Sunday school teacher, study group,
or for personal reference. A fresh selection of ma-
terials=culled from some 350 notable con-
tributors-helps the pastor make sermons more
interesting and memorable, suggests ways to en-
rich worship services, and stimulates the pastor’s
own inner resources and imagination.
The Ministers Manual for 1986 presents ex-
tended morning and evening sermon outlines for
every Sunday of the year; prayer and services
for special occasions; children’s stories and ser-
mons; topics for discussion groups; resources for
communion sermons, for funeral services, and for
Advent, Christmas, Lenten, and Easter preaching;
helps for evangelism and missions; church calen-
dars; lectionary; and much more. This expanded
edition features two special sections: “Preaching
on Ecclesiastes,” by Dwight E. Stevenson, and
“Preaching Resources for Pastoral Counseling,”
by Wayne E. Oates.
The Ministers Manual for 1986 follows the popu-
lar, convenient arrangement of previous edi-
tions-including eight indexes-putting its wealth
of resources, ideas, and suggestions at the
reader’s fingertips. A simple browse through the
table of contents will reveal why The Ministers
Manual continues as the preferred one-volume
resource for more and more ministers year after
year.
James W. Cox, a leading authority on preaching,
is one of the most influential teachers in the field
of homiletics. He is Professor of Christian Preach-
ing at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
in Louisville, Kentucky. Dr. Cox has been pastor
of several churches, and he is the author of Sur-
prised by God, A Guide to Biblical Preaching,
and Learning to Speak Effectively. He also serves
as the editor of Pulpit Digest, and has recently
published his major new work PreaChing: A Com-
prehensive Approach to the Design and Delivery
of Sermons.
Wayne E. Oates is Senior Professor of Pastoral
Care at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sci-
ences at the University of Louisville School of
Medicine.
Dwight E. Stevenson is Emeritus Professor of
Homiletics at Lexington Theological Seminary,
Lexington, Kentucky.
What reviewers have said of previous editions
of The Ministers Manual:
“This book [is] an encyclopedia of sermon helps.
Indeed, it is most comprehensive in its amazing
number of contributors, a ‘Who’s Who’ of the
evangelical homiletical world, including lay-
people.”–The Clergy Journal
“The Ministers Manual contains a wealth of mate-
rials to help pastors in worship planning and ser-
mon preparation.”–The Lutheran Layman
“A treasure trove of resources for the preacher-
pastor. James Cox is well suited to edit this ex-
panded work because of his gifts in teaching
Christian preaching. –The Ministers Manual shows
him to have a ‘homiletical eye.’ … Pastors who
will discipline themselves to use its material selec-
tively will find their preaching and worship leader-
ship enriched.”–The Review & Expositor
“There is something here for every minister.”
-Sharing the Practice
In good preloved condition with some wear to paper book jacket evident
Hardcover
338 pages