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The Zondervan 2017 Pastors Annual
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C ONTENTS
SERMONS
Harold T. Bryson | AM | April 16, 23, 30 |
May 7 |
T. T. Crabtree | All messages other than those attributed to others |
T. Hollis Epton | PM | March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 |
David T. Grant | AM | December 31 |
MISCELLANEOUS SECTION
James G. Harris | PM | May 3, 10, 17, 24 |
December 3, 10, 17, 24 |
James E. Heaton | All Sunday Evening messages for January 1 through September 24 |
W. T. Holland | PM | November 5, 12, 19, 26 |
Joe L. Ingram | PM | January 4, 11, 18, 25 |
AM | November 12 |
David L. Jenkins | PM | June 7, 14, 21, 28 |
July 5, 12, 19, 26 |
Howard S. Kolb | PM | September 6, 13, 10, 27 |
AM | December 3, 10, 17, 24 |
Jerold R. McBride | PM | October 4, 11, 18, 25 |
November 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 |
December 6, 13, 20, 27 |
E. Warren Rust | PM | December 31 |
Leonard Sanderson | AM | March 5, 12, 19, 26 |
October 1, 8, 15, 22 |
Fred M. Wood | AM | May 14, 21, 28 |
June 4, 11, 18, 25 |
F avorable comments from ministers who serve in many different types of churches have encouraged me to believe that the Pastors Annual provides valuable assistance to many busy pastors as they seek to improve the quality, freshness, and variety of their pulpit ministry. To be of service to fellow pastors in their continuing quest to obey our Lords command to Peter, Feed my sheep, is a privilege to which I respond with gratitude.
I pray that this issue of the Pastors Annual will be blessed by our Lord in helping pastors to plan and produce a preaching program that will better meet the spiritual needs of the congregation to which they are called to minister.
This issue contains sermons by several contributing authors who have been effective contemporary preachers and successful pastors. Each of these authors is listed with his sermons in Contributing Authors. I accept responsibility for sermons not listed there.
This issue of the Pastors Annual is dedicated to the Lord with a prayer that he will bless these efforts to let the Holy Spirit lead us in preparing A Planned Preaching Program for the Year.
S UGGESTED P REACHING P ROGRAM FOR THE M ONTH OF
JANUARY
Sunday Mornings
Pauls call to victorious Christian living issued to the believers in Ephesus serves as a basis for messages dealing with humankinds problem with Satan and evil. Putting on the Whole Armor of God is an appropriate theme for expository messages based on Ephesians 6:1020.
Sunday Evenings
Sunday evening messages for the next several months are based on Jesus Sermon on the Mount. Jesus sermon contains great principles and ideals by which believers are to live.
Wednesday Evenings
The apostles asked of Jesus, Lord, teach us to pray. This is a prayer that we should continue to pray, and it is the theme for this months Wednesday evening services.
Text: Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might (Eph. 6:10 RSV).
Scripture Reading: Ephesians 6:1020
Hymns: God, Our Father, We Adore Thee, Frazer
Breathe on Me, Hatch
All the Way My Saviour Leads Me, Crosby
Offertory Prayer: Heavenly Father, we thank you for the privilege of living in a country that has been blessed by the lives and gifts of those who have gone before us. We thank you for the privilege of being members of your family. We are grateful today for all of our brothers and sisters in Christ. Help us now as we bring our tithes and offerings as well as our lives in service to you. We ask that you use our gifts for the building up of your church and for the proclaiming of the good news of your love to people everywhere. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
Introduction
Where do you find strength for living?
Some seek for strength in the securing of a good education. These are to be commended. However, a doctorate does not guarantee us the strength we will need when we are threatened by lifes pressures. Some seek for strength in the acquiring of great financial resources. Money can solve many of the problems we face but not all of them. Many seek strength for living by developing meaningful friendships. We cannot overestimate the value of strong friendships. True friends are rich blessings from God, but they cannot meet our every need.