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Matthew 2:13-23

1st Sunday after Christmas A

[…] God will declare “Behold, I make all things new.”   We cannot do that.  God can.  God will. Illustration Idea  In the Preaching Connections part of this website, Roy Anker highlights the excellent film The Innocents.   The title of the movie is clearly designed to evoke Matthew 2.   The story is set in post-World War II […]

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Matthew 3:13-17

Epiphany 1A

[…] It’s a good question to ponder. Illustration Idea One of the finer films of the last thirty or so years is Bruce Beresford’s “Tender Mercies” (our colleague Roy Anker has an entry on the role of the Holy Spirit in the film and another on the kingdom of God on the CEP website).  The film […]

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2 Corinthians 6:1-13

Proper 7B

[…] however, he has come more than ever to realize that life is for connectedness, mutual appreciation, help and reconciliation. In a review of A Man Called Ove, Roy Anker writes, “The film’s final shot is a long way from the Sistine Chapel and the Father reaching to humankind, but it surely hearkens to the same […]

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Acts 10:34-43

Epiphany 1A

[…] want his people to be part of that, either. Illustration Idea For an illustration idea on this Sunday focusing on baptism, I will defer to my colleague Roy Anker from another part of the Center for Excellence in Preaching website and his observations on what he deems to be the best encapsulation of baptism ever […]

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1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50

Epiphany 7C

[…] One day God will give you a new one” (ibid). Illustration Idea In his marvelous review of the movie E.T: The Extra Terrestrial that Calvin College professor Roy Anker wrote for this CEP website , he notes, ‘A lonely, heartbroken boy, Elliott, all of ten or twelve years old, stumbles upon a similarly bereft and […]

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Matthew 2:13-23

Christmas 1A

[…] will declare “Behold, I make all things new.”  We cannot do that.  God can.  God will. Illustration Idea   In the Preaching  Connections part of this website, Roy Anker highlights the excellent film The Innocents.  The title of the movie is clearly designed to evoke Matthew 2.  The story is set in post-World War II […]

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Matthew 3:13-17

Epiphany 1A

[…] a good question to ponder. Illustration Idea   One of the finer films of the last thirty or so years is Bruce Beresford’s “Tender Mercies” (our colleague Roy Anker has an entry on the role of the Holy Spirit in the film and another on the kingdom of God  in our “Movies for Preaching” part […]

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1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50

Epiphany 7C

[…] usher his adopted siblings into the glory of the new earth and heaven. Illustration In his review of the movie E.T: The Extra Terrestrial, Calvin College professor Roy Anker describes how ‘A lonely, heartbroken boy, Elliott, all of ten or twelve years old, stumbles upon a … needy creature, a rather funny-looking alien. Elliott’s father […]

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Books

Home » You searched for roy anker » Page 5 Preaching Books: General A Little Handbook for Preachers: Ten Practical Ways to a Better Sermon by Sunday Mary Hulst     IVP Books, 2016 Actuality: Real Life Stories for Sermons that Matter Scott Hoezee Abingdon Press, 2014 Preachers need stories. Stories, examples, and illustrations bring […]

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