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Psalm 51:1-12

Proper 13B

[…] general. In January 1997, he acknowledged that the White House should not have invited the nation’s senior banking regulator to a meeting where Mr. Clinton and prominent bankers discussed banking policy in the presence of the Democratic Party’s senior fund-raiser. ‘Mistakes were made here by people who either did it deliberately or inadvertently,’ he […]

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1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Epiphany 4B

[…] luminous film Babette’s Feast gives the viewer a curious reversal on traditional ways of thinking about “weaker” and “stronger” members in the Body of Christ.  My colleague Roy Anker has been publishing a lot of wonderful “Movies for Preaching” pieces on the CEP website.  He has three on this film, of which this particular […]

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Matthew 2:13-23

1st Sunday after Christmas A

[…] and after having kicked the cat clear across the room, Herod managed to smooth back his hair, wipe the furious sweat off his brow, straighten up his royal robes, and re-appear before the Magi with the hollow words, “Well, good luck to you, gentlemen, and once you find the king you’re looking for . […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Romans 7:15-25a

Proper 9A

[…] to the law as “good,” throughout the rest of our text, he also points out that good law’s limitations. A few years ago an Alabama judge named Roy Moore commissioned a monument of the Ten Commandments to be placed in the front of Alabama’s Supreme Court building. He claimed it marked “the restoration of […]

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Books

Home » You searched for roy%2525252525252Banker » Page 7 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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