SECTION I: GENERAL AIDS AND RESOURCES.

Civil Year Calendars for 2008 and 2009.

Church and Civic Calendar for 2008.

The Revised Common Lectionary for 2008.

Four-Year Church Calendar.

Forty-Year Easter Calendar.

Traditional Wedding Anniversary Identifications.

Colors Appropriate for Days and Seasons.

Flowers in Season Appropriate for Church Use.

Quotable Quotes.

Questions of Life and Religion.

Biblical Benedictions and Blessings.

SECTION II: LECTIONARY RESOURCES FOR 2008: SERMONS, ILLUSTRATIONS, CONGREGATIONAL MUSIC, CHILDREN’S SERMONS, WORSHIP AIDS.

SECTION III: RESOURCES FOR PREACHING.

Chapter One: Preaching Biblical Sermons: God’s Word for God’s World (Dr. Terry G. Carter, Vaught Professor of Christian Ministries, Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas).

Chapter Two: Preaching the Sermon on the Mount: The Upside-Down Kingdom (Dr. Danny M. West, Associate Professor Preaching and Pastoral Studies, M. Christopher White School of Divinity, Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, North Carolina)

Chapter Three: Advent and Christmas Preaching: Personalities and Perspectives (Dr. Ronald D. Sisk, Academic Vice President and Dean; Professor of Homiletics and Christian Ministry, North American Baptist Seminary, Sioux Falls, South Dakota).

Chapter Four: Messages for Lent and Easter.

Chapter Five: Messages for Communion Services.

Chapter Six: Messages for Funerals and Bereavement.

Chapter Seven: Messages for Evangelism and Missions.

SECTION IV: A LITTLE TREASURY OF SERMON ILLUSTRATIONS.

CONTRIBUTORS.

INDEX OF CONTRIBUTORS.

SERMON TITLE INDEX.

INDEX OF SERMON TEXTS.

INDEX OF PRAYERS.

INDEX OF MATERIALS USEFUL AS CHILDREN’S STORIES AND SERMONS.

INDEX OF MATERIALS USEFUL FOR SMALL GROUPS.

TOPICAL INDEX.

HOW TO USE THE CD-ROM.