THE MINISTER'S MANUAL 2003 EDITION

For more than seventy-five years The Minister's Manual has been the single most comprehensive resource for preaching and worship available. Filled with completely new material for 2003, this nondenominational guide is the best source for sermons, prayers, insights, and inspiration for all-from pastors and lay leaders to Sunday school teachers and choir directors. The large format allows the book to lay flat, making it easy to use.

James W. Cox, a leading authority on preaching and one of the most influential teachers in the field of homiletics, is a senior professor at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He has been the editor of The Minister's Manual since 1984.

Preface.

SECTION I. GENERAL AIDS AND RESOURCES.

Civil Year Calendars for 2003 and 2004.

Church and Civic Calendar for 2003.

The Revised Common Lectionary for 2003.

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 Quotations.

Questions of Life and Religion.

Biblical Benedictions and Blessings.

SECTION II. SERMONS AND HOMILETIC AND WORSHIP AIDS FOR FIFTY-TWO SUNDAYS.

SECTION III. MESSAGES FOR COMMUNION SERVICES.

SECTION IV. MESSAGES FOR FUNERALS AND BEREAVEMENT.

SECTION V. LENTEN AND EASTER PREACHING.

SECTION VI. MESSAGES FOR ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS.

SECTION VII. EVANGELISM AND WORLD MISSIONS.

SECTION VIII. RESOURCES FOR PREACHING FROM ACTS.

SECTION IX. RESOURCES FOR PREACHING ON SELF-DISCOVERY.

SECTION X. CHILDREN'S SERMONS.

SECTION XI. A LITTLE TREASURY OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Acknowledgments.

Index of Contributors.

Sermon Title Index.

Scriptural Index.

Index of Prayers.

Index of Materials Useful as Children's Stories and Sermons Not Included in Section X.

Index of Materials Useful for Small Groups.

Topical Index.