Sermons on Suicide offers a variety of biblical texts, interpretations, literary references, medical insights, current statistics, personal illustrations, and practical suggestions by over a dozen preachers to help clergy deal with the challenging and important subject of suicide. This collection of sermons, from a broad spectrum of religious and theological perspectives, demonstrates that suicide, for all its complexity and all its negativism, can be treated in a positive, straight-forward manner. Ministers from all religious groups will gain valuable insight from this informative...
Sermons on Suicide offers a variety of biblical texts, interpretations, literary references, medical insights, current statistics, personal ...
Crisis of Conscience features personal stories by Arkansas Methodist pastors, laypersons, and community leadersaincluding Dale Bumpers, M. Joycelyn Elders, and Miller Williamsawho lived through the struggles for civil rights in the 1950s and saw their congregations and other institutions rocked by the tumultuous events of the history-making era. The book also depicts the desegregation of Hendrix College, the prophetic role of Philander Smith College in civil rights activism, and the experiences of other Arkansas Methodist institutions in the great freedom struggle that caused many of the...
Crisis of Conscience features personal stories by Arkansas Methodist pastors, laypersons, and community leadersaincluding Dale Bumpers, M. Joycelyn El...