Part 2 Resources for the Biographical Sermon
PART 2
RESOURCES FOR THE BIOGRAPHICAL SERMON
This anthology is a small sampling of the vast treasury of material available to assist you in biographical preaching and in your own spiritual walk. I haven’t tried to cover all the people in the Bible or even all of those we would call important. The purpose of the anthology is not only to give you material but also to suggest what kind of material is available. Whatever gives us insight into character and how people either build or destroy it is valuable to us. The bibliography on page 203 will help you add some of the best books to your library; of course, you should never buy a book unless it’s the kind of tool you can really use. I have not mentioned some of the more contemporary books on Bible characters because you can examine them in the bookstore or check them out online and in catalogs. Instead, this bibliography helps you “re-dig the old wells” and find treasures in places you may have neglected.
Following is an explanation of some abbreviations I have used in the documentation. Full publication facts are given in the bibliography. Items not documented are taken from that vast public domain file that has been around for many years and is often attributed to “Anonymous” or “Selected.”
AW-BC
Bible Characters from the Old and New Testaments
CEM
Clarence Edward Macartney, various volumes of sermons
CHS
The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit
GCM
The Westminster Pulpit
GHM
George H. Morrison, various volumes of sermons
GM-RMB
The Representative Men of the Bible
GM-RWB
The Representative Women of the Bible
WWW
Material from my own preaching and writing. If somebody else’s material has crept in and I have claimed it, I apologize. If you can document the source for me, I would appreciate it.