{"product_id":"god-in-flesh-made-manifest-mark-william-radecke-9780788004858","title":"God in Flesh Made Manifest: Sermons for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany: Cycle A, Gospel Texts","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe old saw, that the preacher's task is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable, proclaims a profound theological truth. For when we are afflicted, that is when God comforts us. If we are comfortable, God must first penetrate our false security. Only then can the news of the Messiah's coming strike our ears as a word of comfort.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e -- from sermon for the Second Sunday in Advent \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMark Radecke has the ability to do both -- comfort and afflict -- through his provocative treatment of the lectionary texts for Advent, Christmas, Epiphany and the Transfiguration. His illustrations are often electrifying in their capturing of the gospel \u003ci\u003ekerygma\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSermon titles include: \u003cbr\u003e - Come, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come!\u003cbr\u003e - Would We Rather Be Comfortable or Comforted\u003cbr\u003e - Holy Love and Herod's Love\u003cbr\u003e - Light in Darkness, Speech From Silence\u003cbr\u003e - Jesus' Counter-cultural Sermon\u003cbr\u003e - Don't Sweat the Numbers\u003cbr\u003e - Main Features and Coming Attractions \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Radecke \u003c\/b\u003eis Senior Pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in Roanoke, Virginia. He is a graduate of Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg and is currently completing work on an STM degree in Church and Society at Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio. He also serves as Adjunct Professor of Religion at Roanoke College. This is his third book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark William Radecke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0788004859\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780788004858\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e CSS Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.19d","brand":"Mark William Radecke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45064713273599,"sku":"9780788004858","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_12ed1dc6-879d-49df-8551-60db7ed5809a.jpg?v=1712124865","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/god-in-flesh-made-manifest-mark-william-radecke-9780788004858","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}