{"product_id":"good-news-for-the-hard-roger-g-talbott-9780788005060","title":"Good News for the Hard of Hearing: Sermons for Sundays After Pentecost (Middle Third): Cycle A: Gospel Texts","description":"Jesus spoke to people whose \"hearts have grown dull, and their ears hard of hearing\" -- like today's churchgoers who think they know what the preacher is going to say before the sermon begins. These sermons use parable and paradox, narrative and humor, imagination and solid biblical scholarship to tell the good news people don't expect to hear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI hear best what I want to hear and I shut out the things I don't want to hear. I hear, \"Great sermon, Pastor!\" better than I hear, \"I notice your hair is getting thinner\"... I have no problem at all hearing the good news that I am forgiven. I have a really hard time hearing a parable that tells me I will suffer the tortures of the damned until I forgive. These sermons have been influenced by preachers who have gotten through to me despite my spiritual hearing impairment. Craddock, Buechner, and Lowry... David Buttrick... Harry Emerson Fosdick...\u003c\/i\u003e (from author's Preface) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSermons in this book are based on lections for the middle third of the season after Pentecost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSermon titles include: \u003cbr\u003e Prayer and Compassion Fatigue -- Matthew 14:13-21\u003cbr\u003e Love Without Limits -- Matthew 15:10-28\u003cbr\u003e Good News: Life Is Not Fair -- Matthew 20:1-16\u003cbr\u003e Why Do We Ignore Warning Signs? -- Matthew 21:33-46 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoger Talbott\u003c\/b\u003e is pastor of North Olmsted United Methodist Church in North Olmsted, Ohio. He has served congregations in Ohio and western New York. He earned his M.Div. degree from Colgate Rochester Divinity School and is currently enrolled in the D.Min. program at Ecumenical Theological Seminary in Detroit, Michigan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roger G. Talbott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0788005065\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780788005060\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 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.23d","brand":"Roger G. Talbott","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45064713306367,"sku":"9780788005060","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_72c6902d-ec18-48f0-a259-79e6565056f8.jpg?v=1712124866","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/good-news-for-the-hard-roger-g-talbott-9780788005060","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}