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Backcover says -
The Happy Hour provides seventeen exemplary sermons on First Lesson texts from the new Common (Consensus) Lectionary. Included are three from the Minor Prophets, four from Jeremiah, and five from Isaiah. Familiar texts which will help the proclaimer stir the hearts of his or her congregation during the important seasons of Advent, Christmas and Epiphany (Ordinary Time 1-8) include The righteous branch of David; The one who comes like a refiner's fire; Good news to captives; Nehemiah's dramatic reading of the scroll to Israel; Isaiah's stunning Temple vision; Joseph's sudden revealing of his secret identity to his fear-frozen brothers; and Moses' shining countenance after his Sinai encounter with Jahweh.
Backcover says -
The Happy Hour provides seventeen exemplary sermons on First Lesson texts from the new Common (Consensus) Lectionary. Included are three from the Minor Prophets, four from Jeremiah, and five from Isaiah. Familiar texts which will help the proclaimer stir the hearts of his or her congregation during the important seasons of Advent, Christmas and Epiphany (Ordinary Time 1-8) include The righteous branch of David; The one who comes like a refiner's fire; Good news to captives; Nehemiah's dramatic reading of the scroll to Israel; Isaiah's stunning Temple vision; Joseph's sudden revealing of his secret identity to his fear-frozen brothers; and Moses' shining countenance after his Sinai encounter with Jahweh.
