{"product_id":"power-in-living","title":"Power in Living","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe call of Lent is not simply to give something up. It is to go looking for something; something of lasting value, something that does not rust, rot, or slip through your fingers when you need it most.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this Cycle B Lenten and Easter series, Derl Keefer takes readers on what he calls a treasure hunt — through Ash Wednesday's call to honest self-examination, through the six Sundays of Lent and the profound arc of Holy Week, through the Easter morning light of John 20 and the rich series of post-resurrection appearances. Along the way, Keefer draws on sixty-plus years of preaching experience, a lifetime of pastoral storytelling, and a deep conviction that Scripture becomes a message to the person in the pew only when the Holy Spirit is involved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are sermons that reach for the life illustrations; a wartime lifesaver who never received a thank-you, a preacher's father refusing aid to those who wouldn't help themselves, the old acrostic on prayer that opens into something deeper. They are honest about the struggle and clear about the power: the power that is not manufactured by the preacher or manufactured by the listener, but given, by the One who defeated death on Easter morning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUse these sermons as a resource, a starting place, a Holy Spirit-led prompt. Preach the word in season and out of season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDerl Keefer has been preaching for over sixty years in the evangelical tradition. He is the author of Let's Get Committed, The Wesleyan Preaching Resource, (Vols. 1 \u0026amp; 2), the co-author of two collections of Wedding Sermons and Marriage Ceremonies and other books of sermons (CSS Publishing) and numerous other preaching resources. His sermons draw on a lifetime of pastoral ministry, biblical study, and the conviction that great preaching is always a matter of preparation and prayer working together.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CSS Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48308910391514,"sku":null,"price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/5540\/2714\/files\/Power_in_Living_Front_Cover.png?v=1786113075","url":"https:\/\/csspublishingcoinc.com\/products\/power-in-living","provider":"CSS Publishing Co","version":"1.0","type":"link"}