Parental guidance advised
Subtitle: adult preaching from the Old Testament
By: edited by Alyce M. Mckenzie and Charles L. Aaron Jr
Contributors: Holbert, John C., honoree
Publisher: Chalice Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: St. Louis, Missouri
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9780827230477
Subjects: Homiletical use; Lectionary preaching; Bible
Description: 'Parental Guidance Advised' presents the Old Testament as a humorous, bawdy, dynamic, and enriching collection of sacred literature hammered out over centuries of wrestling with the divine-human relationship. It depicts the Old Testament not as a series of saints in action but as real-life stories of sinners who somehow, despite themselves, become protagonists in God's plot of salvation. Drawing from all three years of the lectionary and from many non-lectionary texts, 'Parental Guidance Advised' offers profound and provocative sermons that honor the depth and complexity of both the Bible and everyday life. (back cover).
Notes: Essays in honor of John C. Holbert.

"Works by John C. Holbert": page ix-x.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-147).
Table of contents: title: Tribute to John C. Holbert  -- Alyce M. McKenzie and Charles Aaron; title: You can't say that! : preaching Jonah as a comedy  -- Steven Tuell; title: Being sent to the principals' office : who God is not in the Old Testament  -- Ronald J. Allen; title: It seemed like a good idea at the time : character flaws in the Old Testament  -- Martha Myre; title: Sexuality and eroticism in the Old Testament  -- Mary Donovan Turner; title: One step forward, two steps back : preaching maturity from Proverbs  -- Richard Nelson; title: Body/parts : body image in the Old Testament  -- Roy L. Heller; title: Moses meets Main Street : the media are the message--Old Testament themes in film  -- Richard Stern; title: Poets of the world : using literature as sermon resource  -- Ruthanna B. Hooke; title: The living afterlife of a dead prophet : words that keep speaking -- Walter Brueggemann.