Truth Be Told

More Sermons for the Lectionary, Year B, Pentecost through Christ the King

Bruce L. Taylor

• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781666769005, 9781666769012
• eBook ISBN: 9781666769029
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Religion

In his latest volume of sermons for the Common Lectionary (Revised), homilist Bruce Taylor has compiled more of his traditional and story form proclamations for the Sundays and feast days from Pentecost through Christ the King in Year B of the three-year lectionary cycle. Preached in various congregational settings, these sermons are theologically rich, sacramentally sensitive, biblically centered, and ecumenically minded, articulating God's love for all of creation and emphasizing the profound implications of discipleship as well as the urgency of compassionate and prophetic Christian witness in both word and deed. Truth Be Told, like its predecessors in Taylor's first and second journeys through the lectionary, will prove a welcome companion for preachers, educators, seminary students, and devotional readers, who will all find it to be an incisive and insightful exploration of the spiritual genius of the liturgical year and the unitive practice of preaching from common texts. The book exemplifies how preaching honestly and with integrity from Mark's Gospel and the accompanying lectionary readings can shape interaction with the elements of the liturgy to promote faithful Christian worship and prompt responsible Christian living.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Introduction
• The Day of Pentecost: “Spiritual Maturity”
• Trinity Sunday: “A Vision of the King”
• Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time: “Out of the Mouths . . .”
• Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: “Life Beyond Normal”
• Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: “A Pastor’s Prayer”
• Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time: “Antidote for Anxiety”
• Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: “One Bread, One Body: Case in Point”
• Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: “Talk of the Town”
• Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: “Truth Be Told”
• Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: “Christ Our Peace”
• Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: “Roots”
• Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: “This, Too, We Pledge”
• Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: “Like a Square Meal in a Fast-Food Culture”
• Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time: “The Table of Wisdom”
• Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time: “Where Do You Go for the Words?”
• Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time: “What Comes from Within”
• Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time: “Room at the Table”
• Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time: “The Better Part of Wisdom”
• Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time: “Uncommon Wisdom”
• Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time: “Looking Out for One Another”
• Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: “Rediscovering the Child”
• Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time: “Pounding on Heaven’s Door”
• Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time: “Fitting Jesus into Our Plans”
• Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time: “Satan Loses”
• All Saints’ Day: “Paradise Again”
• Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time: “The Trouble with Rules”
• Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time: “An Offering to God”
• Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time: “What Do You Do with Your Blessing?”
• Christ the King: “Enthroning the King”
• Evening before the National Day of Thanksgiving: “A Day to Remember”
• Appendix
• Dedication of a New Church Facility: “Dream House”
• Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: “Seeds”
• Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time: “Falling Into the Hands of God”
• List of Sources Cited