A New Interpreter's® Pastor's Bible Study
Ministers are often compelled, because of time, to use whatever resources they have at hand
to prepare their weekly Bible studies. Because leading scholars, preachers, and church
leaders have authored the lessons in The Pastor’s Bible Study, the busy minister
is assured of the quality resources for teaching that have been a hallmark of the New
Interpreter’s line of books.
The Pastor’s Bible Study provides Bible study material directly keyed to
The New Interpreter’s Study Bible and organized both topically (e.g., grief,
prayer, Christian living) and according to the lectionary. Each annual volume also comes
with a CD-ROM that contains 50 PowerPoint presentations to accompany each
Bible study. Because the material is directly keyed to the NISB and structured as a lesson
and not as a commentary, busy pastors can cut their lesson preparation time by 25-50%.
Features Include:
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Teaching Tips: Guidelines that help leaders effectively communicate study
content
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Reflections: Foster participation, generate group and individual study, and
engage participants in the biblical text through the use of relevant questions for
reflection.
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Lectionary Loop: Identifies points where studies intersect with the Christian Year.
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Study Notes: Text refers to The New Interpreter's Study Bible notes
and excursuses, when applicable.
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Sources: Complete information on important resources cited.
CD-ROM (Macintosh/PC compatible) features include:
- The full text of The Pastor's Bible Study, completely searchable by keyword
- Outline of studies
- PowerPoint® slides
- Background graphics
- Customizable supplementary material for handouts, plus screen and video projection
Meet the General Editor
David Albert Farmer, General Editor, is also the
author of this publication’s five-week study, “Unselfish Prayer.” He earned a Ph.D. in
Homiletics with minor in New Testament Theology, is an ordained Baptist minister who
taught preaching in seminary, and presently serves as an adjunct professor of
humanities at Wilmington College. Dr. Farmer has served seven congregations and is now
the pastor of Silverside Church in Wilmington, Delaware. He was editor of Pulpit
Digest for eighteen years and The African American Pulpit for three years.
He is the author of
Teaching Sermons
on the Love and Grace of God (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1997), Basic Bible
Sermons on Hope (Nashville: Baptist Sunday School Board, 1992); he is the
coeditor of And Blessed Is She: Sermons by Women (San Francisco: Harper &
Row, 1990), and contributing author in
The Storyteller’s
Companion to the Bible: Judges–Kings Volume Three (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1992).
What people are saying about The Pastor's Bible Study...
"As a pastor who has been preaching the lectionary for thirty years, this Bible
Study brings a helpful "Lectionary Loop" for long-range preaching planning. It also
offers support for the topical planning approach with "Reflection Questions" and
additional biblical reference aids. The sermon series planning approach seems to
better attract and promote better attendance for those of us who preach in traditional
and contemporary worship services. I look forward to an opportunity to use this
resource to plan several sermon series in the new year!"
"Warren Carter's clash of the kingdoms (God's and Caesar's) make this Bible Study
of Matthew alive and most helpful for those seeking ways to preach and teach about
God's Kingdom in today's political context."
- Dr. Clayton L. Smith, Senior Pastor, Centenary United Methodist Church, Cape Girardeau,
Missouri
"Those persons sitting in our pews and classrooms deserve the very best that we
pastors have to offer. The Pastor's Bible Study brings together solid biblical
scholarship and the concerns of pastors to offer our congregations teaching and
preaching that are scholarly, thought provoking, and applicable to daily life. This
seems to me to be the ideal teaching resource to accompany The New Interpreter's
Bible commentary series."
- Michael E. Williams, Pastor of Blakemore United Methodist Church and General Editor
of The Storytellers Companion to the Bible (Abingdon).
Available now:
The Pastor's Bible Study: Volume One
ISBN-9780687043644. Hardcover, $35.00
The Pastor's Bible Study: Volume Two
ISBN-9780687055203. Hardcover, $35.00
The Pastor's Bible Study: Volume Three
ISBN-9780687493302. Hardcover, $35.00
Coming spring of 2007
The Pastor's Bible Study: Volume Four
ISBN-9780687493401. Hardcover, $35.00