Alex Gondola

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  Saints Alive : Claiming The Saints For Protestant Preaching

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  Over 20,000 visit the unincorporated farming community of Maria Stein, Ohio every year to visit the National Shrine of the Holy Relics, which displays around a thousand relics of Roman Catholic saints. Rev. Dr. Alex A. Gondola, Jr. would often visit this peaceful setting and, as he watched devotees come to honor these figures and pray, he realized he didn’t quite “get it.” Could there be spiritual enrichment for him, a Protestant, in a place like this?

  Discover the answer for yourself in Saints Alive: Claiming the Saints for Protestant Teaching, sermons from a year Rev. Gondola devoted to preaching on one saint per month. He offers this volume as a companion for pastors and group leaders prepared to take a deep dive into matters of faith, calling and the hope Christ offers the world through his humblest of servants, from St. Augustine to Mother Teresa.

  Seasonal sermons include:

  St. Patrick: “Christ in All Things” for Lent
  Nicholas of Myra: “An Advent Saint” for Advent
  You and I: “Called to Be Saints” for Year End/New Year’s Day

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  Gods Plumb Line

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  The Hebrew prophets were truth-tellers, called to proclaim God’s word to the people of their own generations. In this book of sermons Alex Gondola is a truth-teller, carrying on the prophetic tradition by bringing the penetrating message of the Minor Prophets to bear on our twenty-first-century American context. Through the author’s use of paraphrase, the telling of stories and his own pastoral interpretation, God’s judging and redeeming word spoken by the prophets comes alive in these sermons and challenges us to be bearers of justice and righteousness in our own time and culture. I highly recommend this book of sermons for reading and reflection.
  Rev. Dr. Stephen C. Rettenmayer
  Faculty Member of the Jerusalem Center for Biblical Studies

  A student and teacher of the word for nearly four decades, Alex Gondola provides a rare glimpse into the lives of the minor prophets, reminding us of God’s consistent commands of love, justice, and repentance. As Gondola uncovers the words of the minor prophets, he carefully shows us how to connect their prophetic ministries to our modern lives. “If God measured our home life against the plumb line of God’s word, would God find us wanting — wanting more of the acceptance, tolerance, and patience we are supposed to give?” This is the question Gondola comes back to again and again throughout his examination of the minor prophets, and as we travel back in time with him, we begin to understand that the words of the minor prophets hold profound influence toward shaping us as Christ-followers.

  God’s Plumb Line: Preaching from the Not-So-Minor-Prophets is a portal filled with insight and challenge, reminding us to “drink so deeply at the well of worship that justice rolls down like water and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.” Also included for each chapter are hymn suggestions, children’s lesson suggestions, discussion questions, and an Annotated Bibliography.

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  Pray Like This

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  Prayer is a powerful force — in Tennyson’s oft-quoted phrase, “more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.” But the Lord’s Prayer is so familiar that we often take it for granted, reciting it by rote and missing its deeper meaning. Pray Like This… is an informative volume that helps you rediscover the simplicity and strength of the prayer that Jesus taught us. Alex Gondola carefully analyzes each of the prayer’s ten petitions, and explores how it is Christ’s template for communicating with God. Suitable for personal devotions, adult study groups, sermon preparation, or gift-giving, Pray Like This… is a versatile resource that will unclog your spiritual arteries and open new pathways in your own prayer life.

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  Holidays Are Holy Days

  $26.18

  Almost every month in the year has a secular holiday — and on those “special” Sundays, preachers need to balance honoring the occasion with maintaining their focus on the proclamation of God’s Word. It can be a challenging task, but it also presents a great opportunity to uncover the religious significance of our civic celebrations. In this extensive volume of inspiring messages, Alex Gondola draws on the rich variety of American culture and scriptural insight to remind us that holidays truly are holy days. Great for personal reading, adult study groups, or fresh sermon ideas, Holidays Are Holy Days is a versatile resource that you’ll draw on throughout the year.

  Sermons are included for:
  * New Year’s Day
  * Martin Luther King Day
  * Super Bowl Sunday
  * Valentine’s Day
  * Presidents’ Day
  * St. Patrick’s Day
  * April Fool’s Day
  * Earth Day
  * Mother’s Day
  * Memorial Day
  * Father’s Day
  * Independence Day
  * Labor Day
  * Grandparent’s Day
  * Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples’ Day
  * Halloween/All Saints’ Day
  * Reformation Sunday
  * Veterans’ Day
  * Thanksgiving Sunday
  * Christmas

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  Come As You Are

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  Communion is an inexhaustible mystery — a gift of God’s grace. Yet because it is familiar we sometimes take it for granted. Though theologians may disagree about exactly what happens in and through the sacrament, we all agree that something happens — at the Lord’s Supper we are changed. Gondola explores the wonder of communion in these captivating and well-illustrated sermons.

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  Dont Forget The Child

  $17.43

  Alex Gondola says that in our modern culture we sometimes “experience Christmas at its worst: overcommercialized, expensive, exhausting, nearly devoid of spiritual significance.” In this collection of twenty cogent and inspiring sermons for Advent and Christmas, he reminds us of the key to putting the season in its proper perspective — “Don’t forget the child!” For it is only when we are drawn nearer to the child of Bethlehem, celebrating the simple beauties of the stable, that we can escape from the rush of the season into the divine light of saving grace heralded by the birth of God’s Son. This volume is an exceptional source of inspiration for sermon preparation, but it’s also excellent for personal devotions exploring the meaning of Advent and Christmas. It’s a great Christmas gift!

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