UNDONE BY EASTER

KEEPING PREACHING FRESH

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Willimon, William H.

Undone by Easter : keeping preaching fresh / William H. Willimon.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical (p. ) references and indexes.

ISBN 978-1-426-70013-2 (binding: pbk./trade pbk., adhesive perfect : alk. paper)

1. Preaching. I. Title.

BV4211.3.W535 2009

251—dc22

2009011711

All scripture quotations unless noted otherwise are taken from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Quotations noted as ASV appear from the American Standard Version of the Bible.

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T. S. Eliot's “Four Quartets: East Coker” from Collected Poems 1909–1962; by permission of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich and Faber and Faber Ltd.

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