As people of God, we live boldly with courage and confidence. We will not tremble and quake when some new threat enters our lives. Like Ruth of long ago, many things will break our hearts but nothing can break our spirits, for we have found refuge under the wings of the Almighty God.
(from the sermon for Proper 25)

The nine sermons in this book follow First Lesson texts from six Old Testament books and the book of Revelation. The sermons follow the Common Lectionary.

"In reading these sermons I felt a pastor's love for his people. The subjects of the sermons deal with pressing personal and social problems with the solution always found in repentance and faith in Christ. My soul was fed by these sermons, and I am sure they will feed the souls of other readers as well."
(John R. Brokhoff from the Foreword)

Robert F. Sims is senior pastor of Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Atlanta, Georgia. He is a graduate of Lenoir Rhynek College, Hickory, North Carolina, and holds a doctorate of ministry degree from Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary.