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                      MAGNESS NOTES ON DISK

                     SERMON RESEARCH SERVICE

               A MINISTRY OF DR. MILTON S. MAGNESS

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This disk contains four complete messages and four complete
children's sermons.  But first, let us tell you more about this
exciting service for churches and their pastors.




Your computer is a powerful tool.  It will process information at
unbelievable speed.  But you have to provide the information for it
to process.

MAGNESS NOTES ON DISK is a sermon research that will give you a
good sermon building block that you can use every month.  These
are the same high quality, up-to-date messages we have been
providing to pastors since the Fall of 1989.  Since this service is
small and relatively new, the sermons provided are not in the hands
of every pastor in your city.

MAGNESS NOTES ON DISK provides background study for the busy pastor
for whom time is a premium.  This is a sermon help service that
will supplement your own study.  Each sermon is original,
expository, and evangelistic.  They are written with an eye and ear
toward the congregation.  MAGNESS NOTES ON DISK will provide
pastors with a summary of sound research for use in supplementing
your own preparation.  MAGNESS NOTES ON DISK are perfect for the
bi-vocational pastor who must continually juggle a full-time job,
church responsibilities and still find time for sermon preparation.



MAGNESS NOTES ON DISK are written in full manuscript.  They are
complete with introduction, illustrations, application, and a
conclusion.  The sermons are ready for pastors to add their own
illustrations or applications to individualize the messages.
Following each message there is a children's sermon to coordinate
with your message or for use at another time of your choosing.

MAGNESS NOTES ON DISK are written from a conservative theological
position.  Each has been preached in the author's own pulpit.
"Field testing" helps insure that messages are practical and
concrete rather than theoretical and abstract.   S. M. Lockridge
once said that after a pastor has preached a sermon, he "knows
where the pitfalls are."  Any obvious "pitfalls" have been removed
before mailing.

MAGNESS NOTES ON DISK are written in both Word Perfect and ASCII
format so that they can be easily imported into your word
processor.  There are 12 mailings per year with 4 complete sermons
and 4 children's sermons per disk.

There are 48 complete messages and 48 children's sermons in each
subscription.



                            FEATURES




EXPOSITORY--  Sermons are expository in nature.  Most messages will
focus on from one to four or five verses.  Sermon series treat
major portions of scripture or begin with chapter 1, verse 1 and
continue through to the end of a book.



CONTEMPORARY--  Introductions and illustrations make use of current
news and events or issues that people are now facing.  There is no
reliance on out-dated illustration sources (illustration books
etc.).



WELL ORGANIZED--  Messages are organized around a logical outline
that is easy to follow and relates well to the congregation.






ILLUSTRATIONS are current and well suited to the text.  Enough
illustrations are included to make the message come alive.  Pastors
may also insert their own with ease.


EXPOSITORY-- Each message contains a careful exegetical treatment
of the text.  The Biblical phrase treated is underlined with the
analysis of that passage following immediately.

EVANGELISTIC--Every message includes a conclusion which leads into
an invitation.  Preaching must be for a verdict of people receiving
Christ.  The entire sermon is focused on and builds to that climax.










                  ABOUT THE CHILDREN'S SERMONS

Children's Sermons utilize the same text and thrust where
practical.  This helps add continuity to the service.  Pastors have
realized for generations how important it is to invest some of
their time with children.

About a decade ago many pastors began using object lesson
children's sermons as an integral part of the worship service.  A
number of books are available to help prepare these messages.
However, the greatest benefit to the worship service is achieved by
coordinating the children's sermon with the morning sermon but
there are few (if any) resources for this at the pastor's deposal.

MAGNESS NOTES ON DISK are designed to fill this void.  Each
children's sermon makes use of an easy to locate object and
attempts to coordinate both parts of the service.  If you do not
now use a children's sermon, consider using MAGNESS NOTES ON DISK
as a starting point for developing a more effective children's
ministry. There are four coordinated children's sermons per disk--a
total of 48 each year.




           WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT MAGNESS NOTES


Dr. Darrell Robinson,Vice President, Evangelism
Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.

"MAGNESS NOTES will be an excellent help for busy pastors in sermon
preparation.  They are strong in biblical exegesis and current
illustrations."

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Dr. Carlos McLeod, Director of Evangelism Division, Baptist General
Convention of Texas.

"I am delighted to commend these sermon notes of Milton Magness. He
is a competent student of the Word, a devoted pulpiteer.  I commend
him and these materials for your use."




Dr. Gary Hearon, Executive Director, Dallas Baptist Association
(Tx).

"I have found the sermons to be exceptional in expository content
and of tremendous practical and applicational value.  I pray for
this ministry a wide circulation and ever-growing distribution.
Preaching in our pulpits will be better as a result; and our
people, well-fed and nurtured from the Word of God, will mature in
the faith and become better `soldiers of the cross.'"

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Dr. Paul Stripling, Executive Director, Waco Baptist Association
(Tx).

"I believe the material that you provide for ministers is of great
significance...will be of inestimable value to ministers."







Rev. E.B. Brooks, Director, Church Extension, Baptist General
Convention of Texas.
"Dr. Magness is my pastor and I appreciate his pulpit ministry.
His sermons indicate a significant amount of study and depth.  I
feel certain that any preacher would benefit by his sermon research
service."

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Dr. Gilbert Callaway, Director of Missions, Collin Baptist
Association, McKinney Tx.

"I see the sermons as fresh, relevant, and biblical.  They can be
excellent `sermon starters' as well as providing good basic studies
of the texts that can save a lot of time for the bi-vocational
pastor."





                      ABOUT MILTON MAGNESS



--Pastor of Colonial Hills Baptist Church of Cedar Hill (Dallas),
Texas.

--Previously  he pastored the First Baptist Churches of Bowie,
Farmersville, and Melissa Texas as well as Magnolia Baptist Church
in Cleveland, Texas.

--Cum Laude Graduate of Sam Houston State University and received
masters degree from Southwestern Seminary; Doctor of Ministry
degree from Luther Rice Seminary.

--Has written numerous articles which have appeared in the
following periodicals:  Church Administration, Deacon, Sunday
School Leadership, Church Training (all publications of the
Southern Baptist Sunday School Board), and the Baptist Standard
(Texas Baptist newsmagazine).





                 A PERSONAL WORD FROM THE AUTHOR

Dear Fellow Pastor,

      Does your church provide you a sermon research assistant?
Some of our finest preachers now rely heavily on such aid.  If you
are not one of these fortunate few, let me be your personal
research assistant.

      If you had ten extra hours a week how would you spend them?
With your family?  Knocking doors?  Studying?  By using my research
as the basis for your own, you can effectively lengthen your week
by at least ten hours.  If you prepare as I do, you look at every
source available on a particular text or subject and thoroughly
digest the information.  By using MAGNESS NOTES ON DISK you will,
in effect, have your own research associate.  I will do your word
studies, exegesis, and give you suggestions for illustrations and
applications.  Then you develop your sermon as you wish.

      Let's face it, some weeks you run out of time before you get
your preparation finished.  In that event you can print them out as
is and take the notes straight to your pulpit.

      If you prefer, you can use these notes as they are for your
Sunday evening or Wednesday evening service.

      Three new preparations per week mean you must come up with at
least 150 new messages a year.  Don't you deserve the extra help of
a new resource?  Doesn't your church deserve the best you can give
them.  Invest in your ministry and in the future of your church!
Send for your first issue of MAGNESS NOTES ON DISK today.  Your
preaching will be strengthened as a result.

      The cost is about half the cost of a daily newspaper in a
major city.  This is a small investment that will pay big dividends
in your ministry. Let your church subscribe for you.  You'll be
glad you did!

                                        In His Service,
                                        Milton S. Magness

P.S.  The extra research afforded you by MAGNESS NOTES ON DISK may
make the difference in you developing a forgettable sermon and a
memorable one.  Subscribe today and give your best as you stand to
deliver Sunday's sermon!


                      MAGNESS NOTES ON DISK
              317 Meadowglen, Cedar Hill TX  75104

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                          SPECIAL OFFER
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then making three additional monthly payments.
     Mail $19 (Canadian orders mail $21, other international orders
= $22.50, in U.S. funds) and we will bill you for the rest in your
first three issues.

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                TO LOAD THE SERMONS ON THIS DISK

The sermons on this disk are in both Word Perfect and ASCII format.
Identical material is included in each.  Choose the one that is
easiest for you to retrieve into your word processor.

If you are using Word Perfect, you will retrieve the files named;
notes-01.wp, notes-02.wp, notes-03.wp, and notes-04.wp.  Most other
Word Processors have a "conversion utility" for converting Word
Perfect documents into their format.  Check your word processing
manual for information on importing Word Perfect documents.

If you wish to use the ASCII version check the manual of your word
processing software for instructions on importing ASCII text files.
ASCII format files are named; notes-01, notes-02, notes-03, and
notes-04.

There is also an overview of the issue in a separate file.

                TO PRINT ORDER FORM TYPE; a:order