Six Nails of the Cross : Sermons for Lent

Perhaps you would like to reappraise your life as you stand at the foot of the cross. Do you feel like you have a hammer in your hand, or do you weep in harmony with the humble who believe that he died for all?

-- From the sermon The Nail of Pride

This series offers dramatic impact. Congregations may construct a cross in the chancel area. Before entering the pulpit to deliver the sermon, the minister may walk to the cross and pound in a nail. The visual and symbolic act prior to the sermon can make a deep and lasting impression upon the hearts of the congregation..

The book includes instructions for a banner.

Sermon titles are:

• The Nail of Pride -- Mark 12:38-40
• The Nail of Infidelity -- Matthew 26:47-56
• The Nail of Envy -- Matthe 27:18
• The Nail of Indecision -- Matthew 27:15-26
• The Nail of Hatred -- Luke 6:22, 32-35
• The Nail of Cruelty -- Isaiah 53:4-5