© 2003 by
STEVEN J. LAWSON

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Scripture quotations marked NKJV are taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Editor: Jim Vincent

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Cover Design: Barb Fisher, LeVan Fisher Design

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lawson, Steven J.

Famine in the land : a passionate call for expository preaching / by Steve Lawson.

     p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-8024-1121-1

   1. Preaching. 2. Bible—Homiletical use. I. Title.

BV4211.3.L39 2003

251—dc21

2003005531

ISBN: 978-0-8024-1818-0

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