Front cover of The Substance of Faith and Other Cotton Patch Sermons by Clarence Jordan, displayed against a rustic wooden background.

Want to hear Clarence Jordan in his own voice? Start here.

Before there was the Cotton Patch Gospel, there was the preacher.

Most people know Clarence Jordan through his books and through the story of Koinonia Farm. Fewer know him as those who first encountered him did: standing before an audience and helping people hear familiar Scriptures in entirely new ways.

These sermons reveal Clarence at his most direct, thoughtful, and engaging. He moves effortlessly from humor to challenge, from careful biblical insight to the practical demands of living the Gospel in everyday life.

Some sermons comfort. Others provoke. Many do both.

Collected and edited by Dallas Lee, The Substance of Faith and Other Cotton Patch Sermons offers readers a chance to sit in the pew and hear the preaching that shaped Koinonia Farm and inspired generations of readers, pastors, activists, and ordinary Christians.

Includes a foreword by President Jimmy Carter, our longtime neighbor in nearby Plains. May he rest in peace.

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  • Paperback
  • 183 pages
  • Cascade Books, a Division of Wipf and Stock Publishers

The Substance of Faith and Other Cotton Patch Sermons

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Marjorie Gray
The Substance of Faith and Other Cotton Patch Sermons

These messages shine with brilliant biblical understanding, rooted in knowledge of Greek language, wisdom from the Holy Spirit and faith lived out boldly no matter the cost. I pray that people of all ages and churches will read them, discuss them, take them to heart, and realize God is much more loving than we ever imagined. Thank You, Jesus for raising up this prophet. We pray for his successors.