The Psalms

About the Book

This book contains 168 sermon outlines from the beloved book of Psalms by the Reverend Clarence Howell, whose ministerial work spanned some seventy-five years. These sermon outlines are rich in content, biblical truths, inspiration, and instruction. They may be used by preachers, pastors, evangelists, and Sunday school teachers for building a message on many topics found in the Psalms. This book may also be used as a daily devotional reading. God’s Word will have another opportunity to inspire hearts and win souls. Rev. Howell, my father-in-law, earned an associate of arts degree from Wayland Baptist College, a bachelor of arts degree from Hardin Simmons University, and a master’s degree in theology from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.

About the Author

Neal Murphy resides in his birthplace, San Augustine, Texas, with his wife Clara. He has two children, Kay Fatheree, a pastor’s wife now living in Abilene, Texas, and Douglas Murphy, a police officer in North Carolina, and has five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Neal earned a bachelor of business administration degree from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, and a master’s degree in insurance from the Insurance Institute of America. He also attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where he studied religion courses. He is a deacon at a Baptist Church, has taught Sunday school classes, and directed church choirs for many years. He began his writing in 2005, and many of his short stories about his life growing up in a small Texas town have been published in Reminisce Magazine, Good Old Days Magazine, Looking Back Magazine, and the Town Square Magazine. He had a story included in Memories of Mother, a book published by Xulon Press. Another story was published in the book Dear Old Golden School Days published by the DRG Publishing Group. He published a book, From the Heart of a Country Preacher, by Xulon Press in 2006. His second book entitled Those Were the Days was published by Xlibris Inc. in 2007. In 2008 he published another book, The Psalms—From the Heart of a Country Preacher, by Xlibris Inc. He is a founding member of the Deep East Texas Literary Guild of San Augustine, Texas, founded in 2009. He has weekly stories in the San Augustine Tribune and the Toledo Chronicle, an online newspaper. He has a monthly story in the Shelby County Today online newspaper.