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201) Cuyler to Van Dyke
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This book contains volume IX of "The World's Great Sermons", a collection of historic Christian sermons by notable figures, compiled by Grenville Kleiser. The sermons were selected based on their literary and rhetorical merit, as well as their usefulness to solving problems related to living as a Christian. Grenville Kleiser (1868-1953) was a North American author best remembered for his many inspirational and motivational books, especially those...
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On Good Friday, March 30, 2018, Fleming Rutledge preached on the Seven Last Words of Jesus at St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, New York City. Her seven meditations, delivered over the course of three hours, were met with rave reviews. Printed in full in this volume, these sermons display Rutledge's usual combination of resolute orthodoxy and pastoral wisdom-at once traditional and fresh.
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Do you ever struggle with the concept of God and His love?
The sermons in this book can help. One in particular says:
"GOD is close to us. Every moment of our life He is doing countless things in us and around us. If a man were to do these things, we should see him with our eyes, we could touch him with our hands, we should not fail to observe his presence. Because we cannot see God with our bodily eye, or grasp Him with our hand, we forget His...
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First published in 1901, this vintage book contains a collection of short sermons suitable for Lent, each based on a section from the bible. They include: "The Lenten Call", "Good and No Good", "The Treacherous Ailment", "Is it Well with Thy Soul?", "The Remedy Proposed", "The Pathetic Inquiry", "How to Estimate the Man", "The Evil and Bitterness of Sin", "Self-confidence Overwhelmed", "Griefs of an Awakened Conscience", "The Hopeful Resolve", "The...
205) Massillon to Mason
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This book contains volume III of "The World's Great Sermons", a collection of historic Christian sermons by notable figures, compiled by Grenville Kleiser and first published in 1908. The sermons were selected based on their literary and rhetorical merit, as well as their usefulness to solving problems related to living as a Christian. Grenville Kleiser (1868-1953) was a North American author best remembered for his many inspirational and motivational...
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This book contains volume VI of "The World's Great Sermons", a collection of historic Christian sermons by notable figures, compiled by Grenville Kleiser and first published in 1908. The sermons were selected based on their literary and rhetorical merit, as well as their usefulness to solving problems related to living as a Christian. Grenville Kleiser (1868-1953) was a North American author best remembered for his many inspirational and motivational...
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Frederick Buechner has long been a kindred spirit to those who find elements of doubt as constant companions on their journey of faith. He is a passionate writer and preacher who can alter lives with a simple phrase. Buechner's words, both written and spoken, have the power to revolutionize and revitalize belief and faith. He reveals the presence of God in the midst of daily life. He faces and embraces difficult questions and doubt as essential components...
208) Hale to Farrar
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This book contains volume VII of "The World's Great Sermons", a collection of historic Christian sermons by notable figures, compiled by Grenville Kleiser and first published in 1908. The sermons were selected based on their literary and rhetorical merit, as well as their usefulness to solving problems related to living as a Christian. Grenville Kleiser (1868-1953) was a North American author best remembered for his many inspirational and motivational...
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The homilies in this volume were all delivered by archdeacon Robert Mitchell Jr.-a transitional archdeacon in the Old Catholic tradition enrolled at Ekklesia Epignostika Church & Seminary in pursuit of Holy Orders of the priesthood-during Holy Communion services between Palm Sunday, March 28, 2021 and Pentecost Sunday, June 5, 2022 in St. Barachiel Chapel in Richmond, VA. They reflect his Old Catholic stance on matters of faith and his deep appreciation...
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This collection of twelve sermons given at funerals centers the complexity embedded in the joys and sorrows of being human. Christoph Keller III writes in a tone at once literary, scholarly, and intimate, inviting readers to witness a warm conversation unfolding between the lives honored in the pages of Getting on Toward Home.
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Very little communication takes place between most pastors/priests and their congregants regarding the weekly sermon/homily. This lack of constructive dialogue has resulted in Sunday messages that are not only out-of-touch with where parishioners are living, but for the most part what's said isn't remembered much beyond the church parking lot.
Dr. Mains contends that people in the pew can best judge when a sermon is helpful to them and when it isn't....
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These sermons are taken from various stages in Bo Giertz pastoral career, from his time as a parish pastor, his time as a bishop, and his time in retirement. He adapted the homiletical style of Henric Schartau (whose homiletical style informs the novel "The Hammer of God"). Schartau would preach in a manner that expounded on the text before applying it to people who might find themselves in three different spiritual conditions, sometimes this is referred...
213) Drummond to Jowett
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This book contains volume X of "The World's Great Sermons", a collection of historic Christian sermons by notable figures, compiled by Grenville Kleiser and first published in 1908. The sermons were selected based on their literary and rhetorical merit, as well as their usefulness to solving problems related to living as a Christian. Grenville Kleiser (1868-1953) was a North American author best remembered for his many inspirational and motivational...
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A Faith That Moved Mountains is a collection of soul-stirring and thought-provoking sermons by Bishop George D. McKinney, Jr. taught and preached for over forty years.
Bishop McKinney, filled with the Holy Spirit at the young age of nine years old, preached his first sermon at fifteen years old. Through the years, as he accomplished many academic goals, he kept the teachings of his parents and the Holy Spirit close and became an advocate for living...
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This book contains volume IV of "The World's Great Sermons", a collection of historic Christian sermons by notable figures, compiled by Grenville Kleiser and first published in 1908. The sermons were selected based on their literary and rhetorical merit, as well as their usefulness to solving problems related to living as a Christian. Grenville Kleiser (1868-1953) was a North American author best remembered for his many inspirational and motivational...
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The Jonathan Edwards Renaissance is fully underway, with an increased emphasis on Edwards as an exegete and interpreter of Scripture. In this work, Brian Borgman explores Edwards's exegetical, hermeneutical, and theological treatment of the book of Genesis. This study gives special attention to Edwards's hermeneutics and exegesis of Genesis, his pastoral methods for preaching it, and his theological development of the meaning of "the image of God."...
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Excerpted from sermons preached by A. W. Tozer at his Chicago church, these four chapters cover the following subjects:
(1) Who Is the Holy Spirit?
(2) The Promise of the Father,
(3) How to Be Filled with the Holy Spirit,
(4) How to Cultivate the Spirit's Companionship.
218) Say What?
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Parents stutter. Teenagers wonder. Youth workers shudder. How do you talk about dating, sex, friendships, parents, and finances? Where do you begin? Let me begin the conversation for you.
Have you ever thought to yourself?...
-How should I approach dating?
-How should I view sex?
-What should I look for in a friend?
-How do I relate to my parents?
-How should I approach money?
Five simple questions. Five not-so-simple answers for a teenager, parent,...
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How do we keep the same perspective as our Father in heaven in the midst of everyday life and its challenges? He asks us to be holy as he is holy, but what does holy living look like for regular folk? Clive Brook has a heart for the ordinary Australian and a vision for extraordinary Christian living. Known as a gifted preacher and a man of prayer and deep pastoral warmth, Clive Brook's sermons have inspired many during his years of ministry in the...
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A Legacy of Preaching, Volume Two--Enlightenment to the Present Day explores the history and development of preaching through a biographical and theological examination of its most important preachers. Instead of teaching the history of preaching from the perspective of movements and eras, each contributor tells the story of a particular preacher in history, allowing these preachers from the past to come alive and instruct us through their lives,...
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