Best Sermons Ever

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Christopher Howse
A&C Black, 2003 M02 1 - 224 páginas
In this inspiring and thought-provoking collection, Christopher Howse has selected sermons all exemplary works in their own right which range in temper from hell-fire to profound spiritual comfort. John Donne preaches on the Holy Spirit, Jonathan Swift on sleeping in church, Jonathan Edwards on the anger of God, and Martin Luther King, Jr. on his dream of the promised land.Some sermons are familiar, as are many of the authors, but this book is also packed with surprises including remarkable sermons by John Wesley, Laurence Sterne, and Sydney Smith.Drawn from all Christian traditions, each sermon is introduced by a short note on the preacher and his or her time, and a contemporary prayer is added at the end.This unique book will edify, delight, and amuse. It is of quite exceptional historic interest.

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Prayer for the Virgins intercession fourth century
10
Night prayer Alcuin
18
15
32
Patience works St Teresa of Avila
43
59
78
Prayer Book of Common Prayer
86
Prayer after sentence of death
95
18
111
A prayer that may be daily said by a woman in
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26
138
Hymn Charles Wesley
142
The Blessed Sacrament Gerard Manley Hopkins
162
Jesus Mother Teresa
177
Prayer for murderers Bishop DehqaniTafti
190
Come Creator Spirit
198
143
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A prayer found in Mrs Chapones handwriting after
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Christopher Howse is an assistant editor of The Daily Telegraph and a regular contributor to The Spectator and The Tablet. Among his bestselling books for Continuum are Prayers for This Life (2005) and The Assurance of Hope (2006). He is the author of How We Saw It: 150 years of The Daily Telegraph (2004).

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