Lectures on Preaching

Phillips Brooks

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Let me say one word more in introduction. He who is called upon to give these lectures cannot but remember that they are given every year, and that he has had very able and faithful predecessors. There are certainly, therefore, some things which he may venture to omit without being supposed to be either ignorant or careless of them. There are certain first principles, of primary importance, which he may take for granted in all that he says. They are so funda mental, that they must be always present, and their power must pervade every treatment of the work which is built upon them. But they need not be de liberately stated anew each year. It would make these courses of lectures very monotonous; and one may venture to assume that there are some elemen tary principles upon whose truth all students of the ology are agreed, and whose importance they all feel.

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• Assertiveness

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• Publié par: Forgotten Books
• Date de parution: 27 novembre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780243660186
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 5 Mo

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I C I received some months the invitation to deliver these lectures which I begin to ay I have been led to ponder much upo th e prin ciples by which I have o ly h alf consciousl been l ving and working for many years his is a t of the debt which I owe to tho e who have ho ored me with their invitation It is interesting to one s self to examine and recogni z which have beene and arrange the ideas slowly taki g shape within him during the b usy years of work I shall be very glad if you too are inter as I try to recou t them to you and very thank ful if youfispirationnd in them any help or i personal character of this lectureship is very evident It is always to befipreachers in actlled by ive work who are to come and speak to you of preach ing It is not a omiletical rofessorship I t is each man s own life in the ministry of which he is to tell

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But ce rtainly you do not expect from your su cce sive lecturers a seri s of anecdotes of what h as happened to the in their ministry nor a mere recital of their ways of work ng It c nnot be intend d that this lectureship should exalt the inte rviewer into an and perman ent inst tution hope must rather be that as each prea her speaks of our co mon work in his own way wh atever there may be of value in p rsonal experience may come not directly but indirectly into what he says an d make the privilege of preach ng shine for the moment in your eyes with the same kin d of light which it has won in his I feel as I begin something of the fear which I have ofte n felt in commenc ng a new se mon It has of en se med to me if vast amoun t of preach ing which people hear must h ave one bad ef ect in leaving on their minds a vague impression that this Chr stian life to which they are so continually urged mu t be a very ificated thing that itcult and compl should take such a multitude of definit ons to make it clea so the e is some danger le t thes e multi plied lectures upon preaching should give to those who are preparing to preach an n comfortable feeling that work of preachi g is a th ng of many ru es hard to understand an d needing a great deal of com mentary my part I am startled when I think how few and simple are things w ch I h ve to say to prin ciples which one can eco n z e

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in his ministry are very broad and plain cations of those principles are endless b shouldut I b shall saythat I e very sorry indeed if anything shoul d lead any of you to confound the few plain pri ciples with th eir many varied applications and so make you thi k that work complicated and difficu t which to him who is equippe d for it isand loves it the easiest and simplest work in li e Let me say one word more in intro d uctio He who is called upon to give these l ec tures c nnot b ut remem b hey are er that y ear given every that hean d has had very a b prele and faith f l d eces o s he e are certai y t erefo e some things wh ch he may ve ture to omit without being suppose d to b e either ignorant or careless of them here are certainfirs t principles of primary importan ce which he may take for gr ted in all that he says hey are so fu nda me tal that they m ust be always present an d t eir power must perv de every treatment of the work which is b upon them But they need notu t b e de li berately stated anew each y ear would make thes e courses of lectures very monotonous an d one may venture to assume that there are some elemen ta ry principles upon whose truth all students of the ology are agreed and whose importance they all feel

I cannot b p eak then to are preto you who e in paring for the work of preaching wi hout