What I got out of the sermon “Wait on the Lord” preached by Rev. Antonio Baker on Tuesday September 26‚ 2006. The sermon was preached from Psalms 27 with the focus on verse 14. Psalms 27 verse 14: 14. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage‚ and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait‚ I say‚ on the Lord. Waiting is not easy: waiting is a difficult and time consuming process. It can even be irritating and aggravating. Impatience in many cases can cause doubt. It is particularly difficult to
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The Great Awakening The Great Awakening was a watershed event in the life of the American people. Before it was over‚ it had swept the colonies of the Eastern seaboard‚ transforming the social and religious life of land. Although the name is slightly misleading--the Great Awakening was not one continuous revival‚ rather it was several revivals in a variety of locations--it says a great deal about the state of religion in the colonies. For the simple reality is that one cannot be awakened unless
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Edwards “Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God” • http://www.studymode.com/essays/Ages-Faith-Reason-Romantics-43792.html • Revival began to spring up again‚ and Edwards preached his most famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"‚ in Enfield‚ Connecticut in 1741. Though this sermon has been widely reprinted as an example of "fire and brimstone" preaching in the colonial revivals‚ this is not in keeping with Edward’s actual preaching style. Edwards did not shout or speak loudly‚ but
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Benares Aldous Huxley Himself the most subtle and intellectual of modern writers‚ Aldous Huxley in his essay Benares presents satirically the disillusionment in social life. This essay mirrors the empty lines of the Hindus and their loss of the old cultural values. The glance at the middle class conventional morality is scaring and pitiless‚ while the mass literacy of the crowd becomes an obsession. As the
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The Basic Form of the Sermon This reading reaction seeks to give a clear summary of chapter 5 in the book “The Witness of Preaching” by Thomas G. Long. The summary will concentrate on some key points in an attempt to capture the essence of this chapter and its teaching. This reading reaction also seeks to engage with this chapter by highlighting important concepts‚ and also questioning unconvincing themes and information before its conclusion. Chapter 5 in the book “The Witness of Preaching” by
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Ofosu-Appiah. His speech was a sermon he titled “Overcoming Loneliness.” The purpose of this sermon is to uplift and inform the congregation‚ by giving them examples‚ stories‚ and analogies from with the Bible to help him do so. While doing this‚ there were some strengths and weaknesses that could be identified throughout the sermon. The underlying example Pastor Frank used was the story of David‚ the future king of the Israelites in the Bible. In my opinion‚ the thesis of the sermon was: “I know you are
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document is now known as one of the most famous sermons preached in pre-revolutionary America. After this‚ it does not come as a surprise that Boston adopted an elm as its symbol of liberty‚ rather than the royal oak. This was mostly due to the fact that the royal oak is closely related to England. Throughout his lifetime‚ Mayhew was known for rather controversial opinions on people and major events as well as his radical view of government within his sermons. For example‚ he publicly disassociated from
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Listening to Edwards’ lecture was as if the Lord himself was speaking to me. That day I listened to the most powerful sermon I would ever hear. As soon as I walked into the church‚ I could feel how tense the room already was. My two children grabbed my hands‚ fearfully‚ as we walked into the room filled with emotion. We searched for a place to sit. Pastor Edwards had already started his sermon‚ so we sat in the back pews. He immediately began pointing out our iniquities and used very vivid metaphors that
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In chapter one‚ Richard Cox laid the foundation of his argument that acquiring an understanding of how the brain processes information will benefit preachers in sermon construction. According to Cox‚ “The results of preaching are dependent on the worshiper’s neural (brain) ability to pay attention‚ integrate current thought with experiences and knowledge‚ and utilize memory” (Cox 2012‚ 23). The process of learning goes hand in hand with the preaching and neural ability of worshippers. In other words
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It translates to greed is the root of all evil. He preaches this to others‚ but is guilty himself of the sins. The pardoner is a clear representation of hypocrisy. He even confesses that he is a fraud motivated by greed and avarice. Throughout his sermon he shows multiple examples that he is a hypocrite. A pardoner is a person who sells pardons or indulgences from the pope. Usually the money goes towards the church to help others‚ but he preaches about the sin of avarice to intimidate members
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