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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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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Recognizing his need for “retreat”‚ as he refers to his research leave from Phillips University and a research fellowship from Yale University‚ author Fred B. Craddock sets out to refresh his approach to teaching and preaching and to reflect on how “to reach those who have already heard” (Craddock‚ Preface to the First Edition‚1978‚ p.viii). In the writing of this revision Craddock relies heavily on conversations with visitors he entertained while on sabbatical at his rented beach cottage in Connecticut
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The metaphor of SONG and homiletic Contextual homiletic in patristic age The metaphor of song and music turns up here and there‚ over several millennia‚ in the terminology of preaching. In the following essay I attempt to show through the metaphor of singing how Hungarian homiletics is related to the so called aesthetical homiletics‚ which appeared both at the beginning and the end of the 20th century in international theological discourses‚ the effects of which also reached Hungary‚ albeit to
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