john w doberstein introduction (3 risultati)

paperback. Condizione: Fair.

Paperback. Condizione: Fine. Harper & Row 1976 Fine/ Tanned unmarked pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair - Slight Tears. First Thus. From the dustjacket flaps: Here is a vivid and compelling interpretation of the Lord's Prayer by the great German preacher and theologian. His sermons open a new dimension on life when seen through the eyes of "the prayer that spans the world". Dr Thielicke likens the Lord's Prayer to the rainbow colours of the spectrum. The whole light of life is captured in this rainbow of seven petitions. "The Lord's Prayer can be spoken,I says the author, at the cradle or the grave. It can rise from the altars of great cathedrals and from the dark hovels of those who eat their bread with tears. "It can be prayed at weddings and on the gallows. And the fact is that it has been prayed at all these places. All seven colours of our life are contained in it, and so never is there a time when we are left alone". The great power of these studies derives' from the circumstances of original delivery. The sermons were addressed to the people of Stuttgart who continued to assemble throughout the horrors of the air raids, the declining days of a reign of terror, and finally through the period of total military and political collapse and the beginning of the occupation. Preaching in the midst of these apocalyptic events, Dr Thielicke drove directly to the central meaning of the Lord's Prayer and presented the Gospel in an unforgettable way. Like his extremely popular THE WAITING FATHER, the first book of sermons to be published in English, this volume reveals Thielicke's prime secret of effective preaching - his inner solidarity and identification with his listeners. Each sermon shows how to find the point of contact with the congregation, how to appreciate contemporary ways of thinking and temperament, and how to use stirring language and fascinating images. -------------------------------------- 157 pages ---------- Orders of $100.00 or more are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Size: Approx 6" Wide and 8½" Tall.