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Lectures on Preaching:

Name: Lectures on Preaching:
ISBN: 9781779793553

Guides to Sermons and Ministry, Delivered Before the Divinity School of Yale College in January and February, 1877

Phillips Brooks,

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Lectures on Preaching:

Guides to Sermons and Ministry, Delivered Before the Divinity School of Yale College in January and February, 1877

Phillips Brooks,

About this book

In Lectures on Preaching, Phillips Brooks — one of the most eloquent voices in nineteenth-century American Christianity — offers timeless guidance on the art and soul of preaching. Delivered to students at Yale Divinity School in 1877, these lectures combine the intellectual depth of a theologian with the compassionate wisdom of a pastor. Brooks challenges preachers not merely to instruct, but to inspire — to communicate divine truth through the living energy of personality, conviction, and love.

With rare clarity, Brooks explores the preacher's inner life: the cultivation of sincerity, moral courage, and empathy as essential to ministry. He rejects mechanical eloquence in favor of authenticity, urging ministers to speak as human beings to human beings — not as performers, but as witnesses to faith. Drawing on Scripture, philosophy, and his own pulpit experience, he articulates a vision of preaching that is both deeply spiritual and profoundly practical.

More than a manual for clergy, Lectures on Preaching is a meditation on communication itself — on how ideas, when fused with integrity and spirit, become transformative. Over a century later, Brooks's insights still resonate with anyone seeking to speak truth with clarity and grace. It remains a cornerstone text in the theology of ministry, revered for its warmth, humility, and enduring moral power.

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