From the East Gate

A Preaching Anthology, 1996–2024

Adam S. Linton

• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Year: 2026
• Print ISBN:
  9798385265831
  9798385265848
• eBook ISBN:
  9798385265855
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Studies

From the East Gate is a highly personal and retrospective selection of sermons from 1996 to 2024, including reflections on what preaching is (and isn’t), with an introductory essay on what the Bible is and how to read it. Linton’s background in both Eastern Orthodox and Reformed theology (including a special interest in Karl Barth), combined with his lifelong interests in literature and the arts, make for a highly distinctive intersection of perspectives. His style is inviting and thought-provoking, gentle but also provocative, and draws his readers into deeper engagement not only with the Scriptures, but also into conversation with centuries of Christian thought. Deeply traditional in his theological grounding, he is also refreshingly difficult to categorize. Judicious elements of memoir scattered throughout (in which the wilds of Northwest Montana appear) make this collection all the more intriguing.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Preface
• Introduction
• “From the East Gate”
• “Which Adam?”
• “The Binding of God?”
• “The Benefit of Knowing That We Are Sinners”
• “The Table with the Open Space”
• “But We See Jesus”
• “The Taste for Heaven”
• “Stretched”
• “The Merchant and the Pearl”
• “On This Day the Lord Has Acted”
• “No Cross Is So Extreme, as to Have None”
• “Love Bears All Things”
• “Christ Became a Curse for Us”
• “Grant Us, O Lord, to Trust in You with All Our Hearts”
• “Rivers of Living Water”
• “Wages or Free Gift”
• “Puddleglum’s Testimony”
• “Strive to Be Found by Him at Peace”
• “Dear One, I Say to You, Arise”
• “Listen, Then See”
• “Approach the Throne”
• “And He Must Win the Battle”
• “The Banquet of Consequence”
• “Blessed Is the Man”
• “God Is Reigning from the Tree”
• “The Surpassing Value”
• “Something Else”
• “Receive the Kingdom of God as a Little Child”
• Biographical Note
• Bibliography