Sermon Book Reviews Samples For Students

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German pastor, theologian and a martyr for Christ. He was one of the co-founder of the confessing church and also participated in the German resistance movement against Nazism. Bonhoeffer became known for his stiff opposition to the Nazi dictatorship. He opposed Hitler's euthanasia program and genocidal persecution of the Jews. Many of his writings which are centered on Christianity and its role in this secular world have become widely influential. His book labeled "The Cost of Discipleship" was considered a modern classic and it mainly focuses on Christ’s teaching and the need to follow it. The title ...

Religious studies

The book has been broken down in to four parts covering fifteen chapters. The readers are first called to think over the preaching task. In an age that has put emphasis on accuracy and information from the podium, the author issues a warning and a reminder that information is not sufficient and that a pastor ought to adopt a technique that focuses on changing life. He advises pastors to get prepared for the task. The preparation involves spending time in study, creating a sermon and praying. The author emphasizes on the pure time that is involved in preparation and prayer. He also urges pastors ...

Book Review – New York Exposed: The Gilded Age Scandal that

New York City in the late 19th-century has been shown through scholarly research and historical investigation to be a den of vice, with police-sanctioned brothels and unchecked political graft taking place on a large, systemic level. This matrix of criminal protections and laissez-faire attitude toward criminality led to the origins of the New York mob, and is a considerably important subject for historical scholars. Daniel Czitrom’s latest account of this early corruption, New York Exposed: The Gilded Age Police Scandal that Launched the Progressive Era, demonstrates the forces that began to identify the Gilded Age as one of ...

We begin by reading a tragic denouement ending of Mark’s story. Jesus is arrested by the authorities and leads to desertion. Jesus second sermon speaks of powers that are toppled by Human. When Mark narrates the moment, disciples were caught off guard. The passion narrative is filled with execution. We cannot understand this message and the hope it bears unless we come to terms with terrible realism. Mark begins the Passion narrative with two stories where Jesus is the King and the other one a Banquet. Each prepares the reader for the tragic turn. The plot is about to take ...

Sticky Church is a book by Larry Osborne, who is the lead pastor of a church in California himself. The main objective of writing this book was to show other pastors on how they can retain people from attending the church. Osborne noticed that most churches focus on attracting the people but don’t do much to retain them. He, therefore, writes this book to show how to make churches ‘stickier’, that is become better at retaining the people who visit the church.
There were a number of insights in the books that were helpful. One of the main insights in ...

In October, 2002, the Reverend Billy Graham kicked off his last public crusade, the four-day Metroplex Mission that broke attendance records at Texas Stadium, which at that time also was the home of the Dallas Cowboys. These records should not have been a surprise, because Rev. Graham’s career in ministry has spanned more than six decades, and over 200 million people have heard his sermons1. While many evangelists have been known to preach for as long as an hour – or even longer – once the cavalcade of musicians stopped coming across the stage, Rev. Graham strode to the pulpit. Fifteen ...