Believing: Sermons by Horton Davies

by Horton Davies, John E. Booty (Editor), George Carey (Preface by)

Overview

This volume of sermons is organized according to the Apostles' Creed, which expresses Davies's own solid faith as a Christian believer. But the sermons themselves apply to a variety of situations from history, psychology, and lore. Davies uses the intellect to touch and console the heart.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498276108
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	01/31/2007
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	190
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Horton Davies first held a parish in Wallingford, London, during World War II. Later, during some summers in America, he also had interim pastorates at Brookfield, Connecticut, and at Tunbridge, Vermont. He held appointments successively at Rhodes University, South Africa; Oxford University; Princeton University; Princeton Theological Seminary; and Drew University. He is the author of, among other books, Worship and Theology in England; Varieties of English Preaching, 1900-1960; and Like Angels from a Cloud: The English Metaphysical Preachers, 1588-1645.
The late Horton Davies was a professor at Princeton University, which exchanged courses with Princeton Theological Seminary. He held degrees in English from Edinburgh University and went on to study philosophy at Mansfield College, Oxford. He founded the department of religion at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa, before returning to teach at Oxford and then at Princeton. He was the author of Worship and Theology in England, Varieties of English Preaching 1900-1960, Like Angels from a Cloud, and The English Metaphysical Preachers, 1588-1645.

Table of Contents

Foreword     vii
Acknowledgments     ix
Introduction     xi
I Believe
Lord, I Believe, Help My Unbelief     3
A Victorious Faith: Conquering Skepticism     9
I Believe in God the Father Almighty
The Hidden God     17
The God of Nature and the God of Grace     21
The Severity of God     25
All Things Work Together     29
I Believe in Jesus His Only Son Our Lord
The Incarnation 1     35
The Incarnation 2     39
The Divinity of Our Lord 1     43
The Divinity of Our Lord 2     49
The Divinity of Our Lord 3     53
God's Covenant with Men     57
The Atonement: Divine Blood-Transfusion     63
The Meaning of the Cross 1     67
The Meaning of the Cross 2     71
The Verdict on the Cross     75
The Meaning of the Resurrection Today     79
I Believe in the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit     87
The Harvest of the Holy Spirit     91
I Believe in the Holy Catholic Church
Why I Believe in the Holy Catholic Church     97
A Victorious Faith: Conquering Racial Tension     103
Wanted: Our Own Pentecost as a Company of the Church ofChrist     107
Wanted: A Perpetual Pentecost     111
Christianity as the Servant Church     115
I Believe in the Communion of Saints
All Saints' Day     121
The Living Union of Christ and His Disciples     125
Saints Alive     131
I Believe in the Forgiveness of Sins
Sin Is Rebellion Against God     137
I Believe in Life Eternal
Immortality     145
Eternal Life: Here & Hereafter     149
Terminus Becomes Tunnel     151
The Fruit of Belief: Joy
Essentials of Happiness     159