Selected Sermons of George Whitefield

About this book

These selected sermons present George Whitefield, the great itinerant evangelist of the eighteenth-century Great Awakening, preaching the new birth and salvation in Christ. Whitefield addresses sinners directly, urging repentance, faith, and a righteousness not their own, with the urgency that drew crowds in Britain and America. The collection preserves the voice of a preacher whose field sermons helped reshape evangelical Christianity.

Contents

1. 01. The Seed of the Woman, and the Seed of the Serpent
2. 02. Walking with God
3. 03. Abraham's Offering Up His Son Isaac
4. 04. The Great Duty of Family Religion
5. 05. Christ the Best Husband: Or an Earnest Invitation to Young Women to Come and See Christ Preached to a Society of Young Women, in Fetter-Lane
6. 06. Britain's Mercies, and Britain's Duty Preached at Philadelphia, on Sunday, August 14, 1746 and Occasioned by the Suppression of the Late Unnatural Rebellion
7. 07. Thankfulness for Mercies Received, a Necessary Duty 🔒
8. 08. The Necessity and Benefits of Religious Society 🔒
9. 09. The Folly and Danger of Being Not Righteous Enough 🔒
10. 10. A Preservative Against Unsettled Notions, and Want of Principles, in Regard to Righteousness and Christian Perfection Being a More Particular Answer to Doctor Trapp's Four Sermons Upon the Same Text 🔒
11. 11. The Benefits of an Early Piety 🔒
12. 12. Christ the Believer's Husband 🔒
13. 13. The Potter and the Clay 🔒
14. 14. The Lord Our Righteousness 🔒
15. 15. The Righteousness of Christ, an Everlasting Righteousness 🔒
16. 16. The Observation of the Birth of Christ, the Duty of All Christians; Or the True Way of Keeping Christmas 🔒
17. 17. The Temptation of Christ 🔒
18. 18. The Heinous Sin of Profane Cursing and Swearing 🔒
19. 19. Christ the Support of the Tempted 🔒
20. 20. Worldly Business No Plea for the Neglect of Religion 🔒
21. 21. Christ the Only Rest for the Weary and Heavy-Laden 🔒
22. 22. The Folly and Danger of Parting with Christ for the Pleasures and Profits of Life 🔒
23. 23. Marks of a True Conversion 🔒
24. 24. What Think Ye of Christ? 🔒
25. 25. The Wise and Foolish Virgins 🔒
26. 26. “The Eternity of Hell-Torments” 🔒
27. 27. Blind Bartimeus 🔒
28. 28. Directions How to Hear Sermons 🔒
29. 29. The Extent and Reasonableness of Self-Denial 🔒
30. 30. Christ's Transfiguration 🔒
31. 31. The Care of the Soul Urged as the One Thing Needful 🔒
32. 32. A Penitent Heart, the Best New Year's Gift 🔒
33. 33. The Gospel Supper 🔒
34. 34. The Pharisee and Publican 🔒
35. 35. The Conversion of Zaccheus 🔒
36. 36. The Marriage of Cana 🔒
37. 37. The Duty of Searching the Scriptures 🔒
38. 38. The Indwelling of the Spirit, the Common Privilege of All Believers 🔒
39. 39. The Resurrection of Lazarus 🔒
40. 40. The Holy Spirit Convincing the World of Sin, Righteousness, and Judgment 🔒
41. 41. Saul's Conversion 🔒
42. 42. Marks of Having Received the Holy Ghost 🔒
43. 43. The Almost Christian 🔒
44. 44. Christ, the Believer's Wisdom, Righteousness, Sanctification and Redemption 🔒
45. 45. The Knowledge of Jesus Christ the Best Knowledge 🔒
46. 46. Of Justification by Christ 🔒
47. 47. The Great Duty of Charity Recommended 🔒
48. 48. Satan's Devices 🔒
49. 49. On Regeneration 🔒
50. 50. Christians, Temples of the Living God 🔒
51. 51. Christ the Only Preservative Against a Reprobate Spirit 🔒
52. 52. The Heinous Sin of Drunkenness 🔒
53. 53. The Power of Christ's Resurrection 🔒
54. 54. Intercession Every Christian's Duty 🔒
55. 55. Persecution Every Christian's Lot 🔒
56. 56. An Exhortation to the People of God Not to Be Discouraged in Their Way, by the Scoffs and Contempt of Wicked Men 🔒
57. 57. Preached Before the Governor, and Council, and the House of Assembly, in Georgia, on January 28, 1770 🔒
58. 58. The Method of Grace 🔒
59. 59. The Good Shepherd: A Farewell Sermon 🔒