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Sermons for the New Life

Sermons for the New Life

by Horace Bushnell

Horace Bushnell (1802–1876) was an American Congregational minister and theologian. During pastorates in Hartford, Connecticut, he became one of the most influential religious thinkers of nineteenth-century America. His Christian Nurture argued that children of believers should grow up never knowing themselves to be anything but Christians, while his sermons and theological works sought fresh statements of faith for a changing age.

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First published
1858
Length
139k words · about 9 hours
Chapters
24

About this book

Horace Bushnell's Sermons for the New Life, published in 1858, gathers discourses on regeneration and the character of the Christian life. Bushnell addresses faith, duty, suffering, and spiritual growth in the polished, imaginative style that made him a leading American preacher. The collection belongs to the same period as his influential writings on Christian nurture and doctrine.

Contents

  1. Dedication
  2. I. Every Man’s Life a Plan of God.
  3. II. The Spirit in Man.
  4. III. Dignity of Human Nature Shown from Its Ruins 🔒
  5. IV. The Hunger of the Soul. 🔒
  6. V. The Reason of Faith. 🔒
  7. VI. Regeneration. 🔒
  8. VII. The Personal Love and Lead of Christ. 🔒
  9. VIII. Light on the Cloud. 🔒
  10. IX. The Capacity of Religion Extirpated by Disuse. 🔒
  11. X. Unconscious Influence. 🔒
  12. XI. Obligation a Privilege. 🔒
  13. XII. Happiness and Joy. 🔒
  14. XIII. The True Problem of Christian Experience. 🔒
  15. XIV. The Lost Purity Restored. 🔒
  16. XV. Living to God in Small Things. 🔒
  17. XVI. The Power of an Endless Life. 🔒
  18. XVII. Respectable Sin. 🔒
  19. XVIII. The Power of God in Self-Sacrifice. 🔒
  20. XIX. Duty Not Measured by Our Own Ability. 🔒
  21. XX. He That Knows God Will Confess Him. 🔒
  22. XXI. The Efficiency of the Passive Virtues. 🔒
  23. XXII. Spiritual Dislodgements. 🔒
  24. XXIII. Christ as Separate from the World. 🔒

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