Cambridge and Other Sermons

Compiled in 1898, this collection of sermons by the Cambridge professor of divinity F. J. A. Hort is both insightful and engaging.

Fenton John Anthony Hort (Author)

9781108007566, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 26 November 2009

296 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.7 cm, 0.38 kg

First published in 1898, this collection of sermons by the Irish-born Cambridge biblical scholar and theologian F. J. A. Hort distils over thirty years' work as a pastor. Compiled by the author's son six years after Hort's death, this book contains twenty-four sermons, organised to correspond with the Church calendar. Written for school children, Cambridge college chapels, and the congregation of Hort's own parish in Hertfordshire, many of the sermons in this collection were delivered on more than one occasion and have consequently been revised many times. As Hort's son points out, they appear here in their 'ultimate form', perfected over three decades. First preached over a century ago, Hort's lucid prose makes his work easily accessible. Written in deceptively simple language, the care and precision found in Hort's better-known academic work are also evident in his sermons, which are articulated with grace and clarity.

1. The probation of the Jews by the light
2. The revelation to the shepherds
3. The king expected and found
4. God making all things new
5. St John the Evangelist
6. Man visited by God
7. The church and its members
8. Baptism and confirmation
9. The discovery and acknowledgement of sin
10. Self-restraint the condition of mastery
11. Reasonable service
12. Christ's love and obedience to the Father shown in his preparation for death
13. The peace of Christ and the peace of the world
14. The conqueror from Edom
15. Newness of life (a confirmation sermon)
16. Faith in the resurrection the foundation of enduring work
17. The perpetual presence of Christ
18. The birthday of the church
19. Victory over the world
20. The desire of the flesh not the desire of the man
21. The battle of spirit and flesh, and the life in the spirit
22. The unspeakable gift of God
23. The Evangelist a physician
24. All things of, through and to God.

Subject Areas: Theology [HRLB]