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Wilkinson, a pastor, had preached sermons on the topic and in 2000 asked Multnomah Books to publish his pocket-sized Prayer of Jabez prior to the National Day of Prayer. The book sold a record eight million copies in its first year of publication and was the bestselling nonfiction book of 2001. [4]
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse is a 1927 book of poems by James Weldon Johnson patterned after traditional African-American religious oratory. African-American scholars Henry Louis Gates and Cornel West have identified the collection as one of Johnson's two most notable works, the other being Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man .
The miracle story of A Miracle of the Archangel Uriel Worked for Abba Giyorgis of Gasǝč̣č̣a is taken from the Dǝrsanä ʿUraʾel. [4] According to the Dǝrsanä, at the time of the Crucifixion of Jesus, Uriel dipped his wing in the blood and water flowing from Christ's flank and filled a vessel (cup) with it. Carrying the cup, he fled to ...
The preaching of the time was characterized by: [4] [16] heavy use of Biblical quotation, integrated throughout, sometimes with a mystical interpretation shaped by Eastern influences; sermons targeted towards the poor and ignorant; simplicity, the aim being to impress a single striking idea; use of familiar maxims, examples, and illustrations ...
On April 9, 1906, after five weeks of Seymour's preaching and prayer, and three days into an intended 10-day fast, [15] Edward S. Lee spoke in tongues for the first time. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] At the next meeting, Seymour shared Lee's testimony and preached a sermon on Acts 2 :4 and soon six others began to speak in tongues as well, [ 10 ] [ 17 ...
The first discourse (Matthew 5–7) is called the Sermon on the Mount and is one of the best known and most quoted parts of the New Testament. [6] It includes the Beatitudes, the Lord's Prayer and the Golden Rule. To most believers in Jesus, the Sermon on the Mount contains the central tenets of Christian discipleship. [6]
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Extemporaneous preaching is a style of preaching involving extensive preparation of all the sermon except for the precise wording. The topic, basic structure and scripture to be used are all determined in advance, and the preachers saturate themselves in the details necessary to present their message so thoroughly that they are able to present ...