Sermons On 2 Samuel
Chapters 1-13
Weight | 1.00 kg |
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Dimensions | 22.3 × 14.3 × 4.6 cm |
ISBN | 9780851515786 |
Binding | Cloth-bound |
format | Book |
page-count | 696 |
scripture | 2 Samuel |
Original Pub Date | 1563 (actually 1863) |
Banner Pub Date | Jan 1, 1992 |
Book Description
While John Calvin is chiefly remembered today as a great theologian, it should not be forgotten that he was essentially a pastor. Indeed, it has been said of him that he became a theologian in order to be a better pastor. His preaching gives some of the clearest evidence for this. Still in his early twenties when he began to preach, he continued to do so for the rest of his life- on average five times a week during his long years of ministry in Geneva. From 1549, thanks to the Company of Strangers, who employed Denis Raguenier as a scribe, Calvin’s sermons were preserved and their riches remain available to us. Now, thanks to the devoted labours of Professor Douglas Kelly of Reformed Seminary, Jackson, Mississippi, the Sermons on 2 Samuel 1-13 are made available in English for the first time.
Important as these sermons are for students of Calvin, they are of inestimable value for those who, like Calvin, are pastors, preachers or are simply ordinary Christian believers like those to whom they were first preached. Calvin’s masterly handling of the historical narrative of this wonderful book of Scripture combines with his deep insight into human character to produce a volume which will be treasured.
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Introduction | ix | |
1 | On Facing Affliction and Divine Judgement | 1 |
2 | David’s Response to the Philistine Victory | 16 |
3 | Calmness in All Circumstances | 32 |
4 | Guidance to Hebron | 48 |
5 | The Dreadful ‘Game’ of War | 63 |
6 | Disunity and War | 77 |
7 | Abner’s Face of Brass | 92 |
8 | Abner’s Moral Crime | 109 |
9 | The Infamous Murder of Abner | 124 |
10 | Lessons from lshbosheth’s Death | 140 |
11 | God’s Judgement on Murderers | 154 |
12 | All the Tribes Submit to David’s Yoke | 169 |
13 | David’s Dealings with the Jebusites and Hiram | 184 |
14 | David’s Polygamy | 199 |
15 | God Glorified in David’s Victory | 214 |
16 | The True Worship of God | 229 |
17 | Lessons from the Death of Uzzah | 244 |
18 | Humble David and Proud Michal | 262 |
19 | ‘Before the Lord’ | 279 |
20 | On Being Dead to this World | 295 |
21 | Christ is the True Temple of God | 309 |
22 | Mercy and Judgement | 324 |
23 | Great David’s Greater Son | 339 |
24 | Lord, Who am I? | 354 |
25 | The Only God and his Chosen People | 370 |
26 | The Nature of True Prayer | 386 |
27 | The Temple – Then and Now | 402 |
28 | Justice and Judgement | 417 |
29 | David’s Magnanimity to Mephibosheth | 430 |
30 | The Two Bases for a Just War | 446 |
31 | God on our Side | 461 |
32 | David’s Adultery with Bathsheba | 476 |
33 | Uriah, a Man who Feared God | 490 |
34 | The Mark and Seal of David’s Shame | 505 |
35 | You are the Man! | 519 |
36 | God is Not the Author of Sin | 534 |
37 | David’s Humble Confession of Sin | 549 |
38 | God Chastises his Children for their Profit | 565 |
39 | On Facing Affliction and Bereavement | 582 |
40 | Solomon, whom God Loved | 598 |
41 | The Rape of Tamar | 613 |
42 | The Obligation to Punish Evil | 629 |
43 | The Murder of Amnon | 644 |
Index | 661 |
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