{"id":703,"date":"2021-11-11T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theologicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/?p=703"},"modified":"2021-08-29T19:38:30","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T19:38:30","slug":"lectures-on-preaching-by-phillips-brooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theologicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/lectures-on-preaching-by-phillips-brooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectures on Preaching by Phillips Brooks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theologicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/lectures-on-preaching_brooks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"285\" height=\"750\" data-attachment-id=\"707\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theologicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/lectures-on-preaching-by-phillips-brooks\/lectures-on-preaching_brooks\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theologicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/lectures-on-preaching_brooks.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"285,750\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Phillips Brooks [1835-1893], Lectures on Preaching Delivered Before the Divinity School of Yale College in January and February, 1877\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Phillips Brooks [1835-1893], Lectures on Preaching Delivered Before the Divinity School of Yale College in January and February, 1877&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theologicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/lectures-on-preaching_brooks.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/theologicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/lectures-on-preaching_brooks.jpg\" alt=\"Phillips Brooks [1835-1893], Lectures on Preaching Delivered Before the Divinity School of Yale College in January and February, 1877\" class=\"wp-image-707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theologicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/lectures-on-preaching_brooks.jpg 285w, https:\/\/theologicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/lectures-on-preaching_brooks-114x300.jpg 114w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Today&#8217;s free book is Phillip Brooks 1877 lecture series on preaching, which still appears in College reading lists. This public domain title was digitised from the copy held in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spurgeons.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Spurgeon&#8217;s College<\/a> library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theologicalstudies.org.uk\/book_lectures-on-preaching_brooks.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Phillips Brooks [1835-1893], <em>Lectures on Preaching Delivered Before the Divinity School of Yale College in January and February, 1877<\/em>. London: MacMillan and Co., Ltd., 1907. Hbk. pp.281. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Table of Contents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>The Two Elements in Preaching<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>The preacher Himself<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>The Preacher in his Work<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>The Idea of the Sermon<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>The Making of the Sermon<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>The Congregation<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>The Ministry for Our Age<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>The Value of the Human Soul<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s free book is Phillip Brooks 1877 lecture series on preaching, which still appears in College reading lists. This public domain title was digitised from the copy held in Spurgeon&#8217;s College library. Phillips Brooks [1835-1893], Lectures on Preaching Delivered Before the Divinity School of Yale College in January and February, 1877. 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