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"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" is a sermon written by the American theologian Jonathan Edwards, preached to his own congregation in Northampton, Massachusetts, to profound effect, [1] and again on July 8, 1741 in Enfield, Connecticut. The preaching of this sermon was the catalyst for the First Great Awakening. [2]
The famous "I Have a Dream" address was delivered in August 1963 from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Less well-remembered are the early sermons of that young, 25-year-old pastor who first began preaching at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1954. [3]
The Areopagus sermon refers to a sermon delivered by Apostle Paul in Athens, at the Areopagus, and recounted in Acts 17:16–34. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Areopagus sermon is the most dramatic and most fully-reported speech of the missionary career of Saint Paul and followed a shorter address in Lystra recorded in Acts 14:15–17 .
Lockridge's best-known message is "Amen" [4] ("That's my King!"), notably the six and a half minute description of Jesus Christ contained at the end of the hour-long sermon (the popular title comes from Lockridge's repeated refrain).
Johannes Tauler German Dominican (1300–1361), his 80 sermons in German were read for centuries after his death Oliver Maillard , French Franciscan (c.1430–1502) Savonarola Italian Dominican (1452–1498) famous for the Bonfire of the Vanities in Florence , finally executed for heresy
Countries in which Billy Graham preached are colored in blue. Over 58 years, Billy Graham reached more than 210 million people (face to face and by satellite feeds). [ 6 ] The New York Crusade of 1957 - the longest of Graham's evangelistic crusades took place in Madison Square Garden , which lasted 16 weeks. [ 7 ]