Description
Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430) is one of the titans of church history. Works such as his Confessions and On the Trinity have earned him a place as one of “the Doctors of the Church,” responsible for shaping and defending Christian doctrine throughout the centuries.
Yet Augustine was also pastor. Week by week, and year by year, he shepherded his flock by preaching to them the Good News. In this short collection, readers will find seventeen Advent homilies in which Augustine expounded from his pulpit the wonders of Christ’s incarnation for the everyday Christians in his congregation. Combining profound theological wisdom, sharp scriptural insight, and challenging practical application, these homilies are brief but rich meditations on the person of Christ—the Eternal Day who stepped into our darkness, the Bridegroom who came forth from his chamber, the Truth who sprung out of the earth.
If you are longing for Christ this Advent season, these homilies will present him to you afresh from an array or surprising passages.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Fred Sanders
Introduction
S. Mark Hamilton and Rhys Laverty
1. Hold Fast to the Lowliness of God (Sermon 184)
2. The Truth is Sprung Out of the Earth (Sermon 185)
3. The Eternal Creator Now Created (Sermon 186)
4. Wisdom Reaches Mightily (Sermon 187)
5. The Begetter and the Begotten (Sermon 188)
6. The Eternal Day (Sermon 189)
7. The Glory of the Sexes (190)
8. A Chaste Virgin to Christ (Sermon 191)
9. Lest Anyone Should Despise Him (Sermon 192)
10. Men of Good Will (Sermon 193)
11. The Fullness of Our Manger (Sermon 194)
12. As A Bridegroom from His Chamber (Sermon 195)
13. Who Shall Declare His Generation? (Sermon 196)
14. Go On Being Filled With Wonder (Sermon 369)
15. Reborn in Him (Sermon 370)
16. Humility to Charity (Sermon 371)
17. From the Father He Came Forth (Sermon 372)
About the EDITORS
S. Mark Hamilton (Ph.D, Free University of Amsterdam) is Editor-in-Chief at The Davenant Press, and a scholar with special interest in Jonathan Edwards and the atonement. He lives in Fort Worth, TX with his wife and four sons.