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Christ and the Meaning of Life
Helmut Thielicke
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Description for Christ and the Meaning of Life
Paperback. A compilation of sermons and meditations in which the renowned German theologian faces the burdensome questions that plague the modern world and brings the Christian Gospel to bear on each of them. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRCS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. .
In this series of sermons, first delivered over radio and television in Germany during the 1960s, Helmut Thielicke wrote about the true meaning of Christian festivals such as Good Friday, Easter and Pentecost. He saw deeply into the mystery, despair, and confusion of life in his time and spoke a truly prophetic word to Christians that still resonates today. As Thielicke meditates on Christmas, the reader will understand anew how light shines in the darkness of this world. As he preaches about Christ's suffering on the cross, humanity's suffering is given meaning; and, in talking of death, he gives us ... Read more
In this series of sermons, first delivered over radio and television in Germany during the 1960s, Helmut Thielicke wrote about the true meaning of Christian festivals such as Good Friday, Easter and Pentecost. He saw deeply into the mystery, despair, and confusion of life in his time and spoke a truly prophetic word to Christians that still resonates today. As Thielicke meditates on Christmas, the reader will understand anew how light shines in the darkness of this world. As he preaches about Christ's suffering on the cross, humanity's suffering is given meaning; and, in talking of death, he gives us ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780718894535
SKU
V9780718894535
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About Helmut Thielicke
Helmut Thielicke first came to prominence as a German Lutheran minister during the last days of the Second World War in Stuttgart. In the face of bombing raids and Nazi opposition, Thielicke carried on preaching to a congregation of thousands. After the war was over, he joined the faculty of the University of Tübingen as Rector and Professor of Systematic ... Read more
Reviews for Christ and the Meaning of Life
"A book of sermons of quality and depth." Methodist Recorder "He is always a stimulating writer, searching to the grass roots of our personality, digging up all our fears, unbelief and rebellion and dealing with them firmly but with hope - always pointing to the answer in Christ." The English Churchman