One of the classics of American homiletic thought is the Lyman Beecher Lectures delivered by Episcopal Bishop Phillips Brooks at Yale College in 1877. Toward the conclusion of his first lecture Bishop Brooks observed: The purpose of preaching must always be the first condition that decrees its character. The final cause is that which really shapes everything’s life. And what is preaching for? The answer comes without hesitation. It is for men’s salvation.
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