Christ and the Meaning of Life

by Helmut Thielicke, Helmut Thielicke

The phrase "scholar as preacher" leaps into my mind whenever I attempt to characterize the preaching of Helmut Theilicke. This combination of deep scholarly, Biblical, and theological mastery with strong, vividly colorful, pictorial utterance, eschewing the worn cliche and employing the stiring verb and the fascinating picture, the kind of speech that goes straight to the hearers "persona center," no matter whether he be the "intellectual" or the so-called "common man" -this, both preachers and listeners agree, is what preachers and listeners agree , is what preaching must always strive to be... The following sermons and addresses, most of them presented over the radio and television, reflect in their varying length the time limits imposed by the circumstances of their delivery. - John W. Doberstein

186 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1965