Parochial and Plain Sermons, Volume 1


Read by Russ Hobbs

(5 stars; 4 reviews)

John Henry Newman's sermons enter the human heart easily and with transformative power. Lucid thinking, beautiful English prose, an integrated theology, insightful spiritual psychology, and a meditative biblical focus combine to make his sermons live even though many of them were written and preached almost 200 years ago. A convert to Roman Catholicism from the Anglican Church, Newman was made a Cardinal and had a wide influence on Catholic thought. More recently, his spiritual depth and personal holiness have been recognized, and in 2020 he was canonized becoming Saint John Henry Cardinal Newman. - Summary by Russell Hobbs (12 hr 29 min)

Chapters

Preface 6:11 Read by Russ Hobbs
Sermon 1: Holiness Necessary for Future Blessedness 29:41 Read by Russ Hobbs
Sermon 2: The Immortality of the Soul 25:33 Read by Russ Hobbs
Sermon 3: Knowledge of God's Will without Obedience 29:11 Read by Russ Hobbs
Sermon 4: Secret Faults 32:53 Read by Russ Hobbs
Sermon 5: Self-Denial the Test of Religious Earnestness 31:58 Read by Russ Hobbs
Sermon 6: The Spiritual Mind 23:23 Read by Russ Hobbs
Sermon 7: Sins of Ignorance and Weakness 28:51 Read by Russ Hobbs
Sermon 8: God's Commandments not Grievous 31:14 Read by Russ Hobbs
Sermon 9: The Religious Use of Excited Feelings 23:52 Read by Russ Hobbs
Sermon 10: Profession without Practice 30:36 Read by Russ Hobbs
Sermon 11: Profession without Hypocrisy 27:10 Read by Russ Hobbs
Sermon 12: Profession without Ostentation 27:36 Read by Russ Hobbs
Sermon 13: Promising without Doing 24:52 Read by Russ Hobbs
Sermon 14: Religious Emotion 26:11 Read by Russ Hobbs
Sermon 15: Religious Faith Rational 28:25 Read by Russ Hobbs
Sermon 16: The Christian Mysteries 27:08 Read by Russ Hobbs
Sermon 17: The Self-wise Inquirer 29:24 Read by Russ Hobbs
Sermon 18: Obedience the Remedy for Religious Perplexity 33:18 Read by Russ Hobbs
Sermon 19: Times of Private Prayer 29:07 Read by Russ Hobbs
Sermon 20: Forms of Private Prayer 31:09 Read by Russ Hobbs
Sermon 21: The Resurrection of the Body 22:34 Read by Russ Hobbs
Sermon 22: Witnesses of the Resurrection 27:05 Read by Russ Hobbs
Sermon 23: Christian Reverence 29:43 Read by Russ Hobbs
Sermon 24: The Religion of the Day 35:34 Read by Russ Hobbs
Sermon 25: Scripture a Record of Human Sorrow 25:26 Read by Russ Hobbs
Sermon 26: Christian Manhood 31:04 Read by Russ Hobbs

Reviews


(5 stars)

I am filled with gratitude to have found these sermons. What a treasure! The reading is so clear, so well done. Please do more!


(5 stars)

Beautifully read. One feels one could be listening to Newman himself. Mighty sermons!