The Uses and Lessons of Disappointment
Albert Barnes' sermon treats disappointment as a common affliction—examining forms (wealth, honor, family, earthly pleasure) and its uses to humble and redirect believers.
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The Uses and Lessons of Disappointment
The Broad Way to Destruction
A sermon contrasting the broad road to destruction with the narrow way to life (Matt. 7:13), urging repentance, faith, and holy living to escape the crowd bound for ruin.
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The Atonement, in Its Relations to Law and Moral Government
Barnes defends the Christian atonement, answering objections from human-law analogies about substitution, pardon, and the justice of divine government.
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Inquiries and Suggestions in Regard to the Foundation of Faith in the Word of God
Barnes argues that human reason and the moral sense enable recognition of divine revelation; the Bible appeals to reason and conscience and does not contradict true scientific knowledge.
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Life at Three-Score: A Sermon Delivered in the First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, November 28, 1858
Albert Barnes' 1858 sermon 'Life at Three-Score' reflects at sixty on life's worth, urging temperance, industry, and religion, and offering hopeful counsel to younger generations.
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The Wise Reckoning of Time
Albert Barnes preaches from Psalm 90:12 urging New Year reflection to 'number our days,' stressing life's brevity, its probationary purpose, and the need to prepare for eternity.
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The Value of Fifty-Two Sabbaths in the Year
Sermon on the value of fifty-two yearly Sabbaths: the weekly Sabbath is a wise, benevolent provision that restores the body, deepens piety, and prepares souls for eternity.
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Doeg, the Edomite: Or, the Informer; A Lecture on the Fifty-Second Psalm
Lecture on Psalm 52 (Doeg the Edomite): condemns slander and deceit, contrasts the informer's ruin with the righteous' trust in God's protection, urging dependence and patient praise.
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The Love of Country: A Sermon Delivered in the First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, April 28, 1861
Albert Barnes' 1861 sermon teaches that love of country is a God‑given principle that sustains social order and inspires prompt, self‑sacrificing defense of the nation (psalm 137).
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Re-Adjustment of Christianity
Albert Barnes surveys the 'Essays and Reviews' and the Broad Church impulse, arguing Christianity must be readjusted to new scientific, philosophical, and social conditions.
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The Conditions of Peace: A Thanksgiving Discourse
Albert Barnes' 1862 Thanksgiving sermon reflects on the Civil War's calamities, affirms the Constitution's worth while noting its flaws, and urges remedies to restore a righteous Union.
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Presbyterianism: — Its Affinities
Albert Barnes argues Presbyterianism is a system of church government allied with Calvinist doctrine, affirming Christ's headship, equality of ministers, and church self-government.
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The State of the Country: A Discourse
Albert Barnes' June 1, 1865 discourse mourns the President's assassination, sees God's hand (Isaiah/Cyrus) in delivering the enslaved, and urges preservation of the Constitution and the Union.
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Peace and Honor: A Thanksgiving Sermon
Albert Barnes' 1865 Thanksgiving sermon thanks God for ending the Civil War, preserving the Union and the republican government, and calls the nation to gratitude and peace.
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Essays on Science and Theology
Barnes surveys science's rise and impact on society and religion, arguing it dispels superstition, advances welfare, and shapes theological reflection and preaching.
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A Discourse on the Death of Rev. Thomas Brainerd, D.D., Delivered in the Pine Street Church, Philadelphia, November 25, 1866
Albert Barnes’s 1866 funeral discourse for Rev. Thomas Brainerd honors his life, ministry, Puritan upbringing, and the hope of resurrection and lasting heavenly influence (Daniel 12).
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Rev. Thomas Brainerd, D.D.
Shedd defends extemporaneous preaching, tracing its historic role and value in homiletics. Barnes sketches Rev. Thomas Brainerd’s life, ministry, and New England training.
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Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Book of Psalms, Vol. 1
Albert Barnes' prefatory notes and introduction to his Notes on the Book of Psalms, discussing the title, authorship, composition, collection, and his labors preparing the work.
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Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Book of Psalms, Vol. 2
Albert Barnes' commentary on Psalm 42 examines its title and authorship, situates it in David's exile (Absalom), and expounds themes of longing for God, sorrow, and trust.
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Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Book of Psalms, Vol. 3
Albert Barnes's commentary on Psalm 90 argues Moses' authorship, contrasts God's eternity with human frailty and brevity, and urges wisdom and prayer for future generations.
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