Christians have always turned to the Sermon on the Mount for inspiration. In Life Can Begin Again, Helmut Thielicke, himself one of the great preachers of the 20th Century, comes to grips with what is often seen as a collection of lovely, but impossible ideals. Thielicke makes it clear that the Sermon on the Mount can never be understood if, even for a moment, we forget the person of the Preacher of the Sermon. For without the person and the work of Jesus Christ, the marvellous words of the Beatitudes and the injunctions that follow them are the most radical and devastating distillation of God's claims that can be conceived; they leave us in utter, hopeless dismay. Only 'in Christ' do these words of the law become the glorious gospel that promises a new life. Here is not only great preaching on some of the most urgent and sublime themes, but great tenderness and compassion too. As in so many of his works, Thielicke brings the profundities of Biblical religion alive for the modern era.

The influential German theologian recounts his life and career, describes his first encounter with death as a child, and reminisces about his friendships with Karl Barth, Konrad Adenauer, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Helmut Kohl

Product Description: Thielicke here studies the themes of doubt and appropriation in modern Protestant thought. A leading advocate of dialectical theology, Thielicke examines the work of the great German Protestant religious philosophers from Lessing and Schliermacher through Barth and Tillich, probing these theologians' understanding of their context and how this tradition can impact our own engagement with our times...read more

Product Description: When Dr Thielicke writes about Good Friday or Easter or Pentecost, he sees deeply into the mystery, despair and confusion of life today and speaks a truly prophetic message to today's Christians. As he meditates on Christmas, the reader will understand anew how light shines in the darkness of this world...read more

Product Description: A series of conversations between Dr Thielicke and American Christians, covering a wide variety of biblical, theological and ethical themes, from biblical criticism and the Virgin Birth, to racial integration and the Nazi regime.

Examines the view of death in modern philosophy, discusses the Biblical conception of the meaning of death, and analyzes the teachings of Christianity concerning death

Product Description: Professor Thielicke's lectures on nihilism deal with the experience of nothingness in Europe after World War II, and trace the development of the "ism" which attempts to interpret that experience.

Illustrates the universality and contemporary relevance of the messages conveyed in familiar and lesser-known parables

Product Description: A veteran theologian and minister offers his wise counsel to beginners in the field on the difficulties of practicing theology in a church often skeptical of theological pursuit. Thielicke stresses the importance of maintaining ones spiritual health in t

Product Description: In a series of lectures designed to engage non-churchgoers on their own ground, the great German preacher examines the nature of faith and of man's place in the universe.

Product Description: In these sermons delivered in the shattered city of Stuttgart during the last days of the Second World War, Thielicke examines the Lord's Prayer phrase by phrase, drawing from it both immediate comfort and inspiration for the future...read more

Product Description: "The question of where we come from and where we are going is one of the elementary challenges of life. Perhaps it is THE question of life. Only when we get an answer to it do we learn who we are." With these striking words, Prof Helmut Thielicke begins this book about the most fundamental of all questions; the question of who we are, whence we came, and what God intended when he gave us life...read more

Product Description: In his introductory essay to this selection from the writing and preaching of C.H. Spurgeon, Helmut Thielicke expresses his surprise and delight at his discovery of the great Victorian preacher. He draws out those qualities which made Spurgeon one of the most influential ministers of his day, and explains what it was that attracted the university professor to the self-educated Baptist preacher...read more

Product Description: A series of conversations between Dr Thielicke and American Christians, covering a wide variety of biblical, theological and ethical themes, from biblical criticism and the Virgin Birth, to racial integration and the Nazi regime.