The Seeds of Heaven

by Taylor, Barbara Brown

• ISBN13: 9780664228866
• ISBN10: 0664228860
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-01
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

This wonderful collection of sermons by renowned preacher, author, and speaker Barbara Brown Taylor is based on the Gospel of Matthew. Each of the fifteen sermons, three of them appearing here for the first time in print, is based on a reading from Matthew, including "Exceeding Righteousness" (Matthew 5:17-20), "The Problem with Miracles" (14:13-21), "Family Fights" (18:15-20), "Once More from the Heart" (18:21-35), "Beginning at the End" (20:1-16), and "On the Clouds of Heaven" (24:29-44).

Author Biography

Barbara Brown Taylor is an Episcopal priest, a popular speaker and workshop leader

Table of Contents

Preface to the New Edition	vii
Introduction to the 1990 Edition	xi
1. Exceeding Righteousness	1	(8)
2. The Marginal Messiah	9	(6)
3. The Open Yoke	15	(8)
4. The Extravagant Sower	23	(8)
5. Learning to Live with Weeds	31	(8)
6. The Seeds of Heaven	39	(8)
7. The Problem with Miracles	47	(8)
8. Saved by Doubt	55	(6)
9. Crossing the Line	61	(8)
10. God's Rock	69	(6)
11. Risking Life	75	(8)
12. Family Fights	83	(8)
13. Once More from the Heart	91	(8)
14. Beginning at the End	99	(8)
15. On the Clouds of Heaven	107