The Word in Small Boats

Oliver ODonovan has been preaching and teaching for over three decades, committed to the perpetual voyage of service to the word of God. The Word in Small Boats offers thirty-two select sermons that he preached over the course of some twenty years as Canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

Oliver O'Donovan is professor of Christian ethics and practical theology at New College, University of Edinburgh, and an ordained Anglican priest. Among his numerous other books are Common Objects of Love, Resurrection and Moral Order, and The Desire of the Nations.

Editor's Foreword	p. vii
Introduction: A Word Travelling in Small Boats	p. 1
The Mission of God's Word
A New Message	p. 9
The Intruders	p. 16
The Witness	p. 19
Travelling to Jerusalem	p. 25
The Servant	p. 31
Seeing the Risen One	p. 34
The Opening of the Kingdom	p. 37
Eternal Fire	p. 44
The Community of God's Word
Come!	p. 53
Left Behind in the Place	p. 59
Dividing the Kingdom	p. 64
Reading	p. 70
Asking	p. 75
Coming to Mount Zion	p. 80
Frideswide's Place	p. 86
Tradition, Truth, and the Public
Horror	p. 91
Freedom	p. 93
Cain's City	p. 96
Civility	p. 101
Knowing the Truth	p. 108
Telling the Truth	p. 114
Glory	p. 120
Hallelujah!	p. 123
Launched upon Life by God's Word
The Sea! The Sea!	p. 129
How to Be a Human Being	p. 134
Selling Possessions	p. 138
Possessing Wisdom	p. 144
The Honour of Marriage	p. 150
Looking Forward	p. 156
Facing Death	p. 162
Conclusion: No End to the Word	p. 166
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