The Lily of the Field and the Bird of the Air : : Three Godly Discourses / / Søren Kierkegaard.
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells his followers to let go of earthly concerns by considering the lilies of the field and the birds of the air. Søren Kierkegaard's short masterpiece on this famous gospel passage draws out its vital lessons for readers in a rapidly modernizing and seculariz...
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| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: Letting Nature Point beyond Nature
- Preface
- Prayer
- The Gospel for the 15th Sunday after Trinity Sunday
- I. “Look at the birds of the air; consider the lily of the field.”
- II. “No one can serve two masters, for he must either hate the one and love the other, or hold fast to one and despise the other.”
- III. “Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns”—unconcerned about tomorrow. “Consider the grass of the field—which today is.”