Answers to Real Problems: Harry Emerson Fosdick Speaks to Our Time

Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878-1969) was one of the most influential preachers in the twentieth century. He believed every sermon ought ask and answer some question that genuinely troubles individuals or the societies of which they are a part. Answers to Real Problems gathers several significant sermons from Fosdicks long ministry. The selection is rooted in current needs. This collection presents him asking and answering questions that still weigh--or ought to weigh--on the minds of people today. Here is one of Americas finest preachers talking about war nationalism the relationship between liberals and conservatives the plight of the church public ethics private morality and more. Mark E. Yurs is Pastor of Salem United Church of Christ in Verona Wisconsin. He is the author of Being a First Church: What a Pastors First Congregation Should Know (Wipf and Stock 2003).