by David H. C. Read (Author), John McTavish (Editor)
This book introduces David H. C. Read to a new generation, through sermons that are not merely elegantly worded and biblically grounded, but packed with life experience that included a five year stint as a prisoner of war during World War II. From amongst the almost 1500 sermons that Read preached during his ministry in Manhattan, John McTavish has selected forty enduring messages that show David Read, justifying Time magazine's assessment that "Read is not merely elegant and literary; his words carry authority... through his thought runs a strain of deep feeling and faith capable of convincing others."
Author Biography
David H. C. Read (1910 - 2001) was the pastor of Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church from 1956 to 1989.
John McTavish is a minister of the United Church of Canada, a playwright and compiler of chancel dramas, co-editor of the book Karl Barth: Preaching through the Christian Year, and the author of Myth and Gospel in the Fiction of John Updike. Mr. McTavish lives in Huntsville, Ontario, with his wife Marion.