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Acts 21:27-40 - Homiletics

Fanaticism and devotedness.

It is impossible not to read these verses with a smile of contempt in view of the folly and guilt of fanaticism, and, at the same time, with a smile of satisfaction in view of the calmness and nobility of Christian zeal.

I. THE FOLLY AND THE GUILT OF FANATICISM .

1. Its folly.

2. Its guilt.

II. THE EXCELLENCY OF CHRISTIAN DEVOTEDNESS . How admirably the attitude of Paul contrasts with the movements of this excited, tumultuous, sanguinary mob! We admire

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Rev. Joseph S. Exell M.A. served as the editor of Clerical World, The Homiletical Quarterly and the Monthly Interpreter. Exell was also the editor for several other large commentary sets like The Men of the Bible, The Preacher's Homiletic Library and The Biblical Illustrator. Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones was the Vicar and Rural Dean of St. Pancras, London and the principal of Gloucester Theological College.... Show more

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Acts 21:27-40 - Homiletics

Acts 21:27-40 - Homiletics

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