This book contains 101 selected sermons of Rev. Dr. Abraham Philip. He has been in the ministry of the church for four and half decades. These are sermons which he used to preach at church services, in the seminary worship services where he has taught and at various conferences where he has given leadership. The author is a prolific writer who has numerous books to his credit. This is his sixth book published by Christian World Imprints, Delhi. Rev. Dr. Abraham Kuruvilla (Thayil house), a former Principal of the Mar Thoma Theological Seminary, has written in his Foreword to the author’s previous book of sermons entitled: Euaggelion Sermons, Part – 2 (Tiruvalla: CSS, 2025): Each sermon has exegetical and expository components with hints about the relevance of the text for Christian life in the contemporary world. The sermons are didactic in nature and help the readers to have a deeper appreciation of the world from which the biblical texts have arisen.

Contents

Preface

Sermons on Texts from the Hebrew Bible

Big Lent & Holy Week

General Sermons from the Gospels

General Sermons from the Other New Testament Books

Advent Season Sermons

The author was born in 1954. He had his education at Asram High School, Perumbavoor; and Union Christian College, Aluva in Kerala. His theological studies were at LTC, Jabalpur; Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, England; UTC, Bangalore and FFRRC, Kottayam. He served in parishes in Mumbai, Kolkata, UK, New Delhi, Trivandrum and Kottayam. He also served as the Director of Dr. Thomas Mar Athanasius Memorial Orientation and Research Centre, Kottayam (1989-94), taught at Mulanthuruthy MSOT Seminary (1993-96, 2001-02) and Mar Thoma Theological Seminary, Kottayam (2001-2019), FFRRC (2003 onwards). He is now retired from active service, and lives with his family at Kottayam.