The Voice of God in the Present Hour
Overview
This volume contains a collection of R.A. Torrey’s sermons, preached between autumn of 1916 and spring of 1917 at The Church of the Open Door in Los Angeles, California, amidst the trials and anxieties of World War I. With titles including “God’s Guidance and How to Get It,” “Why I Believe That Jesus Christ Is God in Human Form,” and “The Secret of Abiding Peace, Abounding Joy, and Abundant Victory in War Times and at All Times,” there are points of insight that still resonate strongly with readers. These sermons are brimming with passion and remain a treasury of spiritual insights and biblical exegesis.
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Find more sermons, devotions, and other studies in the Works of R.A. Torrey Collection (26 vols.).
- Offers a collection of Torrey’s sermons
- Provides a wealth of scriptural insights
- Presents sermons relevant to modern life
Top Highlights
“This question admits of a very plain and simple answer: to walk with God means to live one’s life in the consciousness of God’s presence and in conscious communion with Him, to have the thought constantly before us, ‘God is beside me,’ and to be every now and then speaking to Him, and still more listening for Him to speak to us. In a word, to walk with God is to live in the real, constant, conscious companionship of God.” (Page 245)
“clearly realize our own utter inability to decide for ourselves the way in which we should go” (Page 139)
“we really desire to know God’s will, and are thoroughly willing to do it whatever it may be” (Page 140)
“positive expectation that God will grant our prayer and give us the guidance that we ask” (Page 144)
“Third, we shall have fruitfulness in service. ‘Bringeth forth his fruit in his season.’” (Page 207)
- Title: The Voice of God in the Present Hour
- Author: R. A. Torrey
- Publisher: Fleming H. Revell
- Print Publication Date: 1917
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Pages: 255
- Era: era:modern
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Sermons, American
- Resource ID: LLS:THVCGDPRSNTHR
- Resource Type: text.monograph.sermons
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T06:21:32Z
Reuben Archer Torrey (1856–1928) was an American evangelist, pastor, educator, and writer. Torrey studied at Yale University, Yale Divinity School, Leipzig University, Erlangen University and received a doctorate degree from Wheaton College.
Soon after becoming a congregational minister, Torrey joined Dwight L. Moody in his evangelistic work in Chicago. Torrey became the superintendent of the Bible Institute of the Chicago Evangelization Society (now Moody Bible Institute).
He later became pastor of the Chicago Avenue Church (now the Moody Church). Torrey later served as a chaplain with the YMCA and dean of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles (now Biola University).
Torrey authored over 40 books in his lifetime. The classic four-volume set The Fundamentals includes over 90 articles by leading Christian scholars. The R. A. Torrey Collection features 15 titles of biblical doctrine and teaching from Torrey.