R. N Hogan (1902–1997)
Auteur de Sermons by Hogan
Œuvres de R. N Hogan
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Hogan, Richard Nathaniel
- Autres noms
- Hogan, R. N.
- Date de naissance
- 1902-11-30
- Date de décès
- 1997-02-22
- Lieu de sépulture
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Covina Hills), Covina, Los Angeles County, California, USA
- Sexe
- male
- Lieu de naissance
- Blackton, Monroe County, Arkansas, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA
- Études
- Silver Point Christian School (Silver Point, Tennessee)
- Professions
- preacher, church of Christ
religious writer - Relations
- Hogan, Maggie (Bullock) (m. 1920)
- Courte biographie
- R. N. Hogan was one of the "Big Four" of the second generation of African American evangelists in the churches of Christ (along with Levi Kennedy, J. S. Winston, and G. E. Steward). As editor of The Christian Echo (Fort Smith, Arkansas) during the 1960s, he was an effective voice for desegregation of the colleges supported by churches of Christ. Married shortly before he turned 18, he was married for more than seventy-five years. He and his family moved to Oklahoma in the mid 1930s where he preached in summer revival meeting. He has debated with almost every major religious group, including Baptist, Methodist, Holiness, Seventh Day Adventist, Muslims, etc. He has received many tributes. He received an Honorary Doctorate from George Pepperdine University.
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- Œuvres
- 2
- Membres
- 11
- Popularité
- #857,862
- Évaluation
- 3.0
- Critiques
- 1
The sermons focus on initial conversion and the distinctiveness of churches of Christ. The first one compares and contrasts Noah's ark and the church, and is a famous lesson. The rest of the lessons discuss baptism, conversion, the nature of the church, authority, instrumental music, the thief on the cross, salvation by faith, seven in the Bible, foot washing, spiritual warfare, whether God hears the prayers of alien sinners, the possibility of apostasy, and similar subjects.
The collection does well at recording and preserving the substance and some of the style of R. N. Hogan, which would be imitated far and wide among historically black churches of Christ. The sermons demonstrated some appeal; if some responded by being baptized, such is indicated at the end of the sermon, and many do. The substance is generally reflective of what God has made known in the Scriptures, although the forms of argumentation about foot washing and the nature of present salvation would need some refinement.
Yet what seems to be at least one of the reasons for the publication is a little heart wrenching: the book begins with a commendation of R. N. Hogan by the Vermont Avenue church of Christ in Los Angeles and an appeal by Jimmie Lovell, a white Christian in Los Angeles, and expressing how the church is not able to provide full support. A biography of R. N. Hogan follows, and then the sermons. It would thus seem that a large driver of the publication of the book was to demonstrate R. N. Hogan's faithfulness and worthiness to be financially supported by white Christians or white congregations so that Hogan could continue preaching among black people. That a preacher of quality and who brought many to the faith could not be supported by their home church sufficiently, and that a book of sermons would be needed to commend his work to white people so he could find that kind of support, testifies to the nature of the time in the 1930s and 1940s.
Worth consideration for its purposes.… (plus d'informations)