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Catherine Booth
Catherine Booth
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Catherine Booth (1829-1890) was a British co-founder of the Salvation Army alongside her husband William. She championed the right of women to preach and was a powerful advocate for social reform.

Sermons 62

Mark 9:43 Repentance

Catherine Booth preaches about the importance of a Pure Gospel, emphasizing the necessity of abandoning evil ways and turning to God as a condition for receiving forgiveness of sins and inhe…

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Luke 16:11 Saving Faith

Catherine Booth preaches about the difference between true and false faith, emphasizing the necessity of a faith that is not just intellectual perception or emotional feeling, but a voluntar…

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Psalm 32:5 True Peace

Catherine Booth preaches on the universal desire for peace, emphasizing that true peace comes from reconciliation with God and a cessation of hostilities, not from false methods like excusin…

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Psalm 32:5 True Peace

Catherine Booth preaches about the universal desire for peace among humanity, emphasizing that true peace comes from settling our differences with God, repenting of sin, and forsaking excuse…

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Jeremiah 1:10 Evangelism Methods

Catherine Booth preaches about the principle of Adaptation, emphasizing the need to adapt to different circumstances and individuals to effectively share the Gospel. She highlights the humil…

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Matthew 5:13 Evangelism

Catherine Booth preaches on the determined aggression on the territory of Satan as commanded in Mark 16:15 and Acts 26:16-18, emphasizing the urgency to preach the Gospel to every creature a…

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Psalm 119:136 Evangelism

Catherine Booth passionately preaches about the urgency and responsibility of Christians to actively spread the Gospel to all creation, emphasizing the need for a revival of the aggressive s…

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John 14:23 Union With Christ

Catherine Booth preaches about the vital importance of being united with Christ, emphasizing that true assurance of salvation comes from a genuine, living union with Him. She highlights that…

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2 Corinthians 12:9 Holiness

This sermon emphasizes the pursuit of holiness and likeness to God as a central focus for Christians on earth, leading to a desire for sanctification and purity in heart and actions. It addr…

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1 Thessalonians 4:3 Holiness Pursuit

Catherine Booth preaches about the pursuit of holiness and the desire to be like God on earth, leading to a perfect likeness in Heaven. She emphasizes the importance of hungering and thirsti…

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Matthew 5:11 Divine Love

Catherine Booth preaches on the enduring qualities of faith, hope, and charity, emphasizing that charity, or love, is the greatest of them all. She highlights how true Divine Charity often i…

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Matthew 23:23 Divine Charity

Catherine Booth preaches on the importance of divine charity, emphasizing that possessing this love often requires walking a lonely path, just as Jesus and other faithful servants did. She h…

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Matthew 5:44 True Charity

Catherine Booth preaches on the importance of true divine charity, which necessitates reproof and rebuke when necessary for the good of others. She emphasizes the need for faithful love that…

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Luke 9:23 Spiritual Warfare

Catherine Booth preaches about the characteristics of Christ's soldiers in spiritual warfare. She emphasizes the importance of love for the King and His interests as the driving force behind…

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Joshua 1:9 Personal Evangelism

Catherine Booth shares a powerful testimony of her experience in reaching out to lost souls in the streets, realizing the importance of house-to-house visitation and personal evangelism. She…

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Mark 11:24 Effective Prayer

Catherine Booth preaches on the importance of effective and prevailing prayer, emphasizing the conditions for receiving answers to prayers. She highlights the need for believers to abide in …

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Proverbs 18:22 Christian Marriage

Catherine Booth emphasizes the importance of intentional courtship and marriage based on specific principles to avoid failure and misery. She highlights the significance of taking time to tr…

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Isaiah 55:7 True Repentance

Catherine Booth emphasizes the importance of guiding anxious souls through the crisis of repentance and surrender to God, highlighting the necessity of true repentance and forsaking of evil …

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Psalm 51:10 Holy Spirit

Catherine Booth passionately speaks about the power of whole-hearted surrender to God, emphasizing the need for enthusiasm and genuine feelings in religion. She highlights that the Salvation…

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Judges 4:4 Women In Ministry

Catherine Booth preaches about the importance of recognizing and embracing the gifts and calling of women in the ministry, challenging the traditional views that restrict women from public s…

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Psalm 51:10 Holy Spirit

Catherine Booth preaches about the importance of being filled with the Spirit, emphasizing that this exhortation is for all believers, not just a privileged few. She highlights the need for …

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1 Kings 18:21 Spiritual Decision

Catherine Booth preaches about the importance of making a decisive choice between serving God or following worldly idols, using the story of Elijah confronting the people of Israel who were …

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Hosea 14:4 Repentance

Catherine Booth preaches on the importance of remembering our first love for God, repenting of our backslidings, and consecrating ourselves fully to Him. She emphasizes the need for honest s…

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Matthew 6:33 Spiritual Growth

Catherine Booth preaches about the hindrances that prevent many from experiencing the full blessing of God's power and presence, emphasizing the need for complete self-abandonment and trust …

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Psalm 90:11 Gods Wrath

Catherine Booth preaches about the impending great day of God's wrath, drawing parallels to past instances of divine judgment such as the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, the flood during …

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Matthew 5:14 Christian Living

Catherine Booth preaches about the importance of being 'hot' in God's service, emphasizing the need for whole-hearted dedication and passion in serving God. She describes how 'hot saints' po…

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Proverbs 22:6 Idolatry

Catherine Booth preaches about the dangers of worshipping household gods such as the God of Fashion, the God of Ease, the God of Gain, and the God of Education. She emphasizes the importance…

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Romans 3:20 Christ And Law

Catherine Booth preaches on the surpassing power of Jesus Christ over the Law, emphasizing the vital point where the Law fails in giving power to fulfill itself. She highlights the importanc…

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Proverbs 22:6 Surrender To God

Catherine Booth preaches about the importance of accepting God's will for our lives and the hindrances that prevent many from fully surrendering to Him. She emphasizes the need to obey the t…

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James 1:5 Spiritual Labor

Catherine Booth preaches on the needful qualifications for successful labor in God's kingdom. She emphasizes the importance of studying and adapting to the laws of the Spiritual Kingdom, pra…

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Matthew 10:34 Christian Discipleship

Catherine Booth preaches about the cowardly service of popular Christianity in contrast with the real warfare demanded by Christ, emphasizing the need for truth, love, and self-abandonment i…

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Matthew 28:18 False Idols

Catherine Booth preaches about the universal need for a Christ, emphasizing humanity's struggle with moral evil and the realization of helplessness without divine intervention. She highlight…

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1 Samuel 16:7 True Salvation

Catherine Booth preaches about the contrast between mock salvation and true salvation from sin, emphasizing the universal need for a regenerating process to address the moral disease in soci…

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Matthew 10:28 True Compassion

Catherine Booth preaches about the dangers of false compassion and the importance of focusing on the salvation of souls above all else. She contrasts the shallow acts of benevolence that ign…

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2 Corinthians 5:10 Moral Courage

Catherine Booth preaches about the dangers of idolizing worldly standards and the deceptive nature of following popular trends, particularly in the context of fashion. She emphasizes the imp…

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Exodus 33:18 Gods Mercy

Catherine Booth preaches about the riches of God's goodness and His purpose for leading humanity to repentance, emphasizing the importance of not despising His mercy and longsuffering. She c…

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Proverbs 4:23 Sin And Consequences

Catherine Booth preaches about the consequences of sowing to the flesh and the eternal impact of sin on the soul, emphasizing the spiritual penalties that even manifest in this world. She wa…

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Psalm 51:10 Born Again

Catherine Booth preaches on the necessity of being born again to see the Kingdom of God, emphasizing the spiritual transformation required for true salvation. She uses Nicodemus as an exampl…

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1 John 3:21 Effective Prayer

Catherine Booth emphasizes the importance of prevailing prayer, outlining three key conditions for effective prayer: living in union with Jesus, obeying God's word and Spirit, and having unw…

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Psalm 95:7 Holy Spirit

Catherine Booth preaches on the capacity of man to resist God, emphasizing the power to quench the Spirit and the consequences of rejecting God's influence. She highlights how the Spirit str…

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Proverbs 1:32 Spiritual Apathy

Catherine Booth preaches about the danger of religious indifference, using the example of Gallio who cared for none of the spiritual matters presented to him. She emphasizes the importance o…

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Matthew 7:13 Personal Sanctification

Catherine Booth preaches about the necessity of striving for Salvation, emphasizing the importance of human effort in overcoming obstacles to enter the Kingdom of God. She highlights the nee…

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Isaiah 55:7 Repentance

Catherine Booth preaches on the importance of genuine repentance and true faith in Jesus Christ for salvation. She emphasizes that belief in Jesus is not for unawakened, unconvicted sinners …

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Job 4:8 Spiritual Growth

Catherine Booth preaches on the universal principle of sowing and reaping, emphasizing that just as in the physical world, there is a direct correlation between what one sows and what one re…

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Proverbs 20:1 Total Abstinence

Catherine Booth preaches on the value of temperance in religious aggressive effort, emphasizing the need for Christians to actively engage in delivering others from evil habits and the bonda…

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Acts 8:27 Repentance And Faith

Catherine Booth emphasizes the importance of genuine repentance and renouncing sin before believing in the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation. She highlights the need for individuals to be awak…

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Proverbs 22:6 Moral Courage

Catherine Booth passionately preaches about the importance of training children in moral courage, urging parents to teach them to resist temptation and stand firm in the light of God. She em…

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Matthew 22:37 Union With Christ

Catherine Booth preaches about the importance of fulfilling the righteousness of the Law in us by walking after the Spirit, emphasizing the distinction between the Moral and Ceremonial Law. …

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Matthew 7:16 Divine Love

Catherine Booth preaches on the importance of Divine Charity, emphasizing that it is greater than faith and hope. She highlights how this love is a divine principle that must be planted in t…

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Isaiah 53:5 Atonement

Catherine Booth preaches about the necessity of atonement in the Gospel scheme, emphasizing the importance of God vindicating His law before pardoning sinners. She explains how the sacrifice…

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Genesis 15:6 Wholehearted Devotion

Catherine Booth preaches on the story of King Asa from 2 Chronicles 16:9, highlighting the importance of having a perfect heart towards God. She emphasizes how God seeks those who are loyal,…

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Psalm 32:5 Repentance And Forgiveness

Catherine Booth preaches on the parable of the prodigal son, illustrating the rebellious nature of humanity and the unconditional love and forgiveness of God. She emphasizes the consequences…

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Proverbs 12:22 Parental Responsibility

Catherine Booth preaches about the importance of training children in the way they should go, emphasizing the responsibility of parents to nurture and guide their children for God's glory. S…

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Job 23:10 Suffering And Trials

Catherine Booth preaches on the importance of enduring trials and afflictions, drawing inspiration from the patience of Job and emphasizing that God uses suffering to reveal, refine, and man…

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Isaiah 6:8 Evangelism

Catherine Booth preaches about the fundamental principle in the New Testament that God's light and grace are meant to be shared with others, emphasizing the aggressive nature of real Christi…

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Mark 1:15 Repentance

Catherine Booth preaches about the necessity of repentance for salvation, emphasizing that God's love for sinners is immense, but repentance is required for reconciliation. She clarifies tha…

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Matthew 5:10 True Repentance

Catherine Booth preaches about the founding and growth of The Salvation Army, emphasizing the importance of true repentance, faith in Jesus Christ, and submission to God for a new life. The …

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Matthew 12:36 Divine Judgment

Catherine Booth preaches about the coming wrath of God, emphasizing that it will be just and in accordance with each person's guilt, with conscience serving as an impartial witness that know…

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Romans 6:22 Eternal Life

Catherine Booth passionately preaches about the eternal nature of the soul, emphasizing the power of sowing to the Spirit and righteousness. She highlights the transformative work of Jesus C…

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Matthew 16:24 Obedience To God

Catherine Booth passionately preaches about the urgent call from God for individuals to arise and follow Him, emphasizing the need for complete surrender and obedience. She challenges the co…

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Matthew 28:19 Evangelism

Catherine Booth preaches about the importance of being faithful witnesses for God in a world that is in rebellion against Him. She emphasizes the need for believers to testify to the truth o…

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Deuteronomy 7:6 Separation From World

Catherine Booth addresses the dilemma faced by Christians regarding participation in worldly amusements, emphasizing the need for a clear separation from the world and a commitment to holine…

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