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Arguing for the need both to preach Christ in every sermon and to
preach regularly from the Old Testament, Sidney Greidanus develops
a christocentric method that will help preachers do both
simultaneously. Greidanus challenges Old Testament scholars to
broaden their focus and to understand the Old Testament not only in
its own historical context but also in the context of the New
Testament. Suggesting specific steps and providing concrete
examples, this volume provides a practical guide for preaching
Christ from the Old Testament.
Tracing the order-out-of-chaos theme from Genesis to Revelation,
this volume reveals how God is restoring order from chaos through
Jesus Christ once and for all. Part of the Short Studies in
Biblical Theology series.
These explications show how the gospel shines out in the first
and last chapters of the Old Testament Wisdom Literature.
The wisdom literature of the Old Testament can be daunting.
Sidney Greidanus, in the book's foreword, describes Old Testament
wisdom literature as "one of the more difficult genres to interpret
and preach." Yet the numerous proverbs and sayings meet us in
everyday life, teaching us much about understanding and applying
the gospel.
Pastor Douglas O'Donnell writes, "Just as every book of the Old
Testament adds light to our understanding of Jesus, so the
revelation of God in the person of Christ enlightens our
understanding of the Old Testament." Not only do the wisdom books
teach us about Jesus Christ, but we understand the books better in
light of the revelation of God's Son.
O'Donnell opens up the genre of wisdom literature through six
chapters that look at how the gospel shines through Proverbs,
Ecclesiastes, and Job. He specifically centers on the first and
last chapters of each book, noting how the texts illustrate "the
wisdom of God in the sufferings of our Savior." Pastors, church
leaders, and students of Scripture will find this thoughtful volume
demonstrative of seeing the gospel in the Wisdom Literature.
Sidney Greidanus' previous two preaching books - "The Modern
Preacher and the Ancient Text" and "Preaching Christ from the Old
Testament" - have received wide acclaim and have sold phenomenally
well. "Preaching Christ from Genesis" offers more of Greidanus'
solid, practical homiletical fare. Greidanus addresses various
issues encountered when preaching Christ from Genesis, including
literary and historical interpretation, the narrative sermon form,
and the common lack of preaching on this foundational Old Testament
book. He delves into the genre of Genesis narratives and presents
seven ways of preaching Christ.The bulk of the book takes up the
text of Genesis broken into twenty-three sections, applying
Greidanus' redemptive-historical Christocentric method. Including
helpful appendixes - "Ten Steps from Text to Sermon," "An
Expository Sermon Model," and three of the author's own Genesis
sermons - "Preaching Christ from Genesis" will be an invaluable
resource for preachers and Bible teachers.
A fusion of biblical hermeneutics and homiletics, this thorough and
well-researched book offers a holistic contemporary approach to the
interpretation and preaching of biblical texts, using all the
scholarly tools available and focusing especially on literary
features. Greidanus develops hermeneutical and homiletical
principles and then applies them to four specific genres: Hebrew
narratives, prophetic literature, the Gospels, and the Epistles.
As Sidney Greidanus points out, the biblical book of Ecclesiastes
is especially relevant for our contemporary culture because it
confronts such secular enticements as materialism, hedonism,
cut-throat competition, and self-sufficiency. But how can preachers
best convey the ancient Teacher's message to congregations today? A
respected expert in both hermeneutics and homiletics, Greidanus
does preachers a great service here by providing the foundations
for a series of expository sermons on Ecclesiastes. He walks
students and preachers through the steps from text to sermon for
all of the book's fifteen major literary units, explores various
ways to move from Ecclesiastes to Jesus Christ in the New
Testament, and offers insightful expositions that help the preacher
in sermon production but omit the theoretical and often impractical
discussions in many commentaries.
In this final volume of his series on preaching Christ from the Old
Testament, Sidney Greidanus offers expert guidance for busy pastors
on preaching Christ from Psalms. Beginning with a general
introduction on how pastors can interpret and preach from the
biblical psalms - and why they should - Greidanus proceeds by
discussing twenty-two psalms in the Revised Common Lectionary, Year
A, supplying the building blocks necessary to preach from Psalms at
Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, and other major days and seasons of
the church year. In addition to laying out basic
homiletical-theological approaches suitable for each selected
psalm, these chapters also provide verse-by-verse exposition,
bridges to Christ in the New Testament, and ideas for placing the
psalmist's words into contemporary context.
In Preaching Christ from Daniel Sidney Greidanus shows preachers
and teachers how to prepare expository messages from the six
narratives and four visions in the book of Daniel. Using the most
up-to-date biblical scholarship, Greidanus addresses foundational
issues such as the date of composition, the author(s) and original
audience of the book, its overall message and goal, and various
ways of preaching Christ from Daniel. Throughout his book Greidanus
puts front and center God's sovereignty, providence, and coming
kingdom. Each chapter contains building blocks for constructing
expository sermons and lessons, including useful information on the
context, themes, and goals of each literary unit links between
Daniel and the New Testament how to formulate the sermon theme and
goal contemporary application and much more!
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