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Reclaiming the Old Testament for Christian Preaching

Grenville J. R. Kent, Paul J. Kissling & Laurence A. Turner (Editors)

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Binding: Paperback
Page Count: 256
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN#: 9780830838875

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Description: 2011 Preaching Today Magazine Book Award winner!

The Old Testament is filled with intriguing characters, stories and themes. But preaching from its remote historical context wrapped in sometimes unfamiliar literary genres and narrative devices can be daunting.

Based on the conviction that the Old Testament texts are a vital and dynamic part of the Christian canon and pertinent to Christian practice, this stimulating volume offers guidance for expository preaching and practical suggestions for understanding the message of its diverse literature.

The chapters cover narrative, plot, characters, genre and preaching from difficult texts. The book concludes with a vital chapter on preaching Christ from the Old Testament, which offers a theological account of biblical interpretation without unnaturally forcing the texts.

The contributors are internationally respected evangelical Old Testament scholars, from a wide range of church traditions and global regions, who are also active in preaching: Daniel I. Block, David G. Firth, Grenville J. R. Kent, Paul J. Kissling, Alison Lo, Tremper Longman III, Ernest C. Lucas, R. W. L. Moberly, Laurence A. Turner, Frederico G. Villanueva, Gordon Wenham, H. G. M. Williamson and Christopher J. H. Wright.

Here is a book that will help you use all of the Bible's rich resources in preaching the good news of the global kindgom of God.

"InterVarsity Press and the team of pastors and scholars who worked on Reclaiming the Old Testament are to be congratulated on producing a much-needed monograph with some very practical suggestions on how to understand the message of the Old Testament. While not every suggestion will be adopted by all, the conversation is extremely important if we are ever going to get back to teaching and preaching the full counsel of God. Laypersons will profit from reading this text as much as the clergy, for each of the chapters hits on some of the major issues of our day."
—Walter C. Kaiser Jr., President Emeritus, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

"We are fortunate to be studying and preaching on the Old Testament at a time when critical study has produced many approaches to the Old Testament that will aid the preacher. That would have been inconceivable a few decades ago. This volume is a most useful guide to the way those approaches resource preaching on different kinds of texts in the Old Testament."
—John Goldingay, David Allan Hubbard Professor of Old Testament, Fuller Theological Seminary

"This book offers a thorough discussion of the various tasks facing the Christian preacher in proclaiming the gospel from the pages of the Old Testament. Particularly unique among recent treatments of this sort is the fact that each of the contributors is a noted Old Testament professor, scholar and proven preacher in his or her own right. Also, each seeks to encounter the gospel not only within the New Testament but from within the Old Testament as well. The contributors are thus much more inclined to look for their answers to Old Testament problems and hermeneutical guidelines from within the Old Testament itself. Also helpful is the example sermon included with each chapter."
—John H. Sailhamer, author of The Meaning of the Pentateuch

"There has never been a better time to preach. We have more resources available to guide our understanding of the text than any generation of preachers in human history. But sometimes it feels like we're drowning in information while starving for wisdom. This volume will help create a generation of genuinely thoughtful preachers who can teach people to love God with their minds. It can guide us to preaching that has integrity, power and authority."
—John Ortberg, pastor, Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, California

"I have found that nothing brings greater joy than preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ from the Scriptures of the Old Testament. This masterful collection of essays will help contemporary preachers understand, proclaim and apply all the genres of Old Testament literature with greater depth and clarity."
—Philip Graham Ryken, president, Wheaton College

Table of Contents

Introduction
Grenville J. R. Kent, Paul J. Kissling and Laurence A. Turner

1. Preaching Narrative: plot
Laurence A. Turner

2. Preaching Narrative: characters
Paul J. Kissling

3. Preaching from the Law
Christopher J. H. Wright

4. Preaching Lament
Federico G. Villanueva

5. Preaching Praise Poetry
David G. Firth

6. Preaching Wisdom
Tremper Longman III

7. Preaching the Song of Solomon
Grenville J. R. Kent

8. Preaching from Isaiah
H. G. M. Williamson

9. Preaching Ezekiel
Daniel I. Block

10. Preaching Apocalyptic
Ernest C. Lucas

11. Preaching the Minor Prophets
Alison Lo

12. Preaching from Difficult Texts
Gordon J. Wenham

13. Preaching Christ from the Old Testament
R. W. L. Moberly

About the Editors
Grenville J. R. Kent is lecturer in Old Testament at the Wesley Institute, Sydney, Australia.
Paul Kissling is professor of Old Testament and biblical languages and director of research at the TCMI Institute, Austria.
Laurence A. Turner is Principal Lecturer in Old Testament and Research Degrees Director at Newbold College, Bracknell, U.K.
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