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Kaiser, Walter. Preaching and Teaching from the Old Testament. Baker Academic, 2003.
The Purpose of the Book
Many preachers don’t preach from the Old Testament. Those who do preach from the Old Testament often practice ‘eisogesis.’ Walt Kaiser writes in order to demonstrate the need for preaching from the Old Testament [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on March 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Wiersbe, Warren. Preaching and Teaching with Imagination. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1996.
Wiersbe’s goal in Preaching and Teaching with Imagination is to demonstrate the importance of imagination in preaching, to challenge preachers to use imagination in preaching, and to train them how to do so on a regular basis.
In his words, “I have a concern [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Preaching and Pastoring on December 29, 2006 | No Comments »
Lloyd Jones, D. Martyn. Preaching and Preachers. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1972.
Dr. Lloyd Jones was one of the foremost expositors of the twentieth century. Many of the great preachers and teachers of our day looked to him as a model for their own ministries and speak in glowing terms of his ability to preach. [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Preaching and Pastoring on December 18, 2006 | No Comments »
Goldsworthy, Graeme. Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture. Eerdmans, 2000.
I can be a little slow.
I had to read Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture about three times to get to the point where I thought I could review it. I still I don’t think it’s fair to call this a review, it is [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on November 27, 2006 | No Comments »
Preaching with Relevance without Dumbing Down by Keith Wilhite.
The Purpose of the Book
Many preachers attempt to be relevant but end up being superficial. Other preachers attempt to be biblical but fail to be relevant.
It is possible to be biblical and relevant but it requires work.
In Preaching with Relevance without Dumbing Down the author is [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on November 21, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Cracking Old Testament Codes is about the literary forms of the Old Testament.
Genre.
The writers are convinced that one of the primary failures in biblical interpretation is the failure to properly understand genre. “Unfortunately, many who study the Bible are unaware of genre as a critical step in interpretation. Rather, the first and third [...]
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