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.

The Modern Preacher and the Ancient Text: Interpreting and Preaching Biblical Literature (Relativism; 2)

Christian Books & Bibles

Greidanus, Sidney

Churches & Church Leadership

Wm. B. Eerdmans-Lightning Source

Sidney Greidanus's previous two preaching books -- The Modern Preacher and the Ancient Text andPreaching Christ from the Old Testament -- have received wide acclaim. Preaching Christ from Genesis offers more of Greidanus's solid, practical homiletical fare. Packed with unique features, Preaching Christ from Genesis
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<li>uses the latest scholarly research to analyze twenty-three Genesis narratives</li>
<li>presents the rhetorical structures and other literary features of each narrative</li>
<li>discloses the message for Israel (theme) as well as the author's likely purpose (goal)</li>
<li>explores various ways of preaching Christ from each narrative</li>
<li>offers sermon exposition and commentary in oral style</li>
<li>suggests relevant sermon forms, introductions, and applications Including helpful appendixes -- "Ten Steps from Text to Sermon," "An Expository Sermon Model," and three of the author's own Genesis sermons -- this volume will be an invaluable resource for preachers and Bible teachers.</li>
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Preaching Christ from Genesis

Religion & Spirituality

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

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.

Preaching Christ from the Old Testament: A Contemporary Hermeneutical Method

Ministry & Evangelism

Eerdmans

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.

Preaching Christ from Ecclesiastes: Foundations for Expository Sermons

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.

Preaching Christ from Psalms: Foundations for Expository Sermons in the Christian Year

For pastors who take seriously the commitment to incorporate the entire&nbsp;Bible into their preaching, Sidney Greidanus's books on preaching Christ from the major genres of the Old Testament have been a welcome gift. In his last such volume, Greidanus engages with the Old Testament genre of law and treats a book that is often seen as the most challenging of all: Leviticus.&nbsp; Preaching Christ from Leviticus&nbsp;reminds pastors and congregations that key christological themes--priesthood, sacrifice, atonement, holiness--first originated in Leviticus before they came to full flower in the New Testament&nbsp;with the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ and his call to holiness. Greidanus provides the basis for fully understanding these and other themes with an exacting analysis of Leviticus and then provides the foundations for ten sermons on Leviticus through topics such as the burnt offering, the ordained priesthood, the day of atonement, the sabbatical year, and the year of jubilee, as well as the commandments to be holy, to love your neighbor, and to love aliens and enemies.

Preaching Christ from Leviticus: Foundations for Expository Sermons

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. After discussing sermon preparation in a broad sense and examining various methodologies for understanding the biblical text, Sidney Greidanus applies general hermeneutical and homiletical principles to four specific genres in the Bible: Hebrew narratives, prophetic literature, the Gospels and the Epistles. By putting forth many helpful guidelines for responsible contemporary preaching this book serves as a valuable resource for preachers as well as an ideal textbook for aspiring preachers.

The Modern Preacher and the Ancient Text

Inter-Varsity Press]

Sola Scriptura: Problems and Principles in Preaching Historical Texts

Sola Scriptura: Problems and Principles in Preaching Historical Texts

Wedge Pub Foundation

“I form light and create darkness; I make well-being and create calamity; I am the LORD, who does all these things.” Isaiah 45:7 
When God created the world, he brought perfect order out of what was “without form and void.” But with human rebellion against God leading to God’s curse, disorder was introduced into creation―disorder that we still see all around us today. Tracing the chaos to cosmos theme from Genesis 1 to Revelation 22, pastor-scholar Sidney Greidanus reveals how God is restoring his creation through Jesus Christ, who has already begun to shine light into the darkness and will one day return to bring peace, order, and restoration once and for all. With discussion questions at the end of each chapter and a fourteen-session reading plan, this book is ideal for small groups as well as individual study.

From Chaos to Cosmos: Creation to New Creation (Short Studies in Biblical Theology)

Crossway

This book deals with a key question every pastor faces nearly every week in preparing sermons. That question concerns the appropriate manner of treating the historical material of the Scriptures. In the history of the Christian Church this material has often served as the basis for moral lessons" or intellectual truths." This study presents a careful analysis of the way in which this age-old controversy surfaced in the revival of redemptive-historical theology in the Reformed churches in Holland between the two world wars. It also presents the basis for a fresh approach and is thus exceedingly helpful for both pastors and students.

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The Modern Preacher and the Ancient Text: Interpreting and Preaching Biblical Literature (Relativism; 2)

Preaching Christ from Genesis

Preaching Christ from the Old Testament: A Contemporary Hermeneutical Method

Preaching Christ from Ecclesiastes: Foundations for Expository Sermons

Preaching Christ from Psalms: Foundations for Expository Sermons in the Christian Year

Preaching Christ from Leviticus: Foundations for Expository Sermons

The Modern Preacher and the Ancient Text

Sola Scriptura: Problems and Principles in Preaching Historical Texts

From Chaos to Cosmos: Creation to New Creation (Short Studies in Biblical Theology)

Sola Scriptura: Problems and Principles in Preaching Historical Texts