Preaching the Old Testament in light of Christ
Bob Hyatt on a story that's frequently misused in sermons:
For instance, the story of David and Goliath? So not about how you can defeat the giants in your life (how
Hermeneutics
Just Preach the Gospel
Selected quotes from an excellent article by Marianne Meye Thompson:
To preach the gospel is to proclaim the accounts of the Scriptures in light of the fact that their central character is God,
Exemplars and signposts
Tim Keller outlines two approaches to preaching about biblical characters as he preaches on Esther:
An example – even a great example – can only crush you. It's crushing because it's
The message of the Bible and moral exemplars
Tim Keller on the problem with using biblical characters as moral exemplars:
When both liberal and conservative people read the book of Esther – in fact, they read the Bible – so many of them
Redemptive-historical preaching
Just discovered a helpful article on Wikipedia summarizing the redemptive-historical approach to preaching:
The proponents of this kind of preaching argued that Old Testament narratives are not given – primarily – to us by God