Preaching and Teaching from the Old Testament

Walter C. Kaiser, Jr.
Kaiser, Jr. Walter C. Preaching and Teaching from the Old Testament: A Guide for the Church. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2003.

From the flyleaf: “Those of us who care about biblical preaching face an uphill climb. Those who care about effective preaching of the Old Testament find the mountain to be particularly steep. With his new book, Walter Kaiser gives the preacher a welcome boost. This book finds its place alongside recent offerings by Graeme Goldsworthy, Steven Matthewson, and Sidney Greidanus, each of whom has championed a sound biblical theology for preaching the Old Testament.” KCA

Excerpt: “Quite often when I have the opportunity to speak or preach at a church or Christian institution, I am asked: “You are not going to speak from the Old Testament, are you?” Obviously the expected answer is than no one who is thinking correctly, or even as a Christian, would venture to do such a bizarre thing as address contemporary issues and the needs of our day by going back to something as antique and remote as the Old Testament. But that is indeed what I have done time and again, for I have been impressed with how relevant and powerful a message that portion of the biblical text shares with the New Testament. The time has come for a whole new evaluation of our reasons for avoiding this section of the Bible.” (15)

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