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 and to lay out guidelines for doing so in a way that is faithful to the meaning of the text. A Summary of the Book Preaching and Teaching from the Old Testament is divided into two sections. In the first section the author demonstrates the need for preaching from … Continue reading Book Review

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 to challenge our preachers – and those who train preachers- to move out of the academy into the marketplace and to start communicating God’s truth the way God communicated it to us in His Word…Biblical preaching means declaring God’s truth the way He declared it, … Continue reading Book Review

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 not calling on preachers to make the Bible relevant. It is relevant. Instead he wants to help preachers preach “substantive biblical truth in a way that people can discern its relevance for their lives as they seek to walk with God.” (p.19) … Continue reading Book Review

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 levels of context receive the majority of attention…”(p.6) This book was written to help readers identify the various literary forms of the Old Testament and to provide principles of interpretation for each of those literary forms. The authors begin by defining what they mean by … Continue reading Cracking Old Testament Codes