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Voicing one theme for the entire Bible and structuring all sermons around that idea may seem to be an impossible challenge. For veteran pastor and preaching professor Edmund Clowney it will not do to preach a text from either the Old or New Testaments without fully preaching its ultimate and primary focus-the person and work of Jesus Christ. He writes, "To see the text in relation to Christ is to...

of Old Testament allusions that have meaning in revealing the glory of Christ. While it must be granted that it is difficult to separate absolutely between meaning and significance, E. D. Hirsch, Jr., has well advocated the need for distinction.16 Certainly, as interpreters of the Word of God, we must discover the meaning of the text and show its significance for our hearers. The Word of God has an established meaning, established by the primary Author as it is expressed through the inspiration of
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