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Preaching Christ from Psalms: Foundations for Expository Sermons in the Christian Year is unavailable, but you can change that!

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...

Psalm 1:2 seems to call for perfection: “their delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law they meditate day and night.” Jesus also demands perfection: “I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect” (Matt 5:20, 48). Psalm 1 presents two ways (v 6), the way of “the one” (hāʾîš, sing. v 1) and the way of “the wicked” (plural). Jesus also presents two ways,
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