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Preaching Christ from the Old Testament: A Contemporary Hermeneutical Method is unavailable, but you can change that!

Arguing for the need both to preach Christ in every sermon and to preach regularly from the Old Testament, Sidney Greidanus develops a christocentric method that will help preachers do both simultaneously. Greidanus challenges Old Testament scholars to broaden their focus and to understand the Old Testament not only in its own historical context but also in the context of the New Testament....

The importance of Jesus’ teaching rises to the surface with Jesus’ own statement, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:31–32, NIV). The crucial importance of the teaching of Christ shows up especially in Christ’s mandate to his disciples to “make disciples of all nations, baptizing them …, and teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you” (Matt 28:19–20). The teaching of Jesus is an indispensable
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