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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....

you say that I am?” Peter’s answer, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God,” was a revelation from God himself, Jesus said (Matt 16:16–17). Knowing who Jesus was (Messiah, Son of God) helped the disciples understand somewhat the profound significance of his work of preaching and healing and dying and rising. In fact, John begins his Gospel with the identity of the person of Christ. He writes, “No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made
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