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The Prophets as Preachers: An Introduction to the Hebrew Prophets is unavailable, but you can change that!

The prophets of the Old Testament times were among the most persuasive preachers in all of history. Smith uses communication theory and the sociology of knowledge to analyze how the preaching of the Old Testament prophets were able to change individual lives, influence the world’s greatest leaders, and cause entire nations to repent. He reaches beyond the traditional presentations of Scripture...

The central theological perspective of prophetic preaching was that Israel’s God was in control of all people, nature, and power in heaven and earth. God is the first and the last (Isa. 48:12); the One who created the world of nature and human beings (Isa. 44:24; 45:12). He established the nations and controls them (Isa. 40:15–17; 44:7). God planned both the former things that happened in the past and the things to come in the future (48:3–6). God raised up ruling kings and
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