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The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Volume 1: The Biblical Period is unavailable, but you can change that!

In this volume, Hughes Oliphant Old begins his survey of the history of preaching by discussing the roots of the Christian ministry of the Word in the worship of Israel. He then examines the preaching of Christ, the Apostles, and early church leaders.

(Exod. 20:8; Deut. 5:15). Exodus speaks of creation, Deuteronomy of redemption. To be sure, the observance of the day itself is the memorial, but would not a day of memorial include a time for recounting the traditions that were to be remembered? Would there not have been a time for reading the Law of Moses and expounding it? The observance of a memorial day would surely include recalling what one was celebrating, although it would also be more than a simple retelling of the sacred history. One thing
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