explored this controversy in his 1970 doctoral dissertation, Sola Scriptura: Problems and Principles in Preaching Historical Texts. Some preachers within these Dutch Reformed churches advocated an “exemplary approach,” which looked to the characters in the stories as models to imitate or avoid. Others in these same churches argued for a “redemptive-historical approach” (or “Christocentric” approach), which proclaimed how the story points forward to the person and work of Christ. Interestingly, this