Baker Walter C. Kaiser Collection (6 vols.)

by Walter C. Kaiser Jr.

Publisher:

Baker Academic

, 1981–2012

Overview

Strengthen you preaching by viewing the Old Testament with fresh eyes. Old Testament scholar Walter C. Kaiser offers several ways to incorporate OT illustrations, lessons, and figures into all types of sermons. He analyzes God’s missionary purpose for the church, proposes a syntactical-theological method for exegesis, and connects Scripture to today’s ethical issues. This collection includes six valuable resources for preachers and teachers, providing tools for utilizing the entire Bible in your messages.

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Key Features

• Emphasizes the importance of Old Testament Scripture for contemporary Christian living
• Analyzes the Old Testament’s teaching on missions, eschatology, and ethics
• Applies biblical answers to today’s ethical issues

Product Details

• Title: Baker Walter C. Kaiser Collection
• Author: Walter C. Kaiser
• Publisher: Baker
• Volumes: 6
• Pages: 1,262
• Christian Group: Evangelical
• Resource Type: Collected Works
• Topic: Preaching Resources

Preaching and Teaching the Last Things: Old Testament Eschatology for the Life of the Church

• Author: Walter C. Kaiser
• Publisher: Baker
• Publication Date: 2011
• Pages: 208

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Distinguished Old Testament scholar Walter Kaiser believes that the Old Testament is sorely neglected today in teaching and preaching—and that it is even more neglected when it comes to setting forth the hope that Christians have for the future. Firmly believing that the Old Testament offers important insights into biblical eschatology and the Christian life, he provides guidance for preachers, teachers, and Bible students on expositing 15 key Old Testament eschatological passages. Each chapter focuses on a single biblical text. Kaiser introduces the topic, examines the issues, notes who has contributed to some of the solutions, and shows how this sets up the text to be exegeted and prepared for exposition.

What can we know about eschatology from Scripture, especially the Old Testament? Walter Kaiser’s Preaching and Teaching the Last Things shows us that we can know quite a lot. This is a helpful work for those who wonder how to preach or teach about the end with balance and clarity.

—Darrell L. Bock, senior research professor of New Testament studies, Dallas Theological Seminary

Walt Kaiser has offered a powerful and practical model for preaching and teaching the prophetic plan of God. His straightforward interpretation of the future provides strong support for a future, literal, earthly reign of the Messiah over the world from Jerusalem. Through the exposition of key prophetic texts, Kaiser shows the premillennial position to be both an Old and New Testament expectation.

—Mark L. Bailey, president and professor of Bible exposition, Dallas Theological Seminary

The book could easily be used as a supplement to a seminary preaching class. . . . Along with sermon helps and a teaching outline, each of the 15 or so passages chosen by Kaiser come with a brief six or seven page commentary. I found these comments interesting [and] extremely helpful. Bits of scholarly information pop up every now and then. . . . The time-strapped pastor or interested layman will find informed excursions such as these an added bonus.

—Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society

Toward an Exegetical Theology: Biblical Exegesis for Preaching and Teaching

• Author: Walter C. Kaiser
• Publisher: Baker
• Publication Date: 1998
• Pages: 272

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According to Walter Kaiser, a gap exists in the academic preparation of ministers. It is the gap between the study of the biblical text (most frequently in the original languages) and the actual delivery of messages to God’s people. Very few centers of biblical and homiletical training have ever taken the time or effort to show the student how one moves from analyzing the text to constructing a sermon that reflects and is dependent on that analysis. The author intends to bridge this gap with Toward an Exegetical Theology. He proposes a syntactical-theological method of exegesis consisting of the following steps: (1) contextual analysis, (2) syntactical analysis, (3) verbal analysis, (4) theological analysis, and (5) homiletical analysis.

Kaiser finds no fault with the time honored grammatical-historical method except that it failed to go far enough in describing the main job of exegesis. In the syntactical-theological method the accent falls on syntactical analysis of the text and on biblical theology. Syntactical analysis systematically operates from three basic building blocks: (1) the concept, (2) the proposition, and (3) the paragraph. It is the precise way in which these three units are organized and arranged that provides the exegete all the data necessary to begin the journey of moving from the text to the destination of using that text in a teaching and preaching situation.

What Does the Lord Require?: A Guide for Preaching and Teaching Biblical Ethics

• Author: Walter C. Kaiser
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Publication Date: 2009
• Pages: 256

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Situational ethics, made popular in the 1960s, teaches that “all we need is love.” Loving is how we should be, but it does not tell us what to do. A biblical ethic, which can provide real guidance, begins with the light of Scripture. But how applicable is the Bible’s moral standard to the complex issues we face today, such as stem cell research, euthanasia, racism, gambling, and environmental care? And how does a person use Scripture in making or evaluating ethical decisions?

Trusted Bible scholar and teacher Walter Kaiser answers these questions by connecting 18 tough ethical issues with 18 key teaching Scriptures—including, for example, poverty with Isaiah 58, genetic engineering with Genesis 1:26–30 and 2:15–25, substance abuse with Proverbs 23:29–35, cohabitation with 1 Thessalonians 4:1–8, and war with Deuteronomy 20:1–20 and Romans 13:1–7. Through authoritative teaching from Scripture, suggested expositional outlines, and insights from years of teaching this material at Gordon-Conwell and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Kaiser demonstrates how to connect Scripture to ethical issues and train congregations to think biblically about ethics. The result is a vital text for teaching pastors, a stimulating resource and guide for preaching, and a foundation for developing Bible studies.

This series of studies will prove an invaluable tool to any Christian leader and will leave every thinking believer, even if not in agreement with all Dr. Kaiser’s conclusions on every issue, sharing the Jubilee Centre’s desire to explore further the continued relevance of biblical principles to the social, economic, and political questions facing modern society.

—John Hayward, executive director, Jubilee Centre, Cambridge, England

In today’s churches, many ethical pronouncements are made without firm biblical grounding, and many biblical sermons are preached without concrete application to the issues of the day. This book will help preachers and teachers speak to the ethical challenges facing the church from an informed perspective rooted in sound biblical theology and solid scholarship. I heartily recommend it.

—John Jefferson Davis, professor of systematic theology and Christian ethics, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

Walt Kaiser is the right person to write this book. The work reveals a lifetime of experience in the Scriptures, in the classroom, and in churches. Kaiser’s strategy of working primarily with one or two focal texts in relation to each ethical issue addressed is a unique and valuable aspect of the book. His close adherence to the biblical text offers a fine model for expository preaching and teaching. This work will serve well as a textbook for college and seminary level ethics courses, as a trustworthy guide for pastors, lay leaders, and all ministry professionals who desire to apply faithfully the texts of Scripture to many of today’s crucial ethical issues. I highly recommend this superb volume and expect it will have a long and useful life.

—Robert V. Rakestraw, emeritus professor of theology, Bethel Seminary

Many people feel overwhelmed by the number and complexity of the moral questions we face. And with people knowing less of God’s Word, the need for accurate biblical guidance for navigating today’s ethical dilemmas has never been greater. Thankfully, Walter Kaiser fills the void by clearly pointing us back to our biblical roots for moral guidance and by unpacking the meaning and implications of central teaching passages from the Bible. Kaiser has done it again!

—David K. Clark, executive vice president and provost, Bethel Seminary

Too many Christian preachers think that Christian preaching can only be done from the gospel reading or the writings of St. Paul. Kaiser demonstrates how genuine Christian preaching can be inspired by Old Testament passages as well. Here he focuses his attention more specifically on passages that deal with ethical matters. . . . His critical approach to the biblical material and his method of recontextualization will enlighten even those who might not agree with his theological stand.

—The Bible Today

Walter Kaiser’s latest contribution to biblical studies is a refreshingly new approach to Christian ethics—preached and taught. . . . The range is considerably wider than many evangelical books on ethics. . . . This is a helpful book, not least in the assistance it offers in preaching from the ethical material in Scripture.

—Reformed Theological Journal

About Walter C. Kaiser

Walter Kaiser is the Colman M. Mockler Distinguished Professor of Old Testament and in 2006 retired as president of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He studied at Wheaton College and earned a PhD from Brandeis University. He taught Bible and archeology at Wheaton and then went on to teach Old Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, for more than 20 years. Kaiser currently serves on the boards of several Christian organizations. He is the author of more than 30 books, including Toward an Exegetical Theology and A History of Israel: From the Bronze Age through the Jewish Wars in Hebrew History (3 volumes).