Him We Proclaim: Preaching Christ from All the Scriptures
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Challenging modern preachers to expound the Bible like Peter and Paul, Him We Proclaim makes the hermeneutical and historical case for a return to apostolic preaching—preaching that is Christ-centered, redemptive-historical, missiologically communicated, and grounded in grace. But moving beyond theory, this book provides examples of how this method applies to all Old and New Testament genres—history; law; psalm; prophecy; doctrine and exhortation.
Top Highlights
“This apostolic approach to Christ centeredness has three additional features that will be developed more fully in later chapters: Apostolic preaching of Christ is redemptive-historically structured, missiologically communicated, and grace-driven.” (Page 16)
“In one way or another, this approach to preaching and its purpose agrees with all the other approaches: preaching must be Christ centered, must interpret biblical texts in their redemptive-historical contexts, must aim for change, must proclaim the doctrinal center of the Reformation (grace alone, faith alone, Christ alone, God’s glory alone) with passion and personal application, and must speak in a language that connects with the unchurched in our culture, shattering their stereotypes of Christianity and bringing them face to face with Christ, who meets sinners’ real needs—felt and unfelt.” (Page 54)
“First, if the preacher has a clear conception of preaching’s purpose, that purpose will control the whole process of his study, composition, delivery, and follow-up.” (Page 25)
“The Christian preacher must never preach an Old Testament text (narrative or other genre) in such a way that his sermon could have been acceptable in a synagogue whose members do not recognize that Jesus is the Messiah.” (Pages 50–51)
“More credible is the definition of moralism as the homiletic practice of issuing ethical demands without grounding them in the gospel or showing how they are integral to a grateful response to the redemptive work of God in Christ.” (Page 233)
- Title: Him We Proclaim: Preaching Christ from All the Scriptures
- Author: Dennis E. Johnson
- Publisher: P&R
- Print Publication Date: 2007
- Logos Release Date: 2020
- Pages: 493
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible › Homiletical use; Preaching
- ISBN: 9781596380457
- Resource ID: LLS:HMWPRCLLSCRPTRS
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:33:20Z