The Art of Preaching Old Testament Poetry

The Art of Preaching Old Testament PoetryPreachers often struggle with preaching Old Testament poetry. They are uncertain how to preach the highly emotive poems in Psalms, the one liners in Proverbs, the tedious conversations in Job, the esoteric observations about life in Ecclesiastes, and the confusing love poems in the Song of Songs. Here leading pastor theologian Steven Mathewson instructs and inspires preachers to preach some of the most challenging and some of the richest material in

This substantive and useful commentary on the book of Numbers is both critically engaged and sensitive to the theological contributions of the text

It demystifies the writing process and helps students understand why their writing matters

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showing how Jesus is the central figure of each plot

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and ascension mean in the rough-and-tumble of daily life in a conflicted world

It encourages students to adopt a lifestyle spirituality

went on a one-year journey to answer these questions

The early followers of Jesus drew from Jewish and Greco-Roman traditions and titles to help them understand and articulate who Jesus was

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