The promises madeDever, Mark.creatortextbibliographyCriticism, interpretation, etc.Sermons.iluWheaton, IllCrossway Books2006monographiceng

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959 pages ; 24 cmThe undeniable emphasis that Jesus placed upon the Old Testament Scriptures is that they testify to Him. Of course they testify to all sorts of other things as well: godliness, faithfulness, the progress and regress of God's people, sinful�ness, judgment, and so on. But Jesus, along with the apostles and the other authors of the New Testament, emphasized that the Old Testament, above all, is about Him. Why then is the first question we often ask about a passage in the Old Testament, "What does this tell us about ourselves?" Surely, the first and main question we should ask is, "How does this passage testify to Christ?" In this book, Mark Dever has undertaken a difficult and important task. He has set out to crystallize the message of each Old Testament book, and he has endeavored to show something of the Christian value of each book. These sermons should not be regarded as models for routine preaching from the Old Testament, for rarely would the preacher try to cover a whole book in one sermon. But they do provide broad perspectives on the way the books point to Christ and are fulfilled by him. The preacher will need to extrapolate the principles of preaching Christ from the Old Testament and apply them to the textual units that are more appropriate for expository sermons. - Introduction.The message of Genesis : "--Which in their seeds and weak beginning lie intreasured" -- The message of Exodus : "All the world's a stage" -- The message of Leviticus : "The world is not thy friend nor the world's law" -- The message of numbers : "Past and to come seem best, things present, worst" -- The message of Deuteronomy : "What's past is prologue" -- The message of Joshua : conquest -- The message of Judges : stalemate -- The message of Ruth : surprise -- The message of 1 Samuel : faith in faithless times -- The message of 2 Samuel : repentance -- The message of 1 Kings : decline -- The message of 2 Kings : fall -- The message of 1 Chronicles : heights -- The message of 2 Chronicles : depths -- The message of Ezra : renewal -- The message of Nehemiah : rebuilding -- The message of Esther : surprise -- The message of Job : wisdom for losers -- The message of Psalms : wisdom for spiritual people -- The message of Proverbs : wisdom for the ambitious -- The message of Ecclesiastes : wisdom for the successful -- The message of Song of Songs : wisdom for the married -- The message of Isaiah : Messiah -- The message of Jeremiah : justice -- The message of Lamentations : justice up close -- The message of Ezekiel : paradise -- The message of Daniel : survival -- The message of Hosea : what is love? -- The message of Joel : whom will God save? -- The message of Amos : does God care? -- The message of Obadiah : does God have enemies? -- The message of Jonah : can you run from God? -- The message of Micah : what does God want? -- The message of Nahum : who's in charge? -- The message of Habakkuk : how can I be happy -- The message of Zephaniah : what's there to be thankful for? -- The message of Haggai : are your investments sound? -- The message of Zechariah : does God give second chances? -- The message of Malachi : does it matter how I worship God?Mark Dever ; foreword by Graeme Goldsworthy.Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Criticism, interpretation, etcSermonsBaptistsSermonsSermons, American21st centuryBaptistsSermons, American 2000-2099 fast 68478 BS1171.3 .D43 2006221/.06158134717097815813471732005031730http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip063/2005031730.htmlhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0912/2005031730-d.htmlhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip063/2005031730.htmlhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip063/2005031730.htmlhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0912/2005031730-d.htmlhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip063/2005031730.htmlDLC05110220191106124941.0ocm62330612 eng