Horatius Bonar (1808-1889) was a Scottish preacher, hymn-writer, and writer. He was known for his powerful Christ-centered expository preaching, his voluminous writings, evangelistic zeal, and his hymns, which have been sung throughout the English-speaking world.
The Old Testament has been referred to as the master problem of theology because of the hermeneutical challenges and subsequent trickle down implications for faith and practice. The contemporary church suffers from a dearth of
Apostolic preaching is the application of what Jesus taught his apostles about preaching. Willem VanGemeren writes, “First, the sermons and speeches show that the preaching of the apostles is in continuity with the teaching of
Graeme Goldsworthy is retired lecturer in Old Testament, biblical theology, and hermeneutics at Moore Theological College in Sydney, Australia. Goldsworthy is a Reformed, evangelical Anglican scholar who spent many years in full-time pastoral ministry. Arguably
[Editor’s Note: This post provides a summary and evaluation of Bryan Chapell’s approach to Christ-centered preaching. If you are already familiar with Chapell’s method you could skip ahead to the evaluation.] In
The Apostles judge our hermeneutics we do not judge theirs. We proceed on the basis of the dual authorship and organic unity of Scripture. The Scripture possesses a canonical Sensus Plenior. Ultimately the locus of
“The predictable Jesus bit” is how Graeme Goldsworthy summarizes a common caricature of Christocentric preaching that stresses the Scripture’s organic unity (Preaching the Whole Bible, xi). Some of the loudest critics of Christ-centered redemptive-historical preaching
Luke Stamps is one of my former preaching students at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary who now swerves as Assistant Professor of Christian Studies at California Baptist University (OPS). He is also a Ph.D. candidate
Preach the text/Preach Christ and His Kingdom (redemptive history, epoch, person & work of Christ, eschatological fulfillment in the Kingdom of Christ) Honor the Authors of the text Apply the text in light of the
Following Jesus’ example and teaching, the apostles interpreted the meaning, significance, and application of the entire Bible in light of Jesus’ person and work. Their preaching was the preeminent display of this hermeneutical commitment. When