From Ancient Text to Valid Application

by Josiah D. Boyd

Publisher:

Wipf and Stock

, 2021

Overview

As a child needs nutrient-rich calories to grow healthily, so God’s people experience maturation through consistent, Spirit-empowered feedings from the Bible prepared by a capable, Spirit-filled chef. This is why Paul emphatically charged Timothy, an overseer of a local congregation, to unwaveringly and unrelentingly “preach the word” (2 Tim 4:1-2), a task that assumes not only Scripture’s right explanation but also its valid application. Unfortunately, while much scholarly attention has been paid to the former facet, less has been given to the latter. One homiletician, Abraham Kuruvilla (Privilege the Text! A Theological Hermeneutic for Preaching), has recently attempted to fill this void by articulating and demonstrating a methodology through which a preacher can, with confidence and clarity, lead the people of God from the word of God to its intended, and thus binding, application. This work explores the effectiveness of his proposed theology and hermeneutic for the identification, development, communication, and reception of biblically founded, theologically valid, and hearer-relevant application.

Key Features

• Explores the effectiveness of his proposed theology and hermeneutics.
• Creates an ideal God’s-kingdom-world.
• Gives solid examples of expository preaching.

Praise for the Print Edition

The results of Boyd’s attempt to delineate the effectiveness of preaching in a specific church situation by employing notions of pericopal theology and a christiconic hermeneutic resoundingly affirm the manifest value of such an approach to homiletics. An encouragement to all expositors, indeed!

—Abraham Kuruvilla, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Boyd has amply demonstrated that exposition and application rooted in a solid theological understanding of the text under examination, as well as the objective of Christlikeness, creates an ideal God’s-kingdom-world in front of the text that all of us need to seek to embrace. This book... gives solid examples of expository preaching that allow the significance of the text to emerge in all its fullness, beauty, and complexity.

—David G. Barker, Heritage College and Seminary

Josiah Boyd has aimed his commitment to textually based application in biblical preaching and the implications of his mentor’s hermeneutical perspectives at the task of preaching the book of Jonah to great effect. The resulting sermons from the life of God’s reluctant prophet support his commitments as well as provide the reader with valuable applications for life and ministry.

—Blayne Banting, Briercrest Seminary

Product Details

• Title: From Ancient Text to Valid Application
• Author: Josiah D. Boyd
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Print Publication Date: 2021
• Pages: 158
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9781666725148, 1666725145, 9781666720419, 1666720410, 1666720429, 9781666720426
• Resource ID: LLS:NCNTTXTVLPPLCTN
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-05-03T23:13:18Z

About Josiah D. Boyd

Josiah D. Boyd, has served Oakridge Bible Chapel as one of its elders and one of its pastoral staff members since September 2018, before which he ministered as an associate pastor to a local congregation in the Canadian prairies. Josiah's desire is to be used by God to help equip the church for ministry, both while gathered (edification) and while scattered (evangelization). He is married to Patricia, and together they have five children--Jonah, Henry, Nathaniel, Josephine, and Benjamin.