The Art of Preaching Old Testament Narrative and Poetry (2 vols.)

by Steven D. Mathewson

Publisher:

Baker Academic

, 2021–2024

Overview

A veteran pastor with thirty years of experience guides readers through a process to preaching Old Testament poetry and narratives from text selection to delivery. Steven Mathewson instructs and inspires preachers to preach some of the most challenging--and some of the richest--material in the Old Testament. Highlighting Mathewson’s skill at bringing the riches of the Old Testament to bear on the life of the church, these books make scholarship on Old Testament books accessible for pastors and pastors-in-training.

Key Features

• Offers a ten-step process to preaching Old Testament narratives
• Includes a new chapter on how to preach Christ from the Old Testament
• Guides readers through preaching the oft-neglected Old Testament poetic books
• Makes scholarship on the poetic books accessible for pastors and pastors-in-training
• Highlights Mathewson’s skill at bringing the riches of the Old Testament to bear on the life of the church