Him We Proclaim: Preaching Christ from All the Scriptures

Title: Him We Proclaim: Preaching Christ from All the Scriptures

Author: Dennis E. Johnson

ISBN: 9781596380547

Publisher: P&R Publishing

Pages: 512

Binding: Paperback
 

Weights: 714g

"This book holds the promise of the recovery of biblical preaching for those who will give themselves to the demanding and glorious task of setting each text within the context of God's redemptive plan. This is a book that belongs on every preacher's bookshelf."

—R. Albert Mohler Jr.

"Apostolic hermeneutics? Dare we read the Scripture backward as well as forward? Dennis Johnson’s answer is a marvelously informed, and convincing ‘yes!’ Him We Proclaim is sure to be widely read and discussed both in the academy and by groups of serious-minded preachers of the Word."

—R. Kent Hughes

"If only we could learn to preach like Peter and Paul. The wish becomes solid reality in Dennis Johnson's wonderful advocacy of preaching Jesus Christ in the 21st century as the apostles did in the first. Under Johnson's tutelage preaching apostolic, Christ-centered, redemptive-historical, missiological sermons that are grace driven becomes a dream within reach."

—Bryan Chapell

Abbreviations xi

Preface xiii

Acknowledgements xvii

1. Introduction: Preaching the Bible Like Peter and Paul 1

Part 1: The Case for Apostolic, Christocentric Preaching

2. Priorities and Polarities in Preaching 25

3. Paul’s Theology of Preaching 62

4. The Complication, Chastening, Rejection, and Recovery of

 Apostolic Preaching in the History of the Church 98

5. Challenges to Apostolic Preaching 126

Part 2: The Practice of Apostolic, Christocentric Preaching

6. The Epistle to the Hebrews as an Apostolic Preaching

 Paradigm 167

7. Theological Foundations of Apostolic Preaching 198

8. Preaching Christ, Head of the New Creation and Mediator of

 the New Covenant 239

9. Preaching the Promises: Apostolic Preaching of Old

 Testament Literary Genres 272

10. Preaching the Promise Keeper: Apostolic Preaching of New

 Testament Literary Genres 331

Appendix A: From Text to Sermon 397

Appendix B: Sample Sermons in the Trajectory of Apostolic,

Christ-Centered Preaching 409

Bibliography 433

Index of Scripture 447

Index of Personal Names and Titles 468

Index of Subjects 473

Recommended Resources for Preaching Christ from All the

Scriptures 491