Using the Categories of God’s Image and the Functions of Covenant Mediator Johnson’s volume is worth its weight in gold in my estimation because of the section he provides on categories for understanding Christ as head of the new creation and mediator of the new covenant who restores mankind to the image of God.[1] He…
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How to Avoid Moralism and Allegory when Preaching Christ from the OT (6 of 7)
Staying on the Straight and Narrow Some practical observations on best practices while preaching Christ from the OT are in order. Johnson helps preachers move from the OT through its own truths, through Christ’s fulfillment of that truth, and on to application to contemporary hearers. When interpreting an OT passage, preachers should 1) look for how…
How NT Authors Found Christ in the Scriptures (5 of 7)
Presuppositions in Practice: NT Authors Found Christ in the OT What follows is a brief survey of the different ways the OT bears witness to Christ, as exemplified in the preaching and writing of the NT authors. 1) Redemptive-historical Progression One of the most straightforward ways the above presuppositions is practiced by the NT writers,…
Presuppositions that NT Authors Had toward the OT (4 of 7)
How Does the OT Bear Witness to the Person and Work of Christ? We’ve already seen that the manner in which the OT bears witness to the person and work of Christ is through a redemptive-historical, christocentric method exemplified in the NT by Christ, the apostles, and gospel writers. Now we will turn to the…
Doing Exegesis as the Apostles Did (3 of 7)
Was the Apostle’s Hermeneutic Normative? Some who admit that a christocentric hermeneutic is undeniably represented by Scripture remain steadfastly opposed to our reproduction of that hermeneutic today. The question is whether the exegetical methods of Christ, the apostles, and gospel writers are normative for us today. Longnecker answers in the negative, that the apostolic hermeneutic…
Challenges to the Redemptive-historical Christocentric Approach to the OT (2 of 7)
People Still Dissent against the most Biblically Supported Hermeneutic Despite our utter certainty that Christ and his followers read the OT as a christocentric document, scholars today still attempt to discredit the apostolic hermeneutic and erect other hermeneutics in its place. As Johnson aptly noted, “when any hermeneutic method disqualifies… the ways that Jesus… interpreted…
New Life Bible Conference (2014) – A Summary
Posted on Author Ian TurnerPosted in Biblical Theology, Christ-centered preaching, Genesis, New Life Bible Conferences
What follows are just the main headings of the sermons delivered in the 2014 New Life Bible Conference. Whatever details I selected from my notebook to put under the headings are only things that stuck out to me. They might not represent what the preachers may have deemed most central to their sermons. Check out my…