A Love Song for the People of God
It demands careful study, interpretive wisdom, theological balance, and pastoral sensitivity. The Song gives the church a vision of love that is deeply human and profoundly theological.
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It demands careful study, interpretive wisdom, theological balance, and pastoral sensitivity.
For our ongoing series of feature articles for pastors and Christian leaders, we asked Douglas Sean O'Donnell (PhD, University of Aberdeen), Senior Vice President of Bible Editorial at Crossway, to offer...
Faithful, wise preaching of the Song requires following interpretive convictions and guidelines that recognize the genre and purpose of the book within the canonical scope of Holy Scripture.
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It demands careful study, interpretive wisdom, theological balance, and pastoral sensitivity. The Song gives the church a vision of love that is deeply human and profoundly theological. Faithful, wise preaching of the Song requires following interpretive convictions and guidelines that recognize the genre and purpose of the book within the canonical scope of Holy Scripture.
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- For our ongoing series of feature articles for pastors and Christian leaders, we asked Douglas Sean O'Donnell (PhD, University of Aberdeen), Senior Vice President of Bible Editorial at Crossway, to offer...
- I know of only one pastor in my pastoral friend group (maybe I need more friends!) who has preached through every line of the Song of Solomon.
- "Virtually every verse," as Daniel Estes summarizes, "presents challenges in text, phi...
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Most seasoned pastors I know have preached through a Gospel (Matthew and John especially), a variety of Paul's epistles (usually Romans, Ephesians, and Philippians), some of the psalms, the beginning of Genesis, and the end of Revelation. I know three men who even preached through all of Isaiah!
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