Table of Contents
Letter to the Reader xiii
Preface xv
Part 1 "He Spoke and it Game to Be": Preaching in the Company of Moses
Introduction 3
1 Genesis 1: "In the Beginning God Created" 8
2 Genesis 12: "Friend of God" 15
3 Genesis 21: "And Sarah Conceived" 22
4 Exodus 32: "Make Us Gods" 28
5 Leviticus 19: "Love Your Neighbor as Yourself" 35
6 Numbers 23: "You Have Done Nothing but Bless" 42
7 Deuteronomy II: "Your Eyes Have Seen" 49
Part 2 "All My Springs are in You": Preaching in the Company of David
Introduction 59
1 Psalm 110: "From the Womb of the Morning" 63
2 Psalm 116: "Land of the Living" 70
3 Psalm 29: "The Beauty of Holiness" 78
4 Psalm 108: "I Will Awake the Dawn" 85
5 Psalm 114: "The Mountains Skipped like Rams" 93
6 Psalm 23: "Surely Goodness and Mercy" 100
7 Psalm I: "Blessed" 106
Part 3 "Prepare the Way of the Lord": Preaching in the Company of Isaiah
Introduction 115
1 Isaiah 6: "Holy, Holy, Holy" 119
2 Isaiah 61: 'A Garland Instead of Ashes" 126
3 Isaiah 11: "The Root of Jesse" 131
4 Isaiah 9: "For to Us a Child Is Born" 138
5 Isaiah 40: "Speak Tenderly to Jerusalem" 144
6 Isaiah 42: "Behold My Servant" 151
7 Isaiah 35: "Strengthen the Weak Heart" 157
Part 4 "On Earth as it is in Heaven" Preaching in the Company of Solomon
Introduction 165
1 Song of Solomon 8: "Many Waters Cannot Quench Love" 168
2 Job 38: "Out of the Whirlwind" 176
3 Proverbs I: "Wisdom Cries Aloud" 182
4 Proverbs 22: "Train Up a Child" 188
5 Proverbs 8: "I Was Beside Him" 195
6 Ecclesiastes 5: "Sacrifice of Fools" 201
7 Ecclesiastes 9: "Let Your Garments Be Always White" 207
Part 5 "Yes and Amen and Jesus": Preaching in the Company of Peter
Introduction 217
1 Mark 8: "Who Do Men Say That I Am?" 222
2 Mark 1: "With the Wild Beasts" 230
3 Matthew 5: "Jesus Went up the Mountain" 236
4 Mark 10: "Do for Us Whatever We Ask" 242
5 Luke 13: "Sir, Let It Alone" 249
6 Mark 15: "The Death of Death" 256
7 Mark 16: "He Is Not Here" 261
Part 6 "Christ in You the Hope of Glory" Preaching in the Company of Paul
Introduction 269
1 Romans 3: "But Now the Righteousness of God" 274
2 1 Corinthians 1: "Jews Demand Signs and Greeks Seek Wisdom" 281
3 Galatians 5: "For Freedom Christ Has Set Us Free" 287
4 Ephesians 4: "Speaking the Truth in Love" 294
5 Philippians 4: "In Him Who Strengthens Me" 300
6 Colossians 3: "Aspire to the Realm Above" 306
7 Philemon 1: "On Behalf of My Child, Onesimus" 313
Part 7 "In the Beginning was the Word": Preaching in the Company of John of Patmos
Introduction 321
1 John 12: "Father, Glorify Thy Name" 327
2 John 10: "I Am the Good Shepherd" 333
3 John 14: "I Am the Way" 339
4 John 16: "I Am Leaving … I Am Sending" 344
5 John 21: "Why Peter?" 351
6 I John 3: "See What Love" 358
7 Revelation 19: "The Marriage Supper of the Lamb" 365
Acknowledgments 373