Preaching Christ from Psalms

Foundations for Expository Sermons in the Christian Year

Sidney Greidanus

• Publisher: Eerdmans
• Year: 2016
• ISBN:
  9781467446099
• Topic: Teología y religión
• Subtopic: Ministerio cristiano

In this penultimate volume of his series on preaching Christ from the Old Testament, Sidney Greidanus offers expert guidance for busy pastors on preaching Christ from Psalms. Beginning with a general introduction on how pastors can interpret and preach from the biblical psalms — and why they should — Greidanus proceeds by discussing twenty-two psalms in the Revised Common Lectionary, Year A, supplying the building blocks necessary to preach from Psalms at Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, and other major days and seasons of the church year. In addition to laying out basic homiletical-theological approaches suitable for each selected psalm, these chapters also provide verse-by-verse exposition, bridges to Christ in the New Testament, and ideas for placing the psalmist's words into contemporary context.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Table of Psalms Studied
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• 1. Issues in Preaching Christ from Psalms
• 2. “Happy Are Those Whose Delight Is in the Law of the Lord”—Psalm 1
• 3. “Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem”—Psalm 122 (121)
• 4. “Give the King Your Justice, O God”—Psalm 72 (71)
• 5. “Happy Are Those Whose Help Is the God of Jacob”—Psalm 146 (145)
• 6. “Restore Us, O Lord God of Hosts”—Psalm 80 (79)
• 7. “Sing to the Lord a New Song”—Psalm 96 (95)
• 8. “May the Kings of Seba and Sheba Bring Gifts”—Psalm 72:8–11 (71:8–11)
• 9. “The Voice of the Lord Is Powerful”—Psalm 29 (28)
• 10. “I Will Make the Nations Your Heritage”—Psalm 2
• 11. “Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God”—Psalm 51 (50)
• 12. “Happy Are Those Whose Transgression Is Forgiven”—Psalm 32 (31)
• 13. “The Lord Is Your Keeper”—Psalm 121 (120)
• 14. “Let Us Make a Joyful Noise to the Rock of Our Salvation”—Psalm 95 (94)
• 15. “The Lord Is My Shepherd”—Psalm 23 (22)
• 16. “Out of the Depths I Cry to You, O Lord”—Psalm 130 (129)
• 17. “O Give Thanks to the Lord!”—Psalm 118 (117)
• 18. “My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?”—Psalm 22 (21)
• 19. “This Is the Day That the Lord Has Made”—Psalm 118:10–24 (117:10–24)
• 20. “God Has Gone Up with a Shout …, with the Sound of a Trumpet”—Psalm 47 (46)
• 21. “Bless the Lord, O My Soul!”—Psalm 104 (103)
• 22. “O Lord …, How Majestic Is Your Name in All the Earth!”—Psalm 8
• 23. “Make a Joyful Noise to the Lord, All the Earth!”—Psalm 100 (99)
• 1. Ten Steps from Text to Sermon
• 2. An Expository Sermon Model
• 3. A Meditation on Psalm 23
• 4. Sermons on Psalms 72 and 80, by Ryan Faber
• 5. A Sermon on Colossians 1:15–20, by Roy Berkenbosch
• 6. Series of Sermons on Psalms
• Select Bibliography