I believe we should preach Christ. I believe when we preach the Old Testament we should preach to our congregation about Jesus. But there can be a right and wrong way to go about it. I know over the years there’s some people I talk to that make it where one can do no wrong when they preach Christ from an Old Testament passage. But I think it is possible that we preach Christ and also preach in a way that respect the historical grammatical and authorial intent of a passage. And a extension of that belief is that there is the possibility of preaching Christ yet done in a way that does not respect the historical-grammatical detail and authorial intent of a passage. As an expository preacher I want to glorify God when I preach the Old Testament by pointing to Christ yet also glorify God with carefully…
Thanks for posting. I had the opportunity to explain this passage to some folks earlier this year, and I had basically this content and then some. (Including touching on how Jacob treated Leah, Lot in Sodom, and how Israel as a whole treated God, showing the progressively worse before going back to Boaz and Christ.)
Do we truly love the Lord our God with all our hearts, souls, minds, and strengths? Maybe I can help with the mind part, at least! This is Daniel M. Klem, apparent poet, reluctant yet passionate Disciple (Peter?), and foolish man attempting to understand theology!
a simple man of God 
Thanks for reblogging this Daniel
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Thanks for posting. I had the opportunity to explain this passage to some folks earlier this year, and I had basically this content and then some. (Including touching on how Jacob treated Leah, Lot in Sodom, and how Israel as a whole treated God, showing the progressively worse before going back to Boaz and Christ.)
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