Chris Green asks what God intends to do through his inspired, life-transforming Word. He considers the Bible's relevance, how the Bible applies the Bible, and how it addresses hearts, engages our attention and applies to different kinds of people.

Chris Green

Part 1. Why has God given us a relevant Bible?

Part 2. How is the Bible supposed to be relevant?

Part 3. How does the Bible apply the Bible?

Part 4. How does the Bible address the heart?

Part 5. How does the Bible engage our attention?

Part 6. How does the Bible apply to different kinds of people?

PREFACE

1. THE BLUNT SWORD

Summer

Self portrait

The preacher's self-portrait

Questions for reflection and discussion

PART 1 WHY HAS GOD GIVEN US A RELEVANT BIBLE?

2. WHAT’S THE POINT OF PREACHING?

God has a plan

Question 1: Why did God make us?

Question 2: Why has God saved us?

Question 3: Why does God speak to us?

Question 4: How does the church bring God glory?8

Question 5: How does preaching bring God glory?

3. GETTING THE SERMON OFF THE MOUNT

Making the Bible irrelevant

Paying attention to the Bible we read

Getting the Sermon off the Mount

Not WWJD but WHJD, and WDJS

The face in the mirror

4. WHO IS THE BIBLE ABOUT?

The Bible is not a book about us

The Bible is not a book about God

'The Bible is a book about me!'

It's about Christ, and therefore it's about us

An example: a psalm that is about Christ, and therefore about us

So the Bible is about us, after all

Lessons

PART 2 HOW IS THE BIBLE SUPPOSED TO BE RELEVANT?

5. FALSE CHOICES

Poisoning the well in the public square

Fosdick's irrelevant Bible

The irrelevant world

6. THE DANGER OF BALANCE

The middle of the bridge?

The biblical end of the bridge

Suspended between two worlds

Double listening?

7. TIMELESS PRINCIPLES

Timeless and timely

Muzzling the ox

Who decides?

A river runs through it

A self-inflicted wound

8. THE BUSY PREACHER’S LITTLE SECRET

The hearer's responsibility

The preacher's responsibility

Preaching that makes Jesus angry

9. THE GOOD LIFE

Knowledge is complicated

Doing what is good: Titus

Disobedient children

Lying Cretans

Why religion doesn't work

How the gospel teaches

How Titus is to teach

Turn your eyes

We are not alone

10. BRIDGING THE GAP

Evangelism

Can God speak?

Three examples

11. GOD HAS HAD US IN MIND ALL THE TIME

Living downstairs

The God of the gap

Responsible interpretation

For us

Idol meat

Baptism and the dead

Because of the angels

Such things

PART 3 HOW DOES THE BIBLE APPLY THE BIBLE?

12. BIBLICAL MODELS

Why the Bible?

The greatest commandments

Question for reflection and discussion

13. BIBLICAL PATTERNS83

The case against: Christ the pattern

The case for: biblical patterns

Patterns

Being a pattern

A tour of biblical bases and patterns for well-rounded and effective practice. Applying the Bible in teaching &amp; preaching

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Chris Green asks what God intends to do through his inspired, life-transforming Word. He considers the Bible's relevance, how the Bible applies the Bible, and how it addresses hearts, engages our attention and applies to different kinds of people.

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