Do you think there was preaching in the Old Testament?

Preaching Christ from the Old Testament is hard. It's hard because the Old Testament text itself can be hard to deal with—it's long, complicated, and culturally distant. read more

As very few preachers can sustain a consecutive expository series of sermons through an Old Testament book, I would recommend doing short series of maybe 3-4 sermons in one book, before moving on to another. So maybe you would do a few sermons on Abraham, two or three Psalms, then perhaps some prophecies, some obvious types, etc. read more

“You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me.” If the Old Testament bears witness about Jesus, it would follow that Jesus-followers should be pretty interested in what it has to say. 3) Jesus and his disciples preached from the Old Testament. read more

Actually, there are only four New Testament books that do not have a direct quote from the Old Testament: Philemon and 1, 2 and 3 John (An American Translation—The New Testament in the Language of Today by William F. Beck, 1964). read more