An examination of the dual themes of sufferings and triumph in the Servant Songs of Isaiah and how the one preceeds the other.

The Fall 2010 Convocation on how the word of God is being carried into the world according to Revelation 11.

Jesus Christ is the preeminent gift of God.

An Old Testament predictive poem about the future sufferings of Christ.

Isaiah 53 is the hinge of the book of Isaiah and the most quoted section of scripture in the New Testament.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is and has always been inherently offensive to the world.

The center of Reformed piety is and always has been the Word of God.

Too often we have trouble placing such a high evaluation on preaching because it does not seem to correspond to our experience.  Many Christians today believe that they came to faith through the witness of family or friends or through a small group Bible study.  They may have heard relatively poor preaching and find it hard to attribute such importance to preaching in general or in their own spiritual development.