Preaching Christ from Ecclesiastes

Award-winning author Sidney Greidanus presents here an essential guide to preaching Christ from Ecclesiastes. Greidanus develops a Christocentric method that will help preachers be faithful to the author's original intent, as well as to the redemptive-historical context of the Scriptures. As Greidanus points out, the biblical book of Ecclesiastes is especially relevant for our contemporary culture because it confronts secular temptations such as materialism, hedonism, cutthroat competition, and self-reliance.
But how can preachers best convey the message of the ancient Teacher to today's congregations? Greidanus, a respected expert in hermeneutics and homiletics, here provides a great service to preachers by laying the groundwork for a series of expository sermons on Ecclesiastes. The author guides students and preachers through the steps from biblical text to sermon for all the main literary units of the book, exploring various ways to move from Ecclesiastes to Jesus Christ.
Each chapter contains elements for building expository sermons and lessons, including essential information on:

• The context, themes, and goals of each literary unit of Ecclesiastes.
• Connections between Ecclesiastes and the New Testament.
• How to formulate the sermon's theme and goal.
• A contemporary application.
• The vital relationship between Christ and the message of Ecclesiastes.

This is a masterpiece from one of the most important thinkers and writers in homiletics of our time.