The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church: Moderatism, Pietism, and Awakening

The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church is a multivolume study by Oliphant Old that covers the history of preaching from Moses' utterances at Mount Sinai to modern times. In Volume 5, Pietism, Moderatism, and Awakening, Old brings the tale of preaching up to the eighteenth century, illustrating how, after the tumultuous age of the Reformation, preached after the Reformation.Oldbs multivolume history of preaching is a landmark in American intellectual history, ecumenical in scope, magisterial in authority, and pastoral in intent. Old considers preaching as an act of worship, and his own great knowledge stands in service to God.Old has handed to the church of the twenty-first century the definitive history of preaching.James FKay (James FKay)The current terrible trend of dumbing down worship with less Scripture and popular topical sermons necessitates the corrective supplied in this comprehensive and readable workbNorthern Baptist Theological SeminarybI regard this series by Old to be particularly timelyThe current unfortunate trend of dumbing down worship with less Scripture and with popular topical sermons necessitates the corrective offered in this comprehensive and readable workb.…