On Secondary Resources in Preaching (Ep. 98)

About this episode

Dave and Jeremy discuss the utility of secondary literature in understanding the Bible with guest Scott Hafemann.

The Bible is a fascinating, ancient document. What is the utility of secondary literature to understand the text? How can the preacher best utilize it in preaching? Dave and Jeremy sit down with Scott Hafemann to discuss.

People in this episode

Hosts: Dave, Jeremy

Guest: Scott Hafemann

Topics covered

• preaching
• secondary literature
• biblical understanding
• textual analysis
• Christianity

Keywords

• preaching
• secondary resources
• Bible
• Scott Hafemann
• Christianity
• textual understanding
• literature

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Books & works: The Bible

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