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A step-by-step guide to preparing effective expository sermons Preparing Sermons from the Page to the Pulpit helps pastors move from study to sermon in seven clear steps. Pastors love studying God's word. But it can be difficult to take the things they've learned from exegesis and apply them to the soul of a congregation. Veteran pastor and seminary professor Wayne Baxter helps pastors move from study to sermon. He guides preachers on how to take their exegetical analysis of a Scripture passage and turn it into an effective expository sermon. Preachers and seminarians will be helped by Baxter's expertise as they grow in crafting compelling sermons.

In this book, Wayne Baxter explores and unpacks the Shepherd Christology in the Gospel of Matthew. By examining Matthews shepherd motif against the backdrop of the metaphors appropriation in the biblical tradition, in the writings of Second Temple Judaism, and in the New Testament, Baxters analysis reveals important convergences and divergences between Matthew and these three groups of authors. One the one hand, the Evangelists shepherd motif closely echoes that of the Jewish Scriptures; on the other hand, at points Matthews motif aligns with the tropes usage by Christ-believers over and against its deployment by Second Temple Jewish authors. Sometimes he agrees with the Second Temple writers over and against Christ-believers, and at other times he stands alone, deviating from both Second Temple Jews and Christ-believers. Baxter argues that the reason for these convergences and divergences is Matthews high Shepherd Christology: In Jesus the messianic Shepherd, YHWH has personally returned in a dramatic way to shepherd his people, Israel.

Offers a comparison of the shepherd metaphor in "Matthew's Gospel" with its use in early Jewish, Christian, and Graeco-Roman writings, shedding light on "Matthew's" socio-religious location.