Think Wink.

I am running into a bit of a pickle in my preaching. I have just finished my series on John 1:1-18 in relationship to Christmas. I really enjoyed that passage. There was so much in just John 1:14 and John 1:18 alone that would have taken weeks to get through. But I was able to manage.

My next question is what do I preach on next? I want to preach through an entire book. I have just been picking out passages or verses to preach on this past summer and winter. For example, I preached through Romans 8:28-30 all through June and July. I also preached through Romans 9:1-23 this past fall. Now I want to move into a whole book. I feel that I should do this after some consideration and prayer.

Here are the three places I am leaning. First there is 2 Corinthians. It contains some of my favorite passages such as 2 Corinthians 4:4-6, 16; 5:17-21; 8:9; 10:1-6; almost all of chapter 11; 12:1-10. But then there is Galatians. I wrote my first exegetical on Galatians 3:23-4:8. I also love Galatians, the whole book. There is Paul’s defense of justification by faith apart from the Law, there is fruit of the flesh v. fruit of the Spirit. There is so much there that I want to study. But my third option is Philippians. I love texts there like Philippians 1:6, 21-30; 2:5-13; 3:1-11, 12-16; 4:4, 8, 13, 19. I am main to Philippians or 2 Corinthians because I have given them less study of my own. But I love Galatians also, I have Luther’s commentary on this book that is so great not to mention my own exegetical.

If you wanted to study a book of the Bible out of these three, what would it be? I think I have an idea of what book I will preach from. I am just curious.

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