Sidney Greidanus (born 1935) is an American pastor and biblical scholar.

Education

Greidanus studied at

Calvin College Calvin University, formerly Calvin College, is a private Christian university in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Founded in 1876, Calvin University is an educational institution of the Christian Reformed Church and stands in the Reformed (Calvinist) ...

and

Calvin Theological Seminary Calvin Theological Seminary is a private Christian Reformed Church seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is closely tied to Calvin University, though each institution has its own board. History The seminary was founded in 1876 with the purpos ...

before obtaining a

Th.D. Doctor of Theology ( la, Doctor Theologiae, abbreviated DTh, ThD, DTheol, or Dr. theol.) is a terminal degree in the academic discipline of theology. The ThD, like the ecclesiastical Doctor of Sacred Theology, is an advanced research degree equiva ...

from the

Free University in Amsterdam The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (abbreviated as ''VU Amsterdam'' or simply ''VU'' when in context) is a public research university in Amsterdam, Netherlands, being founded in 1880. The VU Amsterdam is one of two large, publicly funded research ...

. He served as pastor in the Christian Reformed Church and taught at Calvin College and The King's College before becoming professor of preaching at Calvin Theological Seminary in 1990.

Career

Greidanus is best known for his emphasis on

preaching A sermon is a religious discourse or oration by a preacher, usually a member of clergy. Sermons address a scriptural, theological, or moral topic, usually expounding on a type of belief, law, or behavior within both past and present contexts. El ...

Christ Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament, names and titles), was ...

from

Old Testament The Old Testament (often abbreviated OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew writings by the Israelites. The ...

texts. He outlined his method for doing this in ''Preaching Christ from the Old Testament'' (1999) and followed this up with ''Preaching Christ from Genesis'' (2007), ''Preaching Christ from Ecclesiastes'' (2010), and ''Preaching Christ from Daniel'' (2012). His newest work in the series, ''Preaching Christ from the Psalms'', came out in September 2016. His other works include ''The Modern Preacher and the Ancient Text: Interpreting and Preaching Biblical Literature'' (1989), ''Sola Scriptura: Problems and Principles in Preaching Historical Texts'' (2001), and ''The Beginning and End of Wisdom: Preaching Christ from the First and Last Chapters of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Job'' co-authored with Douglas Sean O'Donnell (2011). He has been described as "one of the most important and influential authors today in the area of biblical preaching."

Theology

In his book ''Preaching Christ from Old Testament'' he writes, following the Dutch homileet Tjeerd Hoekstra, 'for a sermon without Christ is no sermon'. In the rest of his book he explains how to preach Christ.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Greidanus, Sidney 1935 births Living people Calvin University alumni Calvin University faculty Calvin Theological Seminary faculty American biblical scholars Old Testament scholars Bible commentators American sermon writers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam alumni