Redemptive-Historical Preaching and Preaching Christ Crucified* (1)

Prof. Hanko is professor of Church History and New Testament in the Protestant Reformed Seminary. * Transcript of speech delivered at the graduation of Richard Smit and Cheah Fook Meng, on June 17, 1996. "For we preach Christ crucified…. " I Cor. 1:23 A discussion (one would hardly call it a controversy) is being carried on in at least a part of the Reformed church world concerning the relative merits of what is called redemptive-historical preaching over against exem-plaristic preaching. The...