Mark Dever has a burden to simplify the message without surrendering the message. He has done this in his preaching and writing ministry. He has preached a sermon on the whole Bible, the New Testament, and the Old Testament. Furthermore, he has written books that catalog a sermon on every book of the Bible (OT & NT). Dever’s goals seem to be show the continuity of the Bible’s big picture. This big picture is ultimately the unfolding of the person and work of Jesus.
Now Dever has simplified things even more for us by publishing a small, hardback book containing his three sermons mentioned above. The title of this helpful little book is What does God want of us Anyway?
The three sections of the book are:
>The Message of the Whole Bible
>The Message of the Old Testament (Promises Made)
>The Message of the New Testament (Promises Kept)
The book is sneaky in its instruction. I say sneaky because Dever is basically teaching Old & New Testament Survey to the background music of Biblical Theology. He is also writing as a pastor, so his examples have real lives attached to them.
The book is good for new Christians who are trying to put their Bibles together. But it is also for older Christians who have either forgotten about the continuity of the Scriptures or have never learned this. Overall, it is a helpful tool to put in the hands of people who are trying to better understand the Bible. I thank God for people like Mark Dever who helps to teach and build up the universal church with his writing and preaching.
Discounted copies are available @ Westminster Books (34% off as of this am)
