The thought of Brevard S. Childs has given us a new vision of Scripture for the life of church. His work on canon brings to light a fresh paradigm for understanding the shape and purpose of both Testaments of the Bible. It also ushers the discipline of biblical theology to center stage as the primary teaching office of the Christian community. What now stands as the cutting edge of theological work is the application of Childs's vision to the task of Christian proclamation. With Canon and Proclamation Paul McGlasson makes a significant first foray into this field, offering a set of expository sermons that brilliantly illustrates a new theology of proclamation for preachers seeking examples of messages that successfully bring Scripture to bear on the challenges of modern life.

Building on Childs's theological perspective on canon, McGlasson ad dresses the relation of Scripture and contemporary proclamation through the week-to-week experience of preaching in a local church. Canon and Proclamation comprises forty-four sermons based on the lives of Jacob, Solomon, Elijah, and Christ, selected passages from the Gospels, the Psalms, and 1 Corinthians, and several of Jesus parables. The volume also includes a programmatic introduction addressed to key homiletical questions: What is the theology of preaching? What role does the sermon play in church life? How does one preach on the basis of Scripture as canon? What aspects of preaching are crucial for proclamation in today's community of faith? Bold, relevant, and highly original, Canon and Proclamation will con tribute to a renaissance of Christian proclamation in the church today