Hats Off To Mark Dever and Crossway

Mark Dever’s The Message of the Old Testament: Promises Made (Crossway, 2006) has been honored with the 2007 Christianity Today Award of Merit for Biblical Studies. Christianity Today International sponsors these annual awards to recognize the most influential contributions to Christian literature made in a given year. There were nearly three hundred submissions from over forty publishers.
Crossway president Dr. Lane Dennis notes, “The Message of the Old Testament is a tremendous resource for understanding and applying the teachings of the Old Testament. With remarkable clarity, Dr. Dever guides readers through each book, highlighting the central themes and teachings of each and showing how they apply to the church today. The book is scholarly yet highly accessible. We are delighted to publish a work that is so valuable in helping readers understand the richness and depth of the Word of God.”
The Message of the Old Testament: Promises Made and its counterpart text, The Message of the New Testament: Promises Kept, systematically reveal God’s faithfulness throughout Scripture. Dever’s analysis of each biblical book, performed with great pastoral and academic skill, will assist readers in apprehending the unity of Scripture and of God’s purpose as expressed in both the Old and New Testaments.
Mark Dever is Senior Pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church (in Washington, D.C.) and Executive Director for 9Marks Ministries. He also serves as visiting professor at both Beeson Divinity School and The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Dever’s Nine Marks of a Healthy Church (revised and expanded in 2004) established him as an expert on church health and church leadership, and his new Crossway titles are exposing a broader audience to his thoughtful and powerful exegesis.
Thanks, Pastor Mark, for your ministry to us!
(HT: Michele)