Jesus - Central to the Scriptures

Jesus – Central to the Scriptures Dr. John A. Broadus, (1827-1895) the first professor of New Testament interpretation and homiletics at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, author of the classic text, On the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons (1889), wrote, "Jesus is the center of the Scriptures. Everything in the Old Testament points forward to Him; everything in the New Testament proceeds forth from Him." Vernon Latrelle Stanfield, ed., Favorite Sermons of John A. Broadus (New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1959), p. 53 (Contributed by Dr. Franklin L. Kirksey)