As I've noted before, New Covenant Church Pastor Doug O'Donnell is currently unfolding that sweetest of all flowers, the Song of Songs, each Lord's Day. I already posted the first sermon a few weeks back. The next three in order are Better than Wine, The Metaphors and Metamorphosis of Loving Words, The Voices of Spring. My wife and I are profitting immensely from these sermons and will likely point other couples as well as unmarried folk to this series. We'll have to see how the series continues, but one has the sense that this series is the sort that people never forget, the sort that profoundly influences a people, the sort that gets reread later.
Speaking of reading these sermons, it won't be too long, Lord willing, before they are in print in the Preaching the Word Series edited by Kent Hughes. So be on the lookout for them. You won't want to miss these fine expositions. Many know Pastor Hughes' preaching, fewer O'Donnell's, as Doug is almost 30 years younger than Kent Hughes. But despite being young, O'Donnell's preaching is quite mature. To those who've heard Doug preach it is no surprise that he has been profoundly shaped by Pastor Hughes' preaching, so much so, I think, that Doug's preaching sounds uncannily like that of Kent Hughes! Pastor Hughes retired from pulpit ministry at College Church several years ago, but from time to time I still feel like I'm listening to him through Doug!
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