When Christ is not preached
In Preaching for Revitalization, Michael F. Ross describes one of the symptoms of a congregation that has lost its love for Christ:
First, human personalities begin to take preeminence in the life of
Gospel-Centered Preaching
Preaching the Gospel in an age of self-help
From GospelDrivenLife:
Any accommodation of the Gospel to self-help is a denial of the Gospel. The Gospel is humbling because it treats us as helpless and no one likes that ('What do
Tim Keller on preaching to a non-abstract culture
One of the keys is Christ-centered preaching:
People in our society will respond to narrative and story. They tend not to like the older kind of preaching that simply enunciates doctrinal principles. Neither
Just Preach the Gospel
Selected quotes from an excellent article by Marianne Meye Thompson:
To preach the gospel is to proclaim the accounts of the Scriptures in light of the fact that their central character is God,
Christless Christianity
Michael Horton reminds us of the absolute importance of preaching Christ:
What would things look like if Satan actually took over a city? The first frames in our imaginative slide show probably depict