Previously covered human-centered approaches to preaching: therapeutic preaching and moralism
A third human-centered approach is allegorical preaching. Surprisingly, allegorical preaching is widespread. For example, preachers use the story of Jesus calming the storm
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I have observed three approaches to preaching that lead to human-centered sermons.
The first approach is therapeutic preaching. This preaching focuses on people's felt needs such as how
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A second human-centered approach is moralistic preaching. This type of emphasizes life application and take-home action steps. Many popular preachers argue that sermons need to be practical and offer clear
An article I wrote for the Evangelical Baptist magazine just came out. This week I'll be posting the article in sections. Here's part one.David Neff, an editor of
From The Blue Fish Project:
Man-centered preaching will either become self-esteemism that tells us what we want to hear, or it'll be sin-focussed which will unwittingly end up convincing us that