The basis of God-centered preaching
There are many reasons why preachers don't preach God-centered messages. One of the reasons, though, has to do with the fear that preaching about God will be irrelevant to people'
theocentric
Are You in God’s Story?
This article by Michael S. Horton highlights the difference between an anthropocentric view of life and a theocentric one:
Ironically, those who seek their best life now, centering on themselves and their story
John Stott’s prayer
A prayer from John Stott's book Your Mind Matters:
I pray earnestly that God will raise up today a new generation of Christian apologists or Christian communicators, who will combine an
Discouragement
The final version of my thesis includes this paragraph:
Theocentric preaching does not begin with the inexhaustible demands of the human condition; it begins with the sufficiency of God. Rather than dwelling in
Preaching Old Testament narratives in a story-driven culture
I heard Steve Mathewson teach yesterday on preaching Old Testament narrative in a story-driven culture. Steve covered how to exegete a narrative and how to preach it. He then delivered a sermon on