The Bible as an answer book
From Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell:
The Bible is not pieces of information about God and Jesus and whatever else we take and apply to situations as we would a cookbook or an
theocentric
Inadequate divine esteem
The fundamental problem with most of us is not deficient self-esteem but inadequate divine-esteem. As we submit ourselves to God, [and recognize] that ultimately he operates for his own name's sake,
The heart of theocentric preaching
I've been thinking over the past couple of days about the question of what is at the heart of a theocentric approach to life and ministry. I think it's
The problem with preaching to felt needs
From Albert Mohler:
The idea that preaching should be addressed to the self-perceived "needs" of the congregation is now well ingrained in the larger evangelical culture. The argument behind this is
Moralism
In The Church in Transition, Tim Conder talks about some of the ways that we devalue Scripture and limit its voice. One of them is what he calls moralism.
Moralism reduces the Bible