Not about moralism
This is written about Christian fiction, but it applies to preaching as well. L.B. Graham writes:
Christianity is not about moralism, and Christian fiction shouldn’t be either. Christianity revolves, not around
theocentric
A Much Greater Kingdom
From A Quest for More:
You see, when God enters our lives by his grace, he isn't working to make our kingdom work so much as he is calling us to
Running after God’s blessings without running after him
From D.A. Carson's A Call to Spiritual Reformation:
So much of our religion is packaged to address our felt needs – and these are almost uniformly anchored in our pursuit of
The Bible is not about you
From Bekah's Weblog:
Too often when we study scripture, we start with the wrong question: "What does this say to/about me?" If we start our study asking, "
Therapeutic Gospel
David Powlison writes about the therapeutic gospel, which is probably one of the most common forms of anthropocentric (human-centered) preaching:
When this way of looking at things is ported into Christianity, then the