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# Steve Mathewson on preaching God-centered sermons
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/200794steve-mathewson-on-preaching-god-centered-sermons-html/
- Published: 2007-09-04T05:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:32:33.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Homiletics, theocentric, #DashHouseCom, #wp

Steve Mathewson, author of [*The Art of Preaching Old Testament Narrative*](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0801022967/dashhouse-20?ref=dashhouse.com), is blogging on how to preach God-centered sermons at the [Preaching Today blog](http://blog.preachingtoday.com/?ref=dashhouse.com).From [part one](http://blog.preachingtoday.com/2007/08/godcentered%5Fsermons.html?ref=dashhouse.com): "The vision of God is the aspect of God’s character which serves as the focal point of the text…When I preach a text, I’m trying to demonstrate that human responses to problems, temptations, opportunities, or challenges emerge from a vision of God’s supremacy and majesty."From [part two: ](http://blog.preachingtoday.com/2007/09/more%5Fon%5Fpreaching%5Fgodcentered.html?ref=dashhouse.com) "Identifying the 'depravity factor' will help us keep our sermons from being so "God-centered" they're impossible to relate to or to apply."