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