Follow-up thought on preaching....as I reflect on these four points I would say while this is done throughout the sermon the center focus should be on Christ. The preachers job is to communicate God's message to us in scripture but point to Christ. As we share God's intended plan instead of MOTIVATING people, as they hear the gospel/good news of Christ week in and week out they should be RESPONDING to the message. The difference moves from a man-centered preacher adding legalism works they've motivated people into toward people seeing what Christ has done and being changed by His work responding in humble obedience.

4 Points to Address in Preaching

Our primary thrust is to preach book-by-book and verse-by-verse through God's Word. This is what we believe is our call to communicate what God has communicated to us in the Holy Scripture to the culture we are now a part of.

1. What does the text say & mean?

2. How do we naturally resist this text?

3. How are we to live as a result?

4. So what? Why does this matter...




More to come on preaching thoughts....