“The common denominator of all great preaching is that all great preaching gives people hope.” That’s a wonderful thought, that if we are looking at Scripture and we are saying, “What is the Fallen Condition Focus that is here; what is the reason that this is being communicated?” then everything in Scripture has the purpose of giving us hope in our fallen condition. We identify the FCF, the burden of the message, in order to bring hope to God’s people. That’s what makes this a sermon that God can