Give Them Christ: Preaching His Incarnation, Crucifixion, Resurrection, Ascension and Return (Biblia.com)

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Much preaching today begins with the hearer’s “felt needs” and then moves to how Christianity can solve those problems. But this approach often results in trite Christologies that merely use Jesus as a means to an end or a vehicle for self-improvement. While preachers might not dispense with Christ altogether, other things subtly take center stage and become more important than Christ himself. ...

1:15–20; 2:9–15; 3:1–3). Christ is the very image of God. The fullness of God dwells in him. He’s the firstborn of all creation, the head over all things, and the head of the church. In him are all the hidden treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Nothing and no one stands as his rival. No one holds a candle to him. He’s in a league of his own. Why in the world, then, would you even think of looking to anyone or anything else for salvation or knowledge of God? It’s there in Christ alone. Yet often throughout

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