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. ...

God’s perspective. The cross in the picture is massive; it looms over the whole world beneath. The figure on the cross is young and strong. He seems to be holding back the darkness surrounding him. In the foreground, the earth, the sky and the sea are illumined by the light streaming forth from the cross. The whole world is viewed from the cross, and how different it looks from that perspective! Preachers, too, should help their hearers view everything from the vantage point of the cross. For the

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