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. ...

But we also live in hope and anticipation of the not yet future. Jesus has not yet returned or descended from heaven with a shout (1 Thess 4:16). Suffering, evil, death and decay are still all around. As Paul expresses it, “While we live in these earthly bodies, we groan and sigh” (2 Cor 5:4). The enemies of Christ rage against us and refuse to acknowledge he is Lord; they have not yet been made into a footstool for his feet. So we long for the completion of final resurrection, the redemption of

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