shape our messages, its tone sets our tone, its truths are what we preach, its authority gives us boldness, and its permanence gives us relevance in every age. Peter captures it well when he describes the Bible as the enduring word of God, the word of the Lord which stands forever. ‘And this is the word that was preached to you’ (1 Pet. 1:23–25). Our sermon’s content is truth from God that the Bible teaches. Whether it is sound doctrine to believe, an example to follow or avoid, a command to obey,
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