1) For the preacher: “How do I preach Christ himself?” and 2) For the hearer: “How do I get into Christ?”22 The difference in orientation of thought, and subsequently in our preaching, may seem incidental—after all, do we not get the same salvation at the end of the day? But this focus on benefits has a profound impact on how we understand and preach the gospel, and, almost imperceptibly, Christ himself ceases to be central and becomes a means to an end. This is why it is even possible to preach
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