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People of Grace
Preaching Christ to the CulturePeople of Grace We’ve been discussing in this blog how to preach to the culture around us. In the last post, I reflected on the culture of the United States as an example of how the church can get away from its central message of grace, and instead can equate politics with our faith. In […]
Preaching Grace
Preaching Christ to the CulturePreaching Grace In the last two posts we began the discussion of how to preach Christ to the culture in which we live. We considered in the last post the various philosophies about how we should approach the culture. Today I want to share where I have come down on this subject. You may disagree. […]
Christ and Culture
Preaching Christ to the CultureChrist and Culture In the last post, we began a discussion of how to preach to a culture that either ignores Christ or, worse, is hostile to him. We continue today talking about how Christians should view Christ and culture and especially so in preaching. I find this quote from British Eagelton, a British […]
Preaching Christ to the Culture
Preaching Christ to the CulturePreaching Christ to the Culture Tim Keller has a chapter in his book, Preaching, with the title above. How do you go about preaching Christ to the culture when the culture doesn’t seem to care? Where I’m Coming From I grew up during a time when a large majority of people in my culture said that […]
How to Conclude Your Sermon
Top Preaching TipsHow to conclude your sermon We’ve looked for several posts now at how to conclude your sermon well. This is the last post in the series, a conclusion to conclusions. We’ve seen a variety of ways to end a message effectively, from going back to the introduction, to telling a story, to giving an […]