Preach to specific kinds of people, not people in general
Application that addresses everyone impacts no one.
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If the sermon still works with Jesus removed, it is broken.
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A passage carries with it a particular burden.
Scripture moves from lament to joy to warning to comfort.
Three true points do not add up to one sermon.
Formally present is not the same as functionally central.
A sermon can be orthodox, warm, and true, and still not belong to the passage you are preaching.
I used to end almost every sermon the same way. After nailing the exegesis and making the theological case, I'd then tell people how to live it out this week.
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