Craig Benno at Unsettled Christianity asks, "what is the centrality of your message?"
The center piece Christian preaching must be, Jesus Christ and him crucified.
Trusting in the God who raised him from the dead is what effects justification in the hearers of such preaching.
So, Jesus must be the center. It is preaching about Jesus bringing God's kingdom and his demands of discipleship that brings moral transformation in Christians, which is the practical antecedent of eschatological transformation (1 John 3:2-3).
Jesus and the promise of forgiveness must be central, but his demands to live free from sin must be included or it is no longer preaching about Jesus. Sin must be preached as defeated by Jesus, as forgiven by God, and as behaviors which are explicitly excluded from the citizenship in God's kingdom.
The center piece Christian preaching must be, Jesus Christ and him crucified.
Trusting in the God who raised him from the dead is what effects justification in the hearers of such preaching.
So, Jesus must be the center. It is preaching about Jesus bringing God's kingdom and his demands of discipleship that brings moral transformation in Christians, which is the practical antecedent of eschatological transformation (1 John 3:2-3).
Jesus and the promise of forgiveness must be central, but his demands to live free from sin must be included or it is no longer preaching about Jesus. Sin must be preached as defeated by Jesus, as forgiven by God, and as behaviors which are explicitly excluded from the citizenship in God's kingdom.
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