“Without the ‘so what?’ we preach to a ‘who cares?’ No passage relates neutral commentary on our fallenness. No text communicates facts for information alone. The Bible itself tells us that its message is intended to instruct, reprove, and correct.”
Questions for Reflection
- Preachers, how do you include application in your sermon?
- Congregants, how do you prefer application to be delivered? In one chunk at the end, after each section’s main point, or mixed in with the explanation?
Resources
Brian Chapell, Christ-Centered Preaching, 52-53.
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