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This is a key problem. As Guinness identifies, many of our churches have bought into the modern American consumer mindset in which we understand ourselves primarily as consumers and our churches as service-providers.

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It is His task to build the church; our task is to introduce the King and His kingdom.

Be real. This is the age of conversational speech. Although highly impassioned or argumentative comments have a definite place in preaching, they usually do not serve introductions well.

This is the bottom line of Christ-centered preaching: When a sermon is done, do people look to themselves or to God for their security? Only when they know to look to God alone has a sermon been truly beneficial and biblical.

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