Do our sermons actually land in the lives of the people in front of us?
Do they help anxious believers, tired parents, proud leaders, compromised Christians or sceptical guests to hear, trust and obey the living Word of God?
Richard Coekin says application is part of faithful preaching itself.
But application has dangers, it might come not really from the text, or could be overly directive. Or we could give accurate lectures that fail to shepherd the church.
Richard Coekin leads Reach UK. Richard has just written ‘Apply the Word: A Practical Guide to Preaching with Application.’
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