tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9268929.post116742446909587975..comments2013-11-12T07:08:41.189-08:00Comments on Falling Down: Response to Christ-Centered PreachingNathan Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590875357974623024noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9268929.post-71870702521271587042007-01-04T14:58:00.000-08:002007-01-04T14:58:00.000-08:00Christ-centered preaching is a 21st century oxymor...Christ-centered preaching is a 21st century oxymoron. The pulpit-to-the-pews worship-announcements-worship-message form needs to be retired ... along with the retranslation of pastor as "CEO/Professor".Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03350224197380896652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9268929.post-7850907958476720752006-12-29T17:01:00.000-08:002006-12-29T17:01:00.000-08:00I would agree to some extent, that many of the iss...I would agree to some extent, that many of the issues are about "method" is true - but he seems to feel that his "method" is the only method, that was part of the problem with the book. He opens the book acting as though he is going to focus on "content" but in fact is only pushing a "method" that he feels is correct, failing to produce Biblical backing of that "method". <br /><br />He has someNathan Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11590875357974623024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9268929.post-68929924236425917102006-12-29T16:54:00.000-08:002006-12-29T16:54:00.000-08:00Chapell's book is a standard of Reformed preaching...Chapell's book is a standard of Reformed preaching (at least, we use it at Southern, and he teaches at Covenant, a good school). I tend to disagree with you about him placing man-centeredness above Christ-centeredness. <br /><br />From what I can tell (and I haven't read the book), it seems all the issues you are raising have to do with <i>method</i> (i.e., rhetorical devices, etc) and not <i>Danny Slavichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02778356099596464224noreply@blogger.com