Christ centred preaching is not about trying to find a reference to Jesus in every text, but to show how the text stands in relation to Christ.
Boring preaching is a sin. Why? Because your audience is made to feel guilty. They feel guilty for not being as excited about the gospel as they should be. They feel the boredom is their fault.
7 Ways of moving to Jesus from the text:
- Follow the plan (Here's the first bit of the plan, here's where God followed on in order to get to Jesus) (follow the story. Take the scenic route. God did this, then this, then this, then this)
- Expose the problem
- Explain the category - Leviticus is there to explain how sacrifice works.
- Highlight the attribute. (demonstrate something of God)
- Trace the fulfillment. (More like Star Trek than 1, beam up at promise and beam back in at fulfillment.)
- Focus on the action ("this is what God does" - Like the attribute one, but with actions)
- Point out the consequences. (If you are x to God, then y will happen)