THE HEART OF PREACHING:
The Functional Centrality of the Gospel
in the Life and Work of the Preacher
By Mike Bullmore
Crossway / 9 Marks. 197 pages. £14.99
ISBN 979 8 874 906 160
In the introduction, Mike Bullmore lays out his thinking about the importance of “the functional centrality of the gospel”. This means that the preacher has not finished the task of preaching by declaring gospel information, but must lean in on the gospel in such a way that both preacher and congregation are transformed by the gospel.
“We should have an increasingly detailed map that slides into place in our minds as we go about our work – an increasingly filled-out and functional grasp of the precious treasure we’ve been entrusted.”
