A Theological Review of ‘How to Be a Godly Sinner’ by Bryan Loritts
This is a biblically sound, expository sermon on Psalm 32 that correctly grounds the believer's security in the substitutionary atonement of Christ. The pastor skillfully distinguishes between worldly guilt and 'godly grief,' emphasizing that feeling the weight of sin is evidence of the Holy Spirit's work. The sermon's strength is its Christ-centered hermeneutic, connecting David's experience of being 'covered' to the ultimate covering provided by the blood of Christ. A point of pastoral concern is a claim to subjective authority ('I was led to say'), which, while likely well-intentioned, risks modeling an improper basis for authority that should rest solely in the biblical text.