From Creation’s Glory to Human Self-Esteem: A Review of ‘Sunday Sermon’
While containing orthodox statements about God as Creator and featuring robust liturgical elements, the sermon is theologically weak. It employs a pretextual hermeneutic, using Genesis 1 as a launchpad for a therapeutic message on self-esteem. The sermon suffers from a significant Christological omission, failing to connect God's work of creation to His redemptive work in Christ, thereby presenting a moralistic and anthropocentric message rather than the Gospel.