Beyond ‘Thriving’: A Theological Review of ‘Finding Purpose in Your Singleness’
The pastor effectively addresses the challenges of singleness, commendably pointing to union with Christ as the source of completeness and upholding a biblical sexual ethic. The sermon's significant weaknesses are structural: 1) A therapeutic hermeneutic ('Thriving') that uses the Bible as a support text for a pre-determined self-help theme. 2) An extremely low public reading of Scripture, starving the congregation of the Word itself. 3) A soteriologically weak altar call rooted in decisionism, which mislocates the decisive action in salvation from God's sovereign grace to man's choice.