The Therapy of Preaching

My friends, Often when we think of therapy, we think of it in the context as it relates to a psychological event. We equate therapy in the sense of psychotherapy, whereby one is seeking to get help in overcoming some tragic event that has crept into one's life. But have you ever thought of therapy as it relates to preaching? Would it be wrong for us to say that preaching is therapeutic? I think not because in the context of the therapy of preaching, the inference is that this type of therapy is to inspire the mature believer and others to keep the faith in spite of the loss of relationship, health, and wealth. The heart and mind must remain in tension so that the will of the Christian to keep the faith in the midst of crises is never relinquished. In conclusion, my theory is that there is therapy in preaching.