Questions I’ll Ask of My Preaching
On Sunday I preached a ridiculously complex sermon on a minor Old Testament character who’s mentioned in the Psalms and receives major treatment in the book of Hebrews. Melchizedek is neither easy to spell or easy to preach on. You can read about him in Genesis 14, Psalm 110, and Hebrews 7. It shouldn’t take you long to figure out why this wasn’t an easy message to preach.
So I appreciated Jon MacIntosh’s list of Criteria one should ask after preaching:
Biblical – were you faithful to the text?
Gospel-centric – did you point your listeners to the gospel and it’s implications?
Missional – were you aware of and sensitive to the presence of non-Christians?
Applicable – was your sermon helpful?
Authentic – were you yourself?
Authoritative & Pastoral – was there a unique combination of what Tim Keller calls warmth & force?
Compelling – did you capture and hold your listeners attention?