Nov
14
2006
5 Questions You Should Ask of Every Sermon
1. How many times was Jesus mentioned?
2. Is Jesus the subject of the verbs? (In other words, is Jesus acting or are you?)
3. What are the verbs? (What has Jesus done and what is He doing?)
4. What did the preacher tell me my problem is?
5. What solution did the preacher give me for my problem?
- from Todd Wilken, Issues, Etc.
What do you think of this sermon diagnostic? I like the Christ-centered focus and the emphasis on Jesus’ work on the cross for us. I’m not convinced that a sermon is necessarily bad, or incomplete, if the topic is somewhat different, depending on the text being expounded.
Categories: Preaching