Truth is interesting when it’s presented in raw form and Jesus modeled this principle. And in the end, sinners didn’t run away from him—they ran toward him.
Connect Their World to Your World
It’s great to know what David, Moses and Paul did, but what should you and I do?
It’s important to understand the attributes of God, now how should I live in light of them?
Find the principles worth living in whatever passage you’re preaching from, and present them with urgency, passion and a call to action.
Use Verbs
James told us to be “doers of the word and not hearers only.” In fact, most of us already know more than we’re doing.
Words are powerful, and they are the tools of our trade. Use powerful words that communicate a challenge to act.
Repent! Believe! Love! Serve! Give! Read! Share! Pray!
The Christian life is made up of verbs, so use them in your message, and as often as possible, use verbs as the very points of your message. Use active language, not passive language.
If you’ve read all of this with your spiritual arms folded in disgust thinking to yourself, “Well, we’re not here to entertain people!” then listen to this point—someone will.
To “entertain” means to hold someone’s attention.
I think it’s sinful to be unfaithful to Scripture in our preaching, but isn’t it also harmful to misrepresent such a dynamic, living and loving God by communicating to people that his book is boring?
Work at practicing good preaching by being interesting. The destinies of some might just be moved by it!
This article about good preaching originally appeared here.
