How to Tell a Good Sermon from a Bad Sermon

March 7, 2022 Steven Kozar

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Do you want to confidently evaluate the sermons you hear? You must have a theological grid, or template, in order to do it. A “checklist” of sorts.

The following article from Pastor Todd Wilken should be required reading for all confused Christians who have stumbled out of bad churches and need help:

A Listener’s Guide to the Pulpit by Todd Wilken

Here are a few quotes from the article:

Finally, Jesus said, 'Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in His name to all nations.' This is precisely what the first preachers, the Apostles, did. They preached repentance and forgiveness of sins in the name of the crucified and risen Jesus. They preached it boldly, happily, and at every opportunity. They preached it to Jews and Gentiles, to unbelievers and believers, to kings and to the crowds. They preached it from house to house, town to town, from exile and from prison. They preached it at the cost of their own lives. They called it 'the Good News' because they knew that they had nothing—nothing—better to preach. No, it isn’t too much to ask preachers to do the same today.

Todd Wilken

Pastor Todd Wilken is the host of a terrific show called “Issues, Etc.”