Reliable PreachingOctober 23, 2009
The Gospel Coalition website just seems to be getting better and better. At this rate, its getting very close to becoming becoming my homepage!
Take for example this excellent article by Tullian Tchividjian, How To Identify a Reliable Preacher. He has five helpful question to help us discern:
1. Does the preacher ground everything he says in the Bible?
2. Does the preacher freely emphasize that because of sin, a right relationship with God can only be established by God’s grace alone?
3. Does the preacher stress that salvation is not achieved by what we can do, rather salvation is received by faith in what Christ has already done?
4. Does the preacher underline that Christ is the exclusive mediator between God and man?
5. Does the preacher exalt God above all?
The unpacking of each of these points is well worth reading.