By now I've listened to many a sermon. Hundreds. Nudging thousands.
Some have been good, having excellent, relevant points, lifted from the passage.
Most have been adequate. Not overly memorable, but a solid explanation of the passage.
Other sermons haven't been good.
They have rambled and not been applied effectively.
I'm sure I've been guilty of serving up a few of the later. Maybe more than a few.
But there's one sermon which is harder to define.
Usually, these types of sermons are given at a conference when one of the primary speakers applies "their spiel" on the main stage.
What do you do with the sermon, which contains a well delivered point, but isn't connected to the bible passage?
Since the points are commonly derived from a book they've written or a presentation they've delivered many times, the points are made exceptionally well. But they totally ignore or misapply the scriptures.
I think we have little choice but, whilst accepting the point made, place the sermon in the "not good" category.
The reason?
When I hear a sermon, I'm expecting to hear from God based on the scriptures and anything else, whilst flashy, is a fail.
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