Who are you preaching to?
From The Resurgence. This has been a recent topic of discussion for a lot of churches. Who is the sermon directed to on Sunday.
Seeker vs. believer — there is an ongoing debate as to the purpose of the sermon and whether or not it should focus on converting the lost or maturing the saved. The apparent conflict is resolved by simply noting that both need to repent of sin and trust in Jesus to live a new life empowered by the Spirit and so a sermon can and should effectively communicate to both if the preacher is able to explain Christian jargon and such in order to speak the “tongue” of the hearer.
