Preaching Tips by Mark Driscoll

Today on NoCo - the guys discuss a very infrequently-mentioned person (on NoCo at least) - Mark Driscoll. They go over this blog post by Driscoll from earlier this month. It is entitled "16 Things I look for in a Preacher".

Before getting in to the article, Mike and Steve briefly discuss what their list would be:

1. Skilled to teach

2. Rightly divide the Word

3. Go verse-by-verse through the Word

4. Sound teaching

5. Preaches with passion and conviction

Driscoll is going to be a "judge" at a preach-a-thon at his church .. and this is his list of how he's going to judge... so how would the guys judge if they were in the same boat?

• is there an outline that can be followed

• explain the text well

• what are the points that are being made

• passion and thoughtfulness in application

They are calling it "the American Idol for preachers". For the most part, the list is decent... but when you delve into them more - they are pretty man-centered as opposed to God-centered. There's also a lot of "me-centeredness" and not scriptural focus.

Listen in as the guys critique Mark's list.