Relevant Preaching

“As a preacher, I think a lot about relevance.  Why should anyone listen to what I have to say?  Why should anybody care?  Relevance is an ambiguous word.  It might mean that a sermon is relevant if it feels to the listeners that it will make a significant difference in their lives.  Or it might mean that a sermon is relevant if it will make a significant difference in their lives whether they feel it or not.”

-John Piper, Finally Alive (Ross-shire, Scotland: Christian Focus, 2009), 99-100.