3 Tests of Balanced Preaching

In his classic book Preaching and Preachers, Martyn Lloyd-Jones described three different kinds of sermons that every pastor needs to preach:

1. Sermons that teach or instruct. These are messages for the church with a more doctrinal or theological focus.

2. Sermons that edify. These are also messages for the church, but with a more “experimental” focus. (By “experimental” preaching,