Evaluation of the Talk - Psalm 27

Evaluation of the Talk

Getting It Right

1. Did the student have a clear message? What was it? Was it the message of the Bible passage?

Yes

When we are faced with trials continue to seek God in worshiping faith

Yes

How do you respond to trials and difficulties in your life?

2. Were the teaching points clear? What were they? Did they come out of the Bible passage?

Yes

Confident Faith (1-3)

Worshiping Faith (4-6)

Pleading Faith (7-10)

Abiding Faith (11-14)

3. How was the passage related to its immediate context? How was it related to the wider biblical context?

- God causes all things

4. How well did the shape of the talk reflect the emphasis of the text?

It followed the natural flow of the text

5. How did the message of the talk relate to the Gospel?

When the Spirit regenerates you, you can overcome your natural reflex when suffering comes and you can trust in God and wait on Him

Look to God in faith and repentance, recognize your natural condition and sin and look to Jesus and believe Him

Getting It Across

6. Was the introduction engaging? Was it a good way into the message of the passage?

How do you respond to trials and difficulties in your life? Illustration of reflex testing - what is our reflex when we are hit with bad news and difficulties? - such a good intro

7. Were the illustrations effective? What were they? Did they illustrate the point being made?

David anointed king - set on a different path / so to, when you were anointed by the Holy Spirit in regeneration, you were set on a different path - the Lord is now your light - Good analogy

Charles Spurgeon quote - pursue Christ - good analogy

Mid East custom of Tent - place of security - good expositional illustration

What do we do when God speaks to us from His word?

8. What was the application in the talk? Did it come from the text?

We can experience resolute faith in pleading for more of God - pursue Him more than the relief of your suffering

What do we do when God speaks to us from His word? We must echo back and apply it to our life

9. How well was the talk delivered? Did it reflect the tone of the passage? Was it compelling?

Very well, it matched the tone of the psalm very well

Overall Assessment

10. What was the best feature of the talk overall?

You hooked us with your introduction

Illustrations were effective

Your probing questions and application were very helpful

Your gospel connection and conclusion were very powerful

11. What could be done to improve?

It would be helpful if you stated your structure in the intro and then again as we go from point to point.