Preaching without being Preachy
How to Preach without being Preachy:
Do:
Tell Stories
"Frankie and Johnny were lovers"
Explore Failures
"root-a-toot-toot three times she shoot"
Do highlight confusions
"Johnny loved another woman"
Explain what is going on
"Frankie was jealous. And Johnny was a liar"
Don't:
say "God says." Look - it's a song.
say "I do things right" Have you ever been jealous?
say "Don't do this." If people have to be told not to murder, they have a problem.
say "if you do this, you're bad. If you don't, you're good." Lots of good events seem to create unintended and bad consequences.
When preaching, make the world seem incomprehensible (I was watching TV, and I thought, why is it 10:00pm and I'm watching a commercial about pizza. Or, Why is it that everyone is talking about election strategies rather than political issues?). Take the opposing side. Disagree with Jesus. Interrogate the scripture. The word helps reveal what is going on.
Satan, himself, is an expert in moralizing.
Preaching, however, tells the truth.