Just what Is "Bad Preaching?"

Brothers,
Have you ever wondered if you were guilty of "bad preaching?" Jeff Keeney shares," contrary to popular opinion, bad preaching isn’t when the preacher reads his sermon, mumbles or bores his audience.... that is merely bad delivery..."

Check out his  post about the Good, Bad, and the Ugly of contemporary preaching. Jeff's thoughts on what classifies as even worse  "Worse" Preaching" is more than thought provoking. May I kindly suggest you read the entire post.
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Worse Preaching:
Today’s preachers are finding new ways NOT to preach the Gospel. There are some sermons that are worse than bad. While even a bad sermon contains the bare elements of the Gospel, these sermons have no Gospel at all.

1. The Golawspel Sermon
•This is a classic example of confusing Law and Gospel, so that neither is clearly preached. Golawspel preaching neither wounds nor heals, neither kills nor makes alive, neither accuses nor absolves.

2. The Gospel–Assumption Sermon.
•In this kind of sermon, the preacher almost preaches the Gospel. He might refer to Jesus as Savior; he might talk about God’s love, forgiveness, and mercy.

3. The God–Loves–You–Anyway Sermon.
•Pioneered by Robert Schuller and perfected by Joel Osteen, this kind of sermon presents what I have called “a gospel without sin.” In this kind of sermon, your problem is not sin, it is failing to reach your potential. But don’t worry, be happy,and keep trying, God loves you anyway.

4. The Little–Engine–That–Could Sermon.
•In this kind of sermon the preacher talks a lot about how hard your life is. Stress, not sin, is your problem. Instead of Jesus on the cross to save you, the preacher proclaims Jesus in your heart to empower and encourage you to keep trying.

5. The Sinners–Someplace–Else Sermon.
•The preacher proclaims the Law, but not to his audience. He preaches against the sins of sinners someplace else: politicians, homosexuals, abortionists, secular humanists, Hollywood, and all the other sinners “out there.” Everyone goes home secure, thanking God they aren’t like other men—but not justified.

6. The “Life–Application” Sermon.
•This is the classic example of preaching the Christian instead of the Christ. Promoted by Rick Warren and others, these sermons are by far the most common kind of worse preaching. In this case, the preacher is convinced that the ultimate goal of preaching is to teach people how to LIVE. In the “Life–Application” sermon, Jesus becomes just anotherparadigm for you to live by.

Not Christian Preaching at All:
.There are sermons being preached from Christian pulpits that cannot be called Christian in any sense of the word; they can hardly he called sermons. They have neither Law nor Gospel, neither sin nor grace. They fall into the category of what the Bible calls “smooth talk and flattery,” “empty words,” “godless chatter” and “hollow philosophy.”

http://gospelcentric.org/2010/09/20/the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-contemporary-preaching/

http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/blog/