Awe Man!?

So I was just convicted... I am reading a book by T. David Gordon titled Why Johnny Can't Preach (PS terrible idea to read a book on bad preaching when you have to preach that night). I will just quote him at length as he makes observations about what the content of the sermon should be made up of and he illustrates a few negative tendencies. Here is a negative tendency that he points out and I display regularly:

"Some of the neo-Puritans have apparently determined  that the purpose and essence of Christian preaching is to persuade people that they do not, in fact, believe. The subtitle of each of their sermons could accurately be: "I Know You Think You Are a Christian, but You Are Not." This brand of preaching constantly suggests that if a person does not always love attending church, always look forward to reading the Bible, or family worship, or prayer, then the person is probably not a believer. To the outsider, it appears patently curious to take an opportunity to promote faith as an opportunity to declare its nonexistence; but to the insider, this doesn't appear foolish at all, and people routinely do it.

The hearer falls into one of two categories: one category of listener assumes that the minister is talking about someone else, and he rejoices (as did the Pharisee over the tax collector) to hear "the other guy" getting straightened out. Another category of listener eventually capitulates and says: "Okay, I'm not a believer; have it your way. I'm just a horrible, terrible person who's going to hell." But since the sermon mentions Christ only in passing (if at all), the sermon says nothing of the adequacy of Christ as Redeemer, and therefore does nothing to nourish or build faith in him. So true unbelievers are given nothing that might make believers of them, and many true believers are persuaded they are not believers, and the consolations of Christian faith are taken from them" (Why Johnny Can't Preach, pg 83).