The Bible was not given to satisfy curiosity. It is truth that always intersects life in some way. Consequently as preachers we must not pretend that arms-length analysis is sufficient. We have to wrestle with how to help our listeners experience the truth that is being preached.
Haddon Robinson has pointed out that for many people, most of the preaching they have heard has satisfied only to the level of meeting some level of curiosity. Sadly many in our churches have had years of Bible studies that are not dissimilar to filling out a crossword or Sudoku puzzle. You get all the parts in the right place, get the thing completed and then feel satisfied. But the Bible does not work merely at a curiosity level. It digs deeper, intersects more fully with life.
Haddon was interviewed in 2001 by Preaching magazine. In his words, “I think God’s truth is always designed to challenge us and change us.” Let us pray that we never settle for satisfying curiosity when we have the privilege of being involved in transforming lives.
Biblical Preaching 
This is a very important point that I have attempted to speak of in my post “The Sermon is not a Lecture.” We are attempting to bring the people into contact with the transformative power of God and not simply teach them something “interesting.”
Preaching should be all about transforming opportunities. Satisfying curiosity does not transform. Satisfying curiosity in preaching involves looking for the peripheral doctrines that often don’t matter and don’t transform.