How to make people aware of the world around them through Friday khutbahs
Question

                We as Friday khateebs are faced with criticism from some of our close friends and from the people at large, when we address different religious topics and other matters which deal with the situation of the ummah. One person likes this topic and another does not, and they are divided into those who agree with the khutbah and those who are opposed. How should the good khateeb be, and what are your guidelines as to the best way of making the people aware through the minbar and connecting them to their religion?
Praise be to Allah.The 
          good khateeb is the one who says something from which those present 
          can benefit, no matter what their level is, whether they are common 
          folk or educated or well-read or youngsters or elderly. In order to 
          achieve that, the khateeb will be faced with some difficulties in choosing 
          the right expressions and topics to benefit everyone, but with practice 
          and experience, he will be able to achieve that and get acceptable results. 
          
 The 
          good khateeb is the one who is concerned with teaching the people about 
          their religion and explaining the basic principles of sharee’ah, explaining 
          the holistic matters and giving more details of matters of ‘aqeedah 
          and fiqh and other issues which the people need to know. 
 The 
          good khateeb is the one who makes the most of events which Allaah decrees 
          should come to pass, so he refers to them and talks about them from 
          an Islamic point of view, in the light of the Qur’aan and Sunnah. He 
          uses this important means of education to teach the people, i.e., education 
          by means of events. This is a method which we see in the verses of Soorat 
          Aal ‘Imraan, which 
          comment on the battle of Uhud, where Allaah mentions the great lessons 
          to be learned from the events of that campaign. 
 The 
          good khateeb is the one who combines mention of the views of the earlier 
          and later scholars, with mention of the dangers and events faced by 
          the Muslim ummah. 
 The 
          good khateeb is one who offers variety in his khutbahs. So sometimes 
          he speaks of matters of Tawheed, and sometimes he warns against different 
          kinds of shirk, or 
          he calls people to follow the Sunnah and avoid bid’ah and its dangers, 
          or he explains some matters of fiqh which the people need to know, or 
          he discusses the events that the ummah is facing in the light of the 
          Qur’aan and Sunnah and the words of the scholars, and so on. At the 
          same time, his khutbahs must also soften people’s hearts and remind 
          them of Allaah and the Last Day, because that is one of the main aims 
          of the khutbah. In conclusion, if the khateeb achieves a balanced and 
          wise approach, then no one has the right to object to him. And Allaah 
          is the Source of strength.