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Sermon Communication: Logic, Images, and Dress

This chapter explores different aspects of communicating the message in preaching, such as appealing to the intellect, using images and ideas effectively, appropriate dress, and the role of the pulpit. It includes discussion questions and practical exercises.

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Sermon Communication: Logic, Images, and Dress

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  1. A ComprehensiveIntroduction to Sermon Options and Structures KENTON C. ANDERSON Overview with Discussion Questions and Practical Exercises chapter 4, option 4A

  2. Fourth question: How will you communicate the message?

  3. How will you communicate the message? Cognition ... I will focus on the ideas in Scripture, offering a logical and rational appeal to the intellect of the listener.

  4. practical exercise 7Propositions That Shape Our Preaching Our own preaching is shaped by principle. List five propositions that have helped shape your convictions about preaching. For example: God speaks when his Word is preached. Truth must be applied to the listener's life.

  5. discussion question 11Preaching and Teaching Is there any difference between preaching and teaching? Deductive study sounds very much like the work of a teacher. Does preaching demand something beyond deduction? Or could good teaching embrace that "something beyond" as well?

  6. discussion question 12Images and Ideas Are ideas more important than images, or are the two roughly equal in their expressive power? Is there something dangerous about an image without an idea? What about an idea without a corresponding image?

  7. discussion question 13Appropriate Dress It seems there is no longer a standard for dress in the pulpit or in church. As churches begin to meet in warehouses and shopping malls, the expectations of the past have dwindled. Older believers remember when dressing well indicated one's desire to bring their best to God in worship. Younger believers tend to think that being comfortable in God's presence is more important. Is there any bottom line when it comes to how one dresses when preaching? How do factors like age and socioeconomics affect the question?

  8. discussion question 14The Use of the Pulpit Must a cognitive preacher use a pulpit? If the preacher knows the material well enough to preach extemporaneously, can the pulpit be left behind? Or is the pulpit a symbol we cannot afford to lose?

  9. A ComprehensiveIntroduction to Sermon Options and Structures KENTON C. ANDERSON

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