Sermon Building

Question 1

The total objective (also called the ultimate, supreme, or comprehensive objective) is to bring —– to people

Answer 1

D. Life

Question 2

Whenever Christianity has made substantial progress ——- has led the way

Answer 2

B. Great preaching

Question 3

Correctly defined, the text is a complete unit of ——– which serves as scriptural fabric of structure of the sermon.

Answer 3

C biblical thought

Question 4

Preaching is designed to meet human need?

Answer 4

True

Question 5

A planned program of preaching ensures a better balance in the preachers ——–

Answer 5

B topics and texts

Question 6

Serious and eternal issues are involved in the proclamation of this truth. Lives today and —— tomorrow depend upon accurate and effective interpretation of the truth of God revealed in scripture.

Answer 6

A. Eternal destiny

Question 7

By —————- interpretation is meant the interpretation of scripture required by the laws of grammar and the facts of history

Answer 7

B biblical grammatical

Question 8

True interpretation seeks to understand the truths of passage of scripture by careful grammatical-theological analysis against its historical background.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Next, the preacher should write a central idea of the text (CIT) in —— words or less

Answer 9

C. 18

Question 10

Stating an aim in this manner will enable the preacher to concentrate on preparation. Having a ——— will help focus all thought and force in the sermon toward achieving the desired result

Answer 10

D. Major objective

Question 11

Illustrations are needed in sermons. They are needed to reach the present-day ——– mind

Answer 11

B visual oriented

Question 12

The ———, baptism, the lords supper are symbols

Answer 12

A. Cross

Question 13

Biblical preaching has almost nothing to do with how many times the Bible is quoted in a sermon and everything to do with how faithfully the bible is ——- in relation to contemporary experience.

Answer 13

C. Interpreted

Question 14

An era of decadent Christianity is upon us if the belief in a

Answer 14

B. Biblical inspiration

Question 15

Boldness is not ——— in the spirit or in word

Answer 15

B arrogance

Question 16

The sermon has three major structural parts

Answer 16

A. Intro body conclusion

Question 17

The finest skills available to the preacher should be used to ensure the ——– accomplishes it’s high purpose

Answer 17

D conclusion

Question 18

Roughly ————– percent of the sermon content may be devoted to the preparing the way for the sermon body

Answer 18

A. 10-15%

Question 19

The aim of the preacher is to win a ———-. The pulpit is not a lecture platform; the sermon is not a lecture

Answer 19

B. Response

Question 20

Image level communication seeks to help the congregation to ——– in order to feel the message.

Answer 20

C. See

Question 21

The preacher must be relevant to this ———, to people of this culture

Answer 21

D. Generation

Question 22

Have a preference for big words

Answer 22

False

Question 23

In spite of its importance, delivery is the most ——- area of sermon prep

Answer 23

A neglected

Question 24

When attire calls attention to the ——– rather than the message, it is inappropriate

Answer 24

B speaker

Question 25

The textbook indicates 8 essential steps to sermon building and devotes a chapter to each of the steps. Name the authors 8 steps to the sermon

Answer 25

1. Understand the task
2. Discover the idea of the sermon
3. Interpret the text
4. Organize the material
5. Mature the idea
6. Formulate the structure
7. Finish the sermon
8. Deliver the sermon