Sermon Delivery: Syles and Qualitites

Question 1

What does Craddock say about manuscript sermons?

Answer 1

Read them and read them well.

Question 2

What does Craddock say about different styles?

Answer 2

Don’t use the same on every occasion.

Question 3

Can delivery be learned?

Answer 3

Yes.

Question 4

What is the purpose of delivery?

Answer 4

Maximum contact with the audience with minimum loss of content.”

Question 5

What are the four modes of delivery?

Answer 5

1. Impromptu
2. Extemporaneous
3. Manuscript
4. Note-Free

Question 6

What are the qualities of good delivery?

Answer 6

Natural, Varied, purposeful, confident.

Question 7

What are some common sense rules for delivery?

Answer 7

Reduce notes to a minimum.
If you can't speak it, write it down.
Write the sermon for the ear.
Rehearse the sermon orally.
The thought process is not complete until the message is verbalized.

Question 8

What are three convictions about the moment of preaching?

Answer 8

1. The message will make a difference.
2. The listeners are for and not against the preacher.
3. What is taking place during the sermon is vastly more important than how the preacher happens to feel that day.