Quiz : Homiletics

Clarity in the Introduction of the Sermon

• True

• False

Do not make the focus or direction of the message clear at the end of the introduction.

• True

• False

Share your testimony in your text in the introduction before you announce the passage or state the first main point

• True

• False

Clarity in the Body of the Sermon. Repetition says the same thing immediately in the same words

• True

• False

Transitions are sentences that advance the flow of thought from one major point to the next. 

• True

• False

Deductive development is generally clearer than inductive. 

• True

• False

Stating the Main Idea at the end of the message can add much clarity, even in a deductive message where the main idea has already been stated in the introduction.

• True

• False

Silent language communicates more than spoken language.

• True

• False

Not effective delivery begins with desires.  If you don’t want to say it well, you won’t!

• True

• False

If nonverbal messages contradict the verbal, listeners will believe the silent message.

• True

• False