WorksheetsHOMILECTICS
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 3600secs
__________ is one of the major qualifications for being in the ministry.
Speaking in tongues
Being a tithe payer
Being born again
Being a worker first
Theophany is defined as __________?
Physical appearance of angels to man
Physical appearance of God the son in human form
Baptism in the Holy Ghost
Water Baptism
__________ is one of the major signs of God’s guidance.
It will agree with God’s word
You will not have challenges along the line
Everybody will agree with you on it
The three professions traditionally associated with extensive learning are as follows except one........................................
Law
Political Science
Medicine
Theology
1. The Greek word for Homiletics is __________
(a) (b) (c) (d)
Homily
Homilia
Homiliatia
Homila
1. The art and science of preaching embracing all that pertains to the preparation and delivery of sermons and Bible addresses is __________
Theology
Homiletics
Soteriology
Christology
Homiletics shows us how to__________ prepare a sermon or a gospel address
Scientifically
Biblically
Religiously
Wisely
Homiletics help us to __________ following except one
Prepare a sermon
Type a sermon outline
Deliver a sermon
Preserve a sermon
The following are some of the qualities of discuss in a sermon except one.....................
Length
Unity
Proportion
Brevity
Sermon presentation is __________
Reading of sermon notes
Altar call
Preaching of sermon
The following are the basic first three steps in sermon presentation except...................?
Say the opening prayer
Announce the conclusion two times
Announce the title two times
Announce the text two times and read it out
__________ is one of the materials for the discussion.
Listening to radio
The Bible
Bible College notes
Being educated
Illustration means __________?
Preaching
Teaching
Explaining by examples, pictures, etc
Bible Study
The following are values of illustration but one...................
They make message clear
They ease the understanding of the congregation
They make the truth impressive
They make the message to be very powerful
Figures of speech is a type of _____
Preaching
Illustration
Teaching
Some of the sources of illustration are as follows except.....................................
The Bible
Newspaper
Biography
Stories
One of the functions of introduction in a sermon is to__________
It is the major message
make the message to be powerful
awaken the interest of the audience
Without it the message cannot be preached
The following are some of the sources of an introduction except one
The title
The text
Historical setting
By boasting
The body of a sermon is __________
The beginning
The main discussion
Conclusion
Altar call
Introduction is _______
Opening statement of a sermon
The body of a sermon
The conclusion
Preparation of the sermon
1. Preaching is __________
Counselling
Proclamation of the gospel to men
Bible Study
Prayer meeting
1. Preaching can be done through the following means but one
By meditation
By the use of spoken words
By the use of the written word
By the use of sign language
1. Exhortation is different from preaching. True or False?
True
False
An exhortation is __________
An advice by a counsellor
An appeal made by preacher to audience
Bible Study
Seminar
Who is a preacher?..................
Counsellor
A classroom teacher
A spokesman of God
A prophet
A preacher should be a man or woman of strong personality because __________?
Because he will need to fight many battles
Because a weakling cannot succeed in ministry
Because of demons around
Because he has enemies many
The following are some of the personality traits of a good preacher except one....................
He must be an imitator
He must be a man of deep reliance on the Holy Spirit
He must not be a novice
He must be educated formally and or informally
Sometimes, one of the major problems of a preacher is __________
His stature
His academic background
What to speak about
Where to preach
A preacher can be likened to __________
An Engineer
An Architect
A Doctor
A Lawyer
The text is one of the sources of sermon materials, while __________ is another source .
Secular books
People’s story
The preacher's experience
Revelation from God
An Anecdote is...................................?
A short narrative of an incident of private life
A story got from the bible
A short narrative of an incident of the church
A short story told by another person
We can find Anecdotes from all the following sources but ..................................?
The Bible
Newspapers
Meditation
Local History
A preacher should prepare to preach at what time...................?
A week to the preaching engagement
Always
Two days to preaching day
one of the above
The rules guiding how a preacher should prepare are as follows except..................?
He must sleep soundly for long hours before he prepares
He must prepare his next sermon immediately the last sermon
He must always pray asking God what sermon to give
He must always have selection of sermons clipped in his Bible
A preacher’s appearance on the pulpit should be __________?
Well and moderately dressed
Gorgeously dressed
Unkept moustache
Must dress shabbily
The best location for the pulpit is ...............................?
The centre of the church
The back of the church
A place where almost all congregation can see the preacher
At the vestry
The title of a sermon could have the following qualities but ........................?
It must be short
It must be funny
It must appeal to the basic factor of interest in the audience
Your text and your title must be compatible
What is sometimes the greatest factor in the sale of a book _____?
The Volume
The Title
The Colour
The Author
__________ is one of the suggestions pertaining to the selection of a theme.
It has to be outside your area of discipline
It must be within the confine of your discipline
You must know your theme thoroughly
It has to former message preached by someone else
Title of a sermon means __________?
The expression of the specific idea to be discussed
The name given to the sermon
The body of the sermon
The title of the book
_________ is one of the advantages of a text when preparing a sermon.
It can serve as the real message
Angels move into action when it is being read
It makes the message to be very powerful
It awakens the interest of the congregation
The word “TEXT” means ___________?
Trial
Temptation
A Bible Passage
The Bible
The word “TEXT” is from ______ language.
(a) English word (b) Latin word (c) Greek word (d) Hebrew word
English
Latin
Greek
Hebrew
_______ is a good example of someone who used texts to preach in the bible.
Jesus
Jeremiah
Joseph
Mathew
The following are some of the ways by which a text can be selected except...........?
By asking God for it
Constant reading of the Bible
Being guided by the Holy Spirit
By listening to music
At what point should you give a text to a sermon?
At the middle
At the end
At the beginning
To select a text, __________ must take the first place.
(a) A text book (b) A good Bible (c) Christian literature (d) A Quran
A text book
A good bible
Christian Literature
A text is well accommodated when __________
The subject matter of the sermon differs radically from the subject mater of the verse
The subject matter of the sermon is the same thing with that of the verse
It is not spoken by God
It is spoken by any of the Apostles
Which one among the under listed options is not one of the ways which preachers should classify their sermon................?
According to their subject matter
According to the content
According to the psychological method used when presenting the message
According to the personality of the preacher
The three principal types of Biblical sermons are as follows except ...............?
Topical sermon
Textual sermon
Motivational sermon
Expository sermon
Topical sermon is __________?
The one with a deliberate requested topic
One with a long topic
One with a short topic
One which the main division are derived from the topic
In choosing a Topical sermon, the following can be done except ....................?
Seek God’s leading
It could be derived through the theme under discussion
Seek for a counselling
The conditions within a particular situation could also be the basis
A subject matter of a sermon is _________?
Expression of specific idea
The name of the sermon
Expression of general idea
The introduction
In some preparation of a topical sermon, the following are the principles that must be followed except .................................?
The main division must be logical order
It must include parables
The main division may be an analysis of the topic
The main divisions may present the various proofs of a topic
__________ is a good example of a topical sermon.
The fall of Jericho
What will it profit a man?
Knowing God’s word
You must be born again
A textual sermon is one in which the main divisions are derived from a __________?
Wise saying
Greek text only
Hebrew text only
From a text consisting of a brief portion of scripture
An expository sermon is one in which __________ is interpreted in relation to theme.
More or less extend portion of scripture
Only a verse of scripture
No scripture
Hebrew text only
The divisions of a sermon has the following values except................?
It promotes clarity of thought
It increases the power of God in the message
It promotes unity of thought
It assist the preacher in the proper treatment of a subject
The importance of the division of a sermon to a congregation is that __________?
It makes the points of the sermon clear to them
It shows them that the preacher is competent
The preacher is under obligation to divide the sermon
It prevents the congregation from sleeping during the sermon
The following are some of the ways a sermon can be preserved except ............?
Get a topic file for a topic sermon
Create a file for your sermons in your system
It should be kept in the church
Create a textual file for textual sermon
