Comments on: Anecdotes in Sermons http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/11/anecdotes-in-sermons/ A biblioblog Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:52:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: ppb http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/11/anecdotes-in-sermons/#comment-34019 ppb Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:12:00 +0000 http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/11/anecdotes-in-sermons/#comment-34019 Oh, and I'll add that I believe this because the examples are illuminating the Truth, they aren't the focus--or shouldn't be. That said, I've heard an awful lot of sermons about one's children or last vacation that fail to illuminate the Truth. Oh, and I’ll add that I believe this because the examples are illuminating the Truth, they aren’t the focus–or shouldn’t be. That said, I’ve heard an awful lot of sermons about one’s children or last vacation that fail to illuminate the Truth.

]]> By: ppb http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/11/anecdotes-in-sermons/#comment-34018 ppb Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:10:43 +0000 http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/11/anecdotes-in-sermons/#comment-34018 Eh. I think that real life is rich enough,but sometimes not briefly stated enough to use in a sermon. I don't mind a made up story---I can always tell which ones they are. I feel like sermons would be interrupted by constant referencing to what is true and what is not. A subtle clue-"imagine this," "I once heard it said that," etc. is plenty for me. Eh. I think that real life is rich enough,but sometimes not briefly stated enough to use in a sermon. I don’t mind a made up story—I can always tell which ones they are. I feel like sermons would be interrupted by constant referencing to what is true and what is not. A subtle clue-”imagine this,” “I once heard it said that,” etc. is plenty for me.

]]> By: Claude Mariottini http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/11/anecdotes-in-sermons/#comment-34006 Claude Mariottini Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:08:24 +0000 http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/11/anecdotes-in-sermons/#comment-34006 Kevin, I agree with you. Preachers should not invent stories and then use them in the sermons as if they were true stories. If one uses illustrations or jokes, it becomes important to distinguish them from true stories. Claude Mariottini Kevin,

I agree with you. Preachers should not invent stories and then use them in the sermons as if they were true stories. If one uses illustrations or jokes, it becomes important to distinguish them from true stories.

Claude Mariottini

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