A speaker that I admire has to be the senior pastor of my church only because of his clarity to describe, explain, and address his sermons in a way that are easy to understand, apply to one's personal life, and feel satisfied and fulfilled. I have been raised in a christian home all of my life, gone to church all my life, and even attended a christian school since preschool. I have heard plenty of speakers almost every day and had christian teachers preach the word of God to me. However, never have I been so attentive in listening to someone's message for a long period of time and kept it interesting enough for me to want more, learn more, and ask questions. It took me 22 years to find a church and attend it on my own personal will and want to be so involved and dedicated to. His abilities to preach and speak are so profound and uplifting that his credibility as a speaker is drawing and give so much to insight to really want to keep hearing what he has to say week after week. I believe that most churches have become too concerned on the ways the church is financially, geographically, congregation size and so forth, but they lose the focus on how well the people are understanding the relationship with God and what they are
learning every week. A church is not sustainable unless the people are taking in the best possible from the word of God. If no one is learning, then the speaker/pastor is no longer a credible source for learning about God and their purpose is now directed elsewhere.
His ability to persuade comes from pathos, ethos, and logos. I believe that in order to be a good speaker, one must or should gear towards containing all of those attributes. According to Aristotle, having all three allows the speaker to sway the audience. Having just one or two would not allow the audience to fully captivate what is being said and believe what is being addressed. As a public speaker and performer, it is my job to make sure that all three are being tied together. When I perform a musical or a play I have to make sure that the character I am portraying is credible to the rest of the audience as well as to myself.
Being a good speaker needs a lot work to gain that respect and good outlook on the audience.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
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I truly agree with what your sayings about having someone explain a sermon in such a way to make even the most clueless people understand. I’m not going to lie and say I attend church on a weekly basis; however I do attend when I can make the time. It doesn’t matter how long it’s been since I have attended the sermon is spoken in such a way that it keeps me attentive. The speaker is so elevating that it keeps me coming back. The sermons are so inspirational because of they way it is set forth to the audience. I just can’t help getting pulled in. I think that’s what every church needs in order to keep the people interested. I know plenty of people that do not attend because of the pure fact that the person speaking the sermon can’t seem to catch their attention. This is a very important quality that is especially need.
I strongly agree that many churches have grown more interested in their finances, geographical location, and size (to name a few problems) and has lost interest in building a deeper relationship with God.
A pastor should have all three qualities; ethos, pathos, and logos. However, a posted comment stated that plenty of people don't attend Sunday service because of the pure fact that the person speaking can't seem to catch the audience's attention.
This is a very true statement. It's very sad, but it's true. The world has many people thinking and believing that the pastor's job is to keep you interested in the Word of God. When in all actuality, the pastor is doing his/her job when they read, preach, and teach the Word of God (in Spirit and in truth).
A pastor's job is not to entertain us with "Sunday comedy" or "only those things which makes us feel good."
When we come to the house of the Lord. We should be excited because we hunger and thirst after righteousness. "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled." (Matthew 5:6)
For entertainment lasts only a moment, but righteousness is everlasting. "He who follows righteousness and mercy finds life, righteousness and honor." (Proverbs 21:21) *
* The pursuit of righteousness is its own reward. But added rewards are found in fullness of life, achieving righteousness,and receiveing honor. All these things are gifts from the Lord (Proverbs 15:9).
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