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Epic Courage

At my church right now we are doing a series called “An Epic Life”. This past Sunday(1/17/16) my pastor preached a sermon titled “Epic Courage” about having courage modeled after that which David has in the Bible. In this sermon my pastor began by talking about how he was going to talk about a story that everyone knew, no matter if they were a Christian or not. In this way he was already relating to the audience. He then captured the audience by telling a story about three young men stopping a terrorist on a train and preventing him from killing dozens.

He then went over the story of David & Goliath to talk about how little David rose up above all others and killed the giant with just a sling and a stone. His point here was that though we are small, God gives us his courage to go out and do things for him. That Jesus is our unshakable anchor and we are able to rely on him. I believe my pastor did a fantastic job of both making valid points and delivering his message.

His points were all logical; he demonstrated how the Bible story related to our everyday lives by giving different life examples and he backed all of his points up with Scripture. I believe his Rhetorical technique was very effective as he used Pathos, Ethos, and Logos. He was using scripture for his points, relating to the audience constantly to build a connection with them, and he made very clear syllogisms. He used some humor as well to engage the audience more. One final thing that was effective is his structure was very well laid out, he had an introduction, the main story, the message, and then gave applications for the message. It was a very well done presentation that I and many others benefited from.
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  1. Abby BartonMarch 31, 2016 at 6:02 PM

    This sounds like a powerful sermon. It is always uplifting and helpful to hear the
    'David and Goliath' story every once in a while. I wish I was there to hear it!

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  2. Brennan ScheetzApril 1, 2016 at 6:37 PM

    I think it is good that the preacher used all the rhetoric techniques to get his point across. It is always good to use humor to engage your audience and make them want to listen.

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  3. UnknownApril 4, 2016 at 4:46 PM

    It's great that he used Pathos, Logos, and Ethos in a proper way. It is always good to use the right amount of each so that you can get the proper point across.

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