The sermon I’m writing about is found on youtube where a woman makes somewhat of a rap about putting God first in your life. This speaker is talking about how no one will ever be satisfied until they put God first in their life. She refers to multiple famous people and tells how even they are going to one day be judged by God. It does not matter who you are, because one day you will be face to face with the God in charge of your fate. She wants to make us believe that we will never be above God and should remember that throughout our daily lives. The point is for people viewing her sermon to take a step back and reevaluate what they consider most important in their life. The argument was most definitely reasonable because it is true that God is above all and he should be our highest priority. Her rhetorical techniques were very influential because she targeted people who did specific things such as watching Wheel of Fortune in a lazy chair or watching Days of Our Lives. These are daily things that some people do and could hit home with them when they heard this sermon. She appealed to emotion really well by relating her points to the people listening to them.
In Mr. Cline's class a few weeks ago. We took the day off in a way from our normal classes. Instead of continuing to read the books we were assigned and discussing them, he read us the sermon by C.S Lewis "The Weight of Glory." Its a long sermon, but one worth reading. It is about the confusion many people have on the topic of what we desire the most. He explains after much background information, that we all desire true happiness. And through that happiness, we long for heaven, our true home that we were designed for. He explains that glory is not what many people think of as being "famous" in heaven. But more that we are honored by our Lord and Father. For it to be like the scripture passage "Well done, good and faithful servant." C.S Lewis does a fantastic job at being persuasive here, and if read by the right person aloud, can have an excellent effect. He clears up lots of points that people bring up that are not true. Such as the point of glory...
Claire- I really liked how you were able to point out rhetoric. You had really good thoughts and good organization. I also liked how you picked a topic that is very relatable to many of us. It can be very hard to put God first in the world that we live in today, but it is definitely the most important thing. Good job!
ReplyDeleteThis is a good topic for a sermon. I think it's hard,especially in today's society, to put God first and to choose Him over what we want to do. It sounded like a really convicting sermon.
ReplyDeleteNot conforming to the typical style, especially when communicating something serious like a biblical message, is an immediate attention-grabber to those who are used to the same old sermon style of speaking. It adds variation as something unexpected, and can appeal to vastly different audiences who otherwise might not have been reached. It's amazing how one can use something like rap to communicate a serious biblical message, but that just goes to show how creative people can be.
ReplyDeleteThat's cool that what she was talking about applies to real life situations of people like us. And she puts it in perspective that even really famous people that we sometimes look up to will be judged too, and they aren't perfect. But God is perfect and we should always putting him first.
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