My blogpost is about a recent sermon from my pastor at my church. Quite recently, one of his sermons called, “When an enemy needs a friend,” was one that was interesting to me. It was about when people change from bad to good, and how they can be trusted. To start off his sermon, my pastor did something very effective to be able to catch the audience into paying attention, which I think a lot of speakers do. He began with a funny story with loads of visuals and gestures so that he could grab the audience’s attention. The story of Saul is a good example of an enemy who became a friend because he was feared by almost anyone he came near. When he had changed, it was hard for people, even the disciples, to trust him as a Christian. It’s not easy to put trust in someone like that even when it happens in times like today. Forgiveness was the big argument here. In a way, my pastor was persuading everyone to be more forgiving towards people who may or may not deserve it. I think that his argument was reasonable because he had used past experiences and stories that made logical sense to his point.
While browsing on Google I found an old advertisement. The ad was for Lustre-Crème Shampoo. It featured Marilyn Monroe, known for her beauteous looks and her parts in different movies. One of her movies was Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Lustre-Crème was attempting to sell their shampoo through the use of fallacies. By saying that Marilyn Monroe that tells you nothing about the actual product: it simply attracts you to the pretty face in the picture. Using this as an argument of why someone should buy your product is quite illogical. Just because Marilyn Monroe uses it doesn’t provide assurance of its abilities. They attempt using snob appeal by trying to make the audience believe that they could be like Marilyn Monroe if they use the same product as her. They use appeal to illegitimate authority by using Marilyn Monroe to promote their product. Although she herself is a customer, this is still rather irrelevant. She herself has no type of expertise in hair products and knows nothing that
Telling relatable stories is no doubt a surefire way to grab the attention of your audience. My pastor does it all the time, and with his sense of humor, he keeps everyone listening almost effortlessly. It is a good skill to have as any form of speaker, and makes them easy to respect and relate to.
ReplyDeleteGood point DJ. I agree with that sermon. Sometimes, people refuses to even talk to people who are their enemies, but God also says love your enemies.
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