God willing, I am going to preach on the so-called Parable of the Sower from Mark 4 for our harvest family service.
I might go alliteration-tastic with a look at:
The Sower = Jesus
The Seed = The Word of God
The Soils = Different groups of hearers, how they recieve and respond to the Word of God from Jesus
Satan, stoney, sidewalk (path), suckers (weeds), shallow (though that doesn't quite work), sound soil are all additional possible "s"s.
And then there are Vaughan Roberts headings which I reall from OiCCU days. Obviously alliteration can sometimes be memorable:
(1) The Problem of the Word
(2) The Purpose of the Word
(3) The Produce (or Power) of the Word
Or even:
(1) The Apparent Problem of the Word
(2) The Actual Purpose of the Word
(3) The Abundant Produce (or Power) of the Word
I might ask Mrs Lloyd to make up some pots of each type of soil and get some seed. The boy would enjoy "helping". And some pictures for the PowerPoint and Bob is a relative.
Monday, September 13, 2010
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4 comments:
I really don't like alliterative sermons. I always remember the letter, and not the three similar words which began with it. Acronyms are much better. Make a word with the initial letters.
But still better: make only one point, well, from different angles, instead of three! :-)
As John Cheeseman said, you can be addicted to alliteration's aidful art!
I'm all ears for suggestions?
Alliteration always aggravates, annoys and angers an audience. Alliteration amplifies apathy and antipathy among all. Avoid alliteration. Always!
Anonymous, I love it, like it, laughed at it, no lie, like.
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