Comments on: Communication Techniques: The Question

By: Preaching Techniques: The Question « Resources for Preachers and Teachers

Preaching Techniques: The Question « Resources for Preachers and Teachers — Sun, 18 May 2008 02:00:25 +0000

[...] You might invite the crowd to answer the question in their mind, write their answer on paper, or better yet, discuss their answer with three people around them. Read more… [...]

By: Bill (cycleguy)

Bill (cycleguy) — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:43:37 +0000

Was gone all day yesterday routing a bike trip set for June. :) I have been preaching a series on “Confessions of a Pastor” and with each confession I have made I have drawn them in with a question like “How many of you have felt that way”? or “How many of you have or still do struggle with that?” I want to ask them to raise their hands so I don’t feel so alone up there but I don’t. I just watch heads nod. :)

By: daniel d

daniel d — Wed, 14 May 2008 01:33:31 +0000

I love this post. The question allows the audience the ability to internalize it, wrestle with it, and personalize it. So much more can be said with a question, sort of ironic.

By: HEATHER

HEATHER — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:57:17 +0000

Sometimes, when we do this, we actually might be REPEATING the question these folk have been asking for a long time. Its just that we’ve allowed the Holy Spirit to carve out a Holy moment where they can finally discover the answer.

By: Clif McKinley

Clif McKinley — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:29:35 +0000

The Question is a very powerful tool, it forces the listener to engage. I try to end each point with a question and then come back to those questions at the conclusion of the message.

A lot of people are very indecisive and just want to be told what they should do, using the question forces them to determine their next step, to wrestle for an answer, it stretches them, it makes them think.

Good stuff Craig, can’t wait until tomorrow.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:11:16 +0000

I agree with Blake. The Pause and The Question are a deadly duo. Few things, maybe nothing, work better than a well timed/worded Question followed by a Pause.

I remember Craig talking about how simple of a choice dying for someone you love in a heated moment could be. Then he asked us all why it was so hard to live daily for those same people.

Pause…

The exact message and even the topic escapes me, but that question stayed.

By: blake

blake — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:48:05 +0000

i don’t even have to hear a message or be listening to a sermon… those four questions shake me if i just read them.

i think that i ask a lot of questions when i speak. but i think i need to begin to embrace the pause a bit more. these two could be a deadly duo.

By: Scott Williams

Scott Williams — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:25:04 +0000

The question can be a powerful point of introspective buy-in for the listener, helps maintain engagement and helps listeners to realize that others are in the same boat they are in.