what is a sermon? How is it different from a lecture?
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A lecture is a fact based teaching discourse. That is usually published for information, prior to the event usually in a place of higher learning. A sermon is singularly a religious text given to convince the hearer of the word of God given usually in a Church or during a church service.
what is a sermon?
a talk on a religious or moral subject, especially one given during a church service and based on a passage from the Bible.
How is it different from a lecture?
Sermons tend to be focused on religious education
Lectures tend to be focused on scientific education
Sermons use the preacher as a focal point
Lectures try to focus on the information being provided
Sermons aim to convince the listener to change his or her beliefs to agree with the preacher.
Lectures aim to provide the student with the information to allow their intellectual development in the discussed area.
Sermons are not as open to questions, specifically one’s that require more clarification of the discussed topic.
Lectures tend to be more open to questions about the discussed topic, but less open to question not related to the topic.
A sermon is in essence a prayer. It is the proclamation of faith. A lecture is the transfer of knowledge from the speaker to the listener. A sermon should impact the one giving the sermon just as much as the people listening to the sermon.