{"id":228,"date":"2010-11-29T18:22:25","date_gmt":"2010-11-29T18:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/stuffchristianculturelikes\/2010\/11\/203-using-visual-aids-during-sermons.html"},"modified":"2010-11-29T18:22:25","modified_gmt":"2010-11-29T18:22:25","slug":"203-using-visual-aids-during-sermons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stuffchristianculturelikes\/2010\/11\/203-using-visual-aids-during-sermons.html","title":{"rendered":"#203 Using visual aids during sermons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-center\" height=\"305\" alt=\"visualaid3.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/105\/import\/visual%20aids\/visualaid3.jpg\" width=\"455\" \/><\/span><br \/>Nothing gives your sermons that extra something quite like visual aids. They&#8217;re the only kind of AIDS Christian culture openly embraces. Ha ha haaaaaa but seriously, folks. The pastor really wants to keep your attention. He reckons a visual aid will make his sermon that much more intriguing and applicable.<\/p>\n<p>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-center\" height=\"346\" alt=\"visualaid.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/105\/import\/visual%20aid\/visualaid.jpg\" width=\"622\" \/><\/span><br \/>In non-denominational churches and many Baptist franchises you stand an excellent chance of getting a visual aid with your sermon. Visual aids during sermons will never be found in the mainline denominations or in Episcopal\/Catholic churches. Those guys do not follow the evangelical trajectory and wouldn&#8217;t even consider such cloying gadgetry.<\/p>\n<p>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-center\" height=\"375\" alt=\"visualaidwall.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/105\/import\/visual%20aids\/visualaidwall.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/span><br \/>Some common evangelical visual aids are vines (for a vine-and-branches sermon series) and a wall (for any number of biblical references to walls, literal or figurative). Pastors like to walk around and brandish the vines, or stand and sit on the walls.&nbsp;Then there&#8217;s the prop&nbsp;bed for the have-married-sex-for-30-days sermon. They&#8217;re making it interactive, y&#8217;all.<\/p>\n<p>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-center\" height=\"355\" alt=\"visualaided.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/105\/import\/visual%20aids\/visualaided.jpg\" width=\"531\" \/><\/span><br \/>The sanctuary&#8217;s screen is a lax version of a visual aid, but it&#8217;s a visual aid nonetheless. It&#8217;s mostly used to display the words to non-hymnal worship songs and count down the minutes till the sermon begins, New Year&#8217;s Eve style. Lately they&#8217;re being used to illustrate points and display audience-engaging images&nbsp;(engaging the audience being a priority in Christian culture), as well as just flat-out ask for money (see below). No beating around the bush here.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-center\" height=\"328\" alt=\"onepointtwomillion.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/105\/import\/visual%20aids\/onepointtwomillion.jpg\" width=\"514\" \/><\/span><br \/>Then again, some energetic pastors forego gadgetry and just try to make their speaking as engaging as possible. Do veins popping out of your neck count as visual aids?<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-center\" height=\"333\" alt=\"visualaidnotneeded.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/105\/import\/visual%20aids\/visualaidnotneeded.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing gives your sermons that extra something quite like visual aids. 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