Dreaded Test and Assignment 1
T he test and assignment below belong to the training series "Success in the Pulpit". This test is for the following lessons:
Reading the Bible Publicly
845 Bible Reading Checklist
841 Sermon Types and Techniques
889
1. What is the main physical cause of pulpit nerves?
Your adrenal glands
Your mental attitude.
Insufficient food
2. What can you do beforehand to help prevent pulpit nerves?
Prepare thoroughly
Don’t think about it
Memorize everything
3. What sort of experience will help you gain confidence and shake off the shakes?
It has to be real experience
It can be imagined/visualized
Experience doesn’t help
4. What should you give most attention to when you are in the pulpit?
Audience response
Your own performance
Your message
5. What is the best thing to do while you are speaking?
Stand still as a statue
Move and speak energetically
Look out of the window
6. How long is the model prayer that Jesus gave his disciples?
30 seconds
3 minutes
10 minutes
7. What should a public prayer avoid?
Preaching
Mentioning private matters
Wordy, meaningless phrases
Mixing old and modern style
Mumbling and stumbling
All of the above
The Assignment
This assignment is about reading the Bible in public. There are three parts to it.
1. Choose a Bible reading of four to six verses.
2. Practice reading it aloud using all the tips in the lesson notes entitled "Reading the Bible Publicly" "Bible Reading Checklist". 3. Be prepared to present this reading in class. There will be no criticism. The point will simply be to show that applying the tips makes you do a better job.
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