The Wordle Test for your Sermon...
MPJ did a Wordle on his Blog for his D.Phil thesis on Martyrdom. So I wondered if a good sermon ought always to have Jesus at the center of a Wordle created from that sermon. I know that simple word count is very different to coherent Christ-focused content. But still...
I tested my theory out on my sermon on John 3, (it took 3 seconds) and above is the Wordle.
So I guess I passed.
(Click on the picture to see the Wordle properly.)
Sam asked me in the comments about how my theory holds for Old Testament. Hmmm. This one is from Deuteronomy 6 -- I guess its still Trinitarian, since Jesus is in the center...
Test your sermon...
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posted by Justin at
10:00 PM
10 Comments:
Wordle is amazing :).
2:27 AM
Are you a reader of The Blogging Parson, JH?
2:43 AM
Indeed, great stuff.
5:11 AM
I failed miserably, but then, I preach from an outline rather than a full manuscript.
Preaching from Ephesians 6:10-17, I had "gospel" in the centre...
8:07 AM
Does your theory hold for OT passages?
My 1 Kings sermon came up with some different statistics.
8:48 AM
Sam -- Just did Deuteronomy 6 and amended the Blog. Jesus is still there in that one...
This has given me some pause...
9:09 AM
This is great!
Good for analysing propoganda or advertising as well and see how you can be brain washed!
10:01 AM
Here's a talk I'm giving to students in a few weeks:
http://wordle.net/gallery/Commitment_Talk_-_FOCUS
12:50 PM
Hmm - pause for thought: http://keithbaker.blogspot.com/2008/06/rom-7-wordle.html
But maybe Jesus will feature slightly larger in a narrative text about Jesus, where you are discussing the characters, rather than an epistle?
1:06 PM
oh no!
http://wordle.net/gallery/Jude_8-16
Jesus is off to the side in my Sermons!....People are almost at the middle...
...obviously my Jude Sermon needs some work.
5:10 PM
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