Sermon

==Types==
There are a number of different types of sermons, that differ both in their subject matter and by their intended audience, and accordingly not every preacher is equally well-versed in every type.  The types of sermons are:
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* {{anchor|Biographical sermons}}[[Biographical]] sermons – tracing the story of a particular biblical character through a number of parts of the Bible.
* [[Evangelistic]] sermons (associated with the Greek word ''[[kerygma]]'') – seeking to convert the hearers or bring them back to their previous faith through a recounting of the [[foundational story]] of the religion, in Christianity, the [[Good news (Christianity)|Good News]]. 
* [[Expository preaching]] – [[exegesis]], that is sermons that expound and explain a text to the congregation.<ref>{{cite web |last=Perry |first=Simon |title=How Biblical is Expository Preaching? |url=http://www.simonperry.org.uk/#/exposition/4550415875 |work=The Baptist Times |access-date=April 13, 2011}}</ref>
* Historical sermons – which seek to portray a biblical story within its non-biblical historical perspective.<ref>Schüch, Ignaz (1894) ''A manual of homiletics and catechetics: the priest in the pulpit'' (Boniface Luebbermann editor and translator) Benziger, New York, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ITQsAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA169 p. 169], [http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/15157571 OCLC 15157571]</ref>
* [[Hortatory]] sermons (associated with the Greek word {{Lang|grc-latn|didache}}) – exhort a return to living ethically, in Christianity a return to living on the basis of the gospel.
* Illuminative sermons, also known as proems ({{Lang|he-latn|petihta}}) – which connect an apparently unrelated biblical verse or religious question with the current calendrical event or festival.<ref>Holtz, Barry W. (1984) ''Back to the Sources: Reading the classic Jewish texts'' Summit Books, New York, [https://books.google.com/books?id=rQ_FVFlRhxsC&pg=PA198 p. 198], {{ISBN|0-671-45467-6}}</ref>
* Liturgical sermons – sermons that explain the [[liturgy]], why certain things are done during a service, such as why [[Mass (liturgy)#Communion rite|communion]] is offered and what it means.<ref>Schüch, Ignaz (1894) ''A manual of homiletics and catechetics: the priest in the pulpit'' (Boniface Luebbermann editor and translator) Benziger, New York, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ITQsAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA170 p. 170], [http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/15157571 OCLC 15157571]</ref>
* {{anchor|Narrative sermons}}Narrative sermons – which tell a story, often a parable, or a series of stories, to make a moral point.
* [[Redemptive-Historical Preaching|Redemptive-historical preaching]] – sermons that take into consideration the context of any given text within the broader history of salvation as recorded in the canon of the bible.
* Topical sermons – concerned with a particular subject of current concern;

Sermons can be both written and spoken out loud.