Butler: Alliteration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In his little brochure, Alliterated Sermon Outlines, John G. Butler gives five different ways to alliterate the points of a sermon outline:

• Same Beginning (Letter)

  • Passion of God’s love: “so”
  • Perimeter of God’s love: “the world”
  • Proof of God’s love: “He gave”
  • Price of God’s love: “gave His only begotten Son”
  • Prerequisite for God’s love: “believeth”
  • Protection by God’s love: “shall not perish”
  • Provision of God’s love: “have everlasting life”

• Same Beginning (Prefix)

  • unwanted, unable, unfaithful.

• Same Ending (Suffix)

  • Psalm 119: information, obligation, regulation, compensation, adoration.

• Same Ending (Subject)

  • A Genesis 15:1
    • Word of God: “Word of the LORD came to Abraham”
    • Comfort of God: “Fear not”
    • Shield of God: “I am thy shield”
    • Reward of God: “I am…thy…great reward”

• Same Sound (Assonance-Rhyming)