Inductive sermons are particularly effective with indifferent or even hostile audiences. They work well with hearers who might reject your sermon idea out of hand. Through induction you can present a series of ideas that the audience will agree with until you come to your major idea, and they are forced to accept it. This has been called the “yes-yes” approach. You will get the audience to say yes to a number of things with which they agree before you present a concept with which they will disagree. When Peter addressed the throng at Pentecost—a crowd that had recently crucified Jesus—he
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Inductive approach creates tension
