We discuss the three pragmatic and rhetorical aspects that we consider to be of utmost importance in a sermonial discourse nowadays: indirect speech acts, paradox and irony. The speaker’s aim is to emphasize the main ideas. We also underline the fact that one needs courage to use them in a discourse genre known to be rather conservatory, but these pragnatic and rhetorical means meet the need of the contemporary sermon to be revitalized.
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