Sermon Tone Analysis
Overall tone of the sermon
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Engage
Think long and hard about how you can do your best to get their attention.What is the hardest thing for you to put down when it’s time to go to school, work, dinner, etc.?
Illustration: All the cigarettes I’ve ever smoked.
Question: What is a stupid thing you’ve done, just because you had the independence to do it?
Tension
What you’re doing here is bringing up some kind of a problem.
The tension you create should make people lean in and give them an opportunity to anticipate the tension being resolved.
We live in a time where we are independent, and we need very little from anybody else.
This is super-duper true in America.
Our first ever holiday, is now known as “Independence Day.”
This is super-duper true in America.
Our first ever holiday, is now known as “Independence Day.”
We aren’t really good at managing ourselves, though.
Truth & Application
Once you’ve engaged the congregation and presented some kind of tension, you can now go to God’s Word in order to resolve the tension.
The next section, Application, should happen naturally as you are teaching, and should come to a point after you teach through Scripture.
The Context
Luke 18:9-14
Luke 18:
The Context
Jesus is talking to Pharisees, about Pharisees.
He’s doing everything short of saying “Hey, Dave! I’m talking about you, here!”
They went “up” to the temple to pray.
Pharisees were really pious, and really good at keeping the law.
Tax Collectors were traitors, scum, sinners, despised.
Yet again, Jesus is pointing out the upside-down-ness of his Kingdom.
Who is Jesus talking to?
Why do you think he singled them out?
What was the Pharisee’s prayer like?
The tax collector?
The Heart of a Pharisee
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