Sermon Tone Analysis
Overall tone of the sermon
This automated analysis scores the text on the likely presence of emotional, language, and social tones. There are no right or wrong scores; this is just an indication of tones readers or listeners may pick up from the text.
A score of 0.5 or higher indicates the tone is likely present.
Emotion Tone
Anger
0.13UNLIKELY
Disgust
0.12UNLIKELY
Fear
0.06UNLIKELY
Joy
0.53LIKELY
Sadness
0.14UNLIKELY
Language Tone
Analytical
0.31UNLIKELY
Confident
0.2UNLIKELY
Tentative
0UNLIKELY
Social Tone
Openness
0.79LIKELY
Conscientiousness
0.43UNLIKELY
Extraversion
0.06UNLIKELY
Agreeableness
0.35UNLIKELY
Emotional Range
0.78LIKELY
Tone of specific sentences
Tones
Emotion
Language
Social Tendencies
Anger
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9
21. WALK NOT AS FOOLS
TEXT: “See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise” ( KJV).
I.
The fool in Proverbs.
A. He is “right in his own eyes” ().
Nobody considers himself a fool.
B. He “despises his father’s instructions” ().
One who considers his own judgment better than his father’s is a fool.
C.
He “despises his mother” ().
Children who belittle their mothers are fools.
D. He “utters slander” ().
The gossiper is a fool.
E.
He “refuses to turn away from evil” ().
The fool abhors repentance.
F.
He “trusts in his own mind” ().
G.
He makes a mock at sin ( KJV).
II.
The fool in the New Testament.
A. He exchanged “the glory of the immortal God for images” ().
B. He lays up “treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God” ( ASV).
C.
He rejects Jesus’ words and is building on sand (, ).
CONCLUSION: “The word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness” ( ASV) because “fools make a mock at sin.” “Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is” ( ASV).
Hallock, E. F. (1974).
Bible-Centered Sermon Starters (p.
45).
Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House.
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9