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
0.49UNLIKELY
Disgust
0.11UNLIKELY
Fear
0.08UNLIKELY
Joy
0.59LIKELY
Sadness
0.19UNLIKELY
Language Tone
Analytical
0.48UNLIKELY
Confident
0UNLIKELY
Tentative
0.24UNLIKELY
Social Tone
Openness
0.46UNLIKELY
Conscientiousness
0.56LIKELY
Extraversion
0.22UNLIKELY
Agreeableness
0.68LIKELY
Emotional Range
0.6LIKELY
Tone of specific sentences
Tones
Emotion
Language
Social Tendencies
Anger
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9
*ESCAPING MATERIALISM*
*Confronting Your Culture - Part 4 of 6*
*Proverbs 27:20*
*Rick Warren*
! Sermon Notes
Proverbs 27:20 (GN) /"Human desires are like the world of the dead -- there is always room for more."/
* *
*1.
WHY DO I ALWAYS WANT MORE?*
Because of three misconceptions:
*~* Having more things will make me ______________________________*
/ "He who loves money shall never have enough.
The foolishness of thinking that wealth brings happiness!
The more you have, the more you spend..."/ Eccl.
5:10‑ 11 (LB)
* *
* ~* Having more things will make me ______________________________*
/ "Be on your guard against greed in any shape or form.
For a man's real life in no way depends on the number of his possessions."/
Luke 12:15 (Ph)
*~* Having more things will make me ______________________________*
/ "The rich man thinks of his wealth as an impregnable defense, a high wall of safety.
What a dreamer!"/ Pr.
18:11 (LB)
/ "Be wise enough not to wear yourself out trying to get rich.
Your money can be gone in a flash..."/ Pr.
23:4 (GN)
*THE TRUTH:*
/ "If I have put my trust in money, if my happiness depends on wealth, ... it would mean that I have denied the God of heaven."/
Job 31:24, 28 (LB)
\\ *2.
HOW TO BREAK THE GRIP OF MATERIALISM*
*~* Resist _____________________________________________*
/ "We do not dare classify or compare ourselves... (it) is not wise."/ 2 Cor.
10:12
/ "When we long to be rich we are a prey to temptation; we get trapped into all sorts of foolish and dangerous ambitions which eventually plunge us into ruin..."/ 1 Tim.
6:9 (JB)
*~* Rejoice _____________________________________________*
/ "It is better to be satisfied with what you have than to be always wanting something else."/ Eccl.
6:9 (GN)
/ "Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have..."/ Heb.
13:5
*~* Return _____________________________________________*
/ "The purpose of tithing is to teach you to always put God first in your lives."/
Deut.
14:23 (LB)
/ "Tell those who are rich not to be proud and not to trust in their money which will soon be gone.
Tell them to use their money to do good.
They should ... give happily to those in need, always being ready to share with others whatever God has given them.
By doing this they will be storing up real treasure for themselves in heaven -- it is the only safe investment for eternity!"/ 1 Tim.
6:17-19 (LB)
*THE ANTIDOTE TO MATERIALISM:*
* ~* Refocus _____________________________________________*
/ "Set your mind on things above, not on earthly things."/
Col. 3:2
/ "... the man who hears the message, but allows the cares of this world and his longing for money choke out God's Word, does less and less for God."/ Matt.
13:22 (LB)
/ "No one can serve two masters.
You cannot serve both God and money."/
Matt.
6:24
\\
\\
!
Sermon Transcript
\\
\\ *ESCAPING MATERIALISM*
*Confronting Your Culture - Part 4 of 6*
*Proverbs 27:20*
*Rick Warren*
Proverbs 27:20 (Good News translation).
It started as a trickle a few days ago and during the next 78 days it's going to turn into a deluge.
I'm referring to the number of Christmas Catalogues -- the great American wish book.
The fact is, during the next 78 days, everybody wants your money.
They've been planning all year on how to get it.
They're counting on getting it.
There will be over 150,000 toys on the market in the next 78 days.
Just toys alone.
How can anybody escape materialism?
We are a nation consumed with consuming.
The average American says /Time/ magazine says the average American spends $1300 for every $1000 they make!
And the problem is, it's catching up with us.
We've overspent for a decade and the national debt is collapsing the economy.
What do you call it when output exceeds input?
Body builders call it overwork.
Electricians call it overload.
Bankers call it an overdraft.
Politicians call it, What problem?
The Hunger for More: Searching for Values in an Age of Greed is not a Christian book.
It's by the New York Times.
The cover says, "More.
If there's a single word that summarizes American hopes and obsessions that's it -- More!
More money, more success, more luxuries, more gizmos.
We live for more.
For our next raise, our next house.
And the things we already have, however wonderful they are, then to pale in comparison to the things we might still get.
The hunger for more characterizes the American frontier from it's beginnings, but in the 1980's that appetite became a shared addiction.
Success lost all reference to accomplishment and was described solely in terms of money.
Lifestyle, defined as the sum total of the things one bought, seemed to take precedence over life itself.
Why did it happen?
How did it happen?
Look at what the Bible says.
Proverbs 27:10 /"Human desires are like the world of the dead.
There is always room for more."/
/ /
* *
!! *WHY DO I ALWAYS WANT MORE?*
What motivates me to always keep spending myself into debt?
What motivates me to never be satisfied with what I have?
What motivates me to keep wanting more and more and more?
*Three misconceptions that are found in our culture:*
* *
1. Having more things will make me more happy.
2. Having more things will make me more important.
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9