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
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Disgust
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Fear
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Joy
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Sadness
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Language Tone
Analytical
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Confident
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Tentative
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Social Tone
Openness
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Conscientiousness
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Extraversion
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Agreeableness
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Emotional Range
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Tone of specific sentences
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Anger
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Introduction
Background: Elijah and Gehazi
Shock
Fear of the future/uncertainty
1 Kings 19:3-
Fear of the future/uncertainty
Isolation
protecting others
protecting image
exhaustion
removing distractions
“It is enough”
Sense of futility - the world is not what I expected, my results are not what I anticipated
Elijah seems to be dealing with symptoms of grief.
He has come off a successful time, no one he loves has died, and yet he is mourning.
Mourning the world he expected to have, mourning the time of great productivity and energy which could never last.
He would probably not have used the terminology, but he traces the steps outlined in the book Good Grief.
We are in a state of shock, we express emotion - whether through tears
Response
Prayer
Physical provision - food and a nap
Recognition of insufficiency
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