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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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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Selecting a Bible Personality for a Character Study
Prayer
(KJV) 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Ask
Ask
(KJV) 2 Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
2 Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Observation
Observation
(KJV) 24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
Preparing the Lesson
The Person of the Lesson
Who
Meaning of their name
Date of birth and death
Family history
References in the Bible concerning them
New Testament references for Old Testament Characters
What
Strengths and weaknesses
What
What was going in their story
Successes and failures
Strengths and weaknesses
Their impact on their culture and ours
Where
The place (places) they lived
When
When was their story in world history
The Why of the Lesson
Develop one single “Big Idea” concerning the Character of the Lesson
What Is the Purpose of my lesson?
What do I want to accomplish?
What do I need to explain?
What do I need to defend?
What do I need to apply?
The How of the Lesson
Create an opening activity that points the class towards the “Big Idea”
Game / Activity
Video
Picture
Statistics
Story
Drama
Role Play
Etc …
Teaching the Lesson
Opening Activity
Reflection
Ask, “How did the opening activity make you feel?”
Interpretation
Ask, “How is that like what we in the Bible about the story of ________ ?”
Application
Ask, “What do you think we need to do about it?”
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