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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A Simple Plan
Write out the verse or verses in a journal, notebook, or computer document.
Assume whatever you read is God’s Word and will be significant.
Meditate on the verse, paragraph or passage.
Most often, light reading through won’t be enough.
It takes time for truth to penetrate.
2. Meditate on the verse, paragraph or passage.
Most often, light reading through won’t be enough.
It takes time for truth to penetrate.
3. Study the meaning of the Scripture under consideration.
What is God revealing about Himself, His purposes, His ways?
Study the meaning of the Scripture under consideration.
What is God revealing about Himself, His purposes, His ways?
4. Identify adjustments you need to make in your personal life, your family, your church, and your work so that God can work in you.
Identify adjustments you need to make in your personal life, your family, your church, and your work so that God can work in you.
5. Write a prayer response to God.
6. Make the necessary adjustments to God and obey what He has said.
7. Watch to see how God uses that truth about Himself in your life.
Sample Scripture
2 Timothy 3:10-4:5
2 Timothy 3:1—4:5
Interrogatory Questions
1. Who wrote it?
Who said it?
Who are the major characters?
To whom is the author speaking?
About whom is he speaking?
2. What are the main events?
What are the major ideas?
What are the major teachings?
What are these people like?
What does he talk about the most?
What is his purpose in saying that?
3. When was it written?
When did this event take place?
When will it happen?
When did he say it?
When did he do it?
4.
Where was this done?
Where was this said?
Where will it happen?
5. Why was there a need for this to be written?
Why was this mentioned?
Why was so much or so little space devoted to this particular event or teaching?
Why was this reference mentioned?
Why should they do or say such a thing?
6.
How is it done?
How did it happen?
How is this truth illustrated?
Application: Four Factors
Personal: “I need to...”
Practical: “I need to lose some weight.”
Possible: “I need to lose 10 pounds.”
Provable: “I need to lose 10 pounds before the end of the month.”
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