Sermon Tone Analysis
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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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Analytical
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Openness
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Conscientiousness
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Extraversion
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BROKEN DOWN
HOUSE
SINFULNESS OF SIN
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REVIEW
• Message #1
• Message #2
• How bad is it?
• Library – Futility of our Minds
• Ephesians 2:1-3
• Ephesians 4:17-19 & Romans 1:18, 21
• Spiritually Dead
• We suppress the truth
• Morally Corrupt
• We are hostile in our thinking
• Justly Condemned
• We are blind
BROKEN DOWN HOUSE
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BROKEN DOWN HOUSE
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BROKEN DOWN HOUSE
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BROKEN DOWN HOUSE
UNTANGLING
EMOTIONS
by J. Alasdair Groves & Winston Smith
NAME THAT EMOTION
NAME THAT EMOTION
NAME THAT EMOTION
NAME THAT EMOTION
EMOTIONS CAN BE CONFUSING
• “When I feel hurt because I feel my husband has wronged me,
then I don’t feel like going to talk to him.
Instead, I feel like
leaving because I feel he won’t listen anyway.
I feel justified in
the anger I feel.
I don’t feel the Bible applies to our particular
conflicts.”
(Powlison)
THE BIBLE IS FULL OF EMOTIONS
• Scripture not only speaks about emotions, it also speaks to and
through our emotions.
The Bible itself is emotional literature,
filled with emotional expression and designed not just to
communicate with our rationality but also to stir us emotionally,
thus affirming our emotionality.
(Evangelical Dictionary of Theology)
BIBLICAL UNDERSTANDING OF EMOTIONS
• Emotions were given in order to energize behaviour and were
intended by God to be a catalyst for action.
(Evangelical Dictionary of Theology)
BIBLICAL UNDERSTANDING OF EMOTIONS
• Emotions Communicate Value
• Fear – something we value is under threat
• Anger – something we value is treated unjustly
• Grief – something we value has been lost
BIBLICAL UNDERSTANDING OF EMOTIONS
• Emotions Communicate Value
• Emotions Help Us to Connect
• Emotions Motivate Us
BIBLICAL UNDERSTANDING OF EMOTIONS
• Emotions Motivate Us
• Fear – fight or flight
• Anger – fix something wrong
• Grief – seek comfort and rest
• Guilt – confess and make amends
• Happiness – celebrate and give thanks
BIBLICAL UNDERSTANDING OF EMOTIONS
• Emotions Communicate Value
• Emotions Help Us to Connect
• Emotions Motivate Us
• Emotions Elevate Us (Groves)
HOW SIN CORRUPTS OUR EMOTIONS
God’s Purpose for Emotions
Communicate Value
Relate
Motivate
Elevate
HOW SIN CORRUPTS OUR EMOTIONS
Suck It Up
God’s Purpose for Emotions
Emotions are nothing
Communicate Value
Tough guy
Relate
Never trust your
emotions
Motivate
Intellect over feelings
Elevate
HOW SIN CORRUPTS OUR EMOTIONS
God’s Purpose for Emotions
Spit It Up
Communicate Value
Emotions are
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