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! Introduction:
Number one there on your notes it says -the wormwoods manual.
Now, if you are into C. S. Lewis, Screwtape Letters, there was a little demon that was being trained on how to stump this Christian.
So, I’ve kind of taken off on that analogy and it seems as if there is a manual that is out on how to divide a church.
Because I have sat and talked with, over the last couple of years several pastors and the things that they have shared, there are similar patterns that take place that it must be something that is designed.
Obviously there is no church manual you go to the local Christian Book Store and it says how to divide a church but there is the name of a soul that wants to destroy the unity of the church and so here is the progression that I have just about every pastor that I’ve talked with, these are the steps that take place.
Usually, it starts with an individual or a group of people that want to gripe and complain about the pastor.
And they want to mummer and gossip and then usually they find a leader, someone that has some sort of leadership abilities within the church and want to bend their ear.
And often times that individual is immature and does not realize that they need to stop that, that is why I have given you those books, The Role of the Assisting Pastor to not participate in any gossip at all.
It needs to be stopped at that point.
And this is where the enemy takes advantage of people that have not been in the ministry and seen the devastation of splits and divisions, they don’t see how it starts off with this small little bit of gossip and backbiting.
The Bible is clear, it says if someone has sinned against you, you go and talk with that individual.
And that’s the end.
And it’s taken care of, you’ve warned your brother, great.
But usually, this seems to be the pattern and then this gossip and murmuring spreads and it’s like people of like mind find themselves.
Well, what do you think about this?
It may start off as, and all of a sudden you have this group of people within the church that are upset and they seem to gravitate to one another like a magnet.
They find each other somehow.
That’s maybe because some people they talk to they basically say, I don’t want to talk about this, get away from me, until they finally fine…  And then there is little pocket of resistance within the church.
And then, usually what the next step is, and this is where is starts to get serious, there is the “old secret meeting”.
We need to get together and pray about these things that are happening in the church a~/k~/a “a prayer meeting”.
It’s really NOT a prayer meeting it’s very little prayer that goes on, a lot of discussion about an individuals not present which the bottom line….
that is SIN.
And this is where the ball really starts to roll.
And usually that group points the leader to be their spokesperson or the next leader that they want.
Well, you should be the one and see that’s where if you don’t have a humble spirit you can be trapped right into this.
You may think, we’ll I’m called of God and maybe this is the way that God is going to bring it about.
You know Paul says either he did not want to build upon any one else foundation.
I think sometimes just a lack of faith, if God has called you, go out to Tim Buck Two, and start where nobody else is and God will bless your ministry if He has called you, but He won’t steal from another ministry and build on a foundation that someone else has laid.
It’s just not biblical.
And it’s not something that should be tolerated within the ministry but usually this is what happens.
You know, I heard Jeff Johnson when he started out, many years back when he termed the kitchen rebellion.
There was a meeting that went on in the kitchen to overthrow him and he’s experienced this sort of thing several times, actually the person who was in charge of his Christian School a few years back, as well as one of the Assistant Pastors decided to literally take over the church, almost like a hostile rebellion and remove Jeff.
And so, this happens in large churches and it happens in small churches.
But usually there is again, this secret meeting.
So, I’m going to tell you this, if someone asked you to a secret meeting to pray about the things that are happening in the church, punch that person out.
Well, no don’t do that, but just STAY AWAY from them, because I’m telling you, it’s hard because it is spiritual what is going on and the devil is active trying to destroy the unity of the church and you are going to hear things that are going to cause you to think or doubt where you have never had any doubts before.
You are going to be presented with information that the Proverbs says, only a fool listens to one side.
You need to listen to both sides, it’s foolish to listen to what just one person says, but what happens so often when these things are so touchy and so personal and they affect you so deeply, once you hear this stuff in your head, it’s hard to get it out or even to deny it.
You might say, well it must be true, this person would not lie, you know, why would this be going on and then it just starts to steamroll.
Then usually, after that secret meeting there is usually, you know there shouldn’t be any secret meetings going on that the Pastor does not know about.
If I as a Pastor cannot walk into a meeting that is happening at my fellowship, something is wrong.
That is the bottom line.
So, these things are usually hidden and they are spiritual and they come with a guise, well, we need to pray, we are concerned about the church, and the Pastor is not and he’s just there to rip the people off and to abuse them so we are the group that is going to protect the church.
Oh, lucky Jesus, he has these people that are so concerned and that is mentality and they are deceived, they are thinking more highly of themselves than they ought to think.
Then, it seems like the next step is that they point that leader to take the concerns to the Pastor or even to try and take over at that point.
And so now, they have a little momentum, they have some people together and now there is going to be some sort of confrontation and most Pastors, (not all) will say, take a hike and then there is a problem.
There is going to be a battle at that point.
And then the calling campaign begins.
People start using the phone to start calling people they have never talked with in the church before and they are all concerned about them.
That is not love that is division.
You’re calling someone that you have never talked with in your church to tell them about these facts, supposedly facts that you now have about the Pastor, something is wrong there.
You are really not concerned, you are trying to drag somebody down.
And again, this just happens to quick, and it’s just like a steam roll, it’s like a snow ball picking up steam and people get caught right in it.
And a lot of times what happens is this thing will sweep through a church and some people will get caught up in the momentum and then after when all the tension dies out, they say, what was that all about, why did I get all upset and then their emotions are a little back and they are able to think.
But this just sweeps people sometimes innocent people in the process because it is just like a whirl when it blows through the church and this calling campaign will also include people from the past.
I was involved in one situation where an Assistant Pastor made an accusation about a Senior Pastor and this Assistant Pastor brought these people, before this guy was even in the ministry to this meeting to kind of support his accusation he was making.
And to me, that is the accuser of the brethren.
Just bring up things from the past, I mean sometimes years back.
And so it just gets sick.
To me it is a sick demonic thing that takes place.
And then there is the polarization of the church once your rumors start spreading.
There are people who are just going to be loyal to the Pastor, sometimes blindly and sometimes that can be wrong, such as, you know I’m in the Jim Jones cult or whatever and no matter what he does he’s okay, he’s of God.
But then the church is going to start dividing and then from there it will take many different forms.
And what you have is some people that hear when they have never had a reason to doubt the Pastor, now all of a sudden they are doubting him.
Other people, because they already have an ax to grind believe it instantly, oh, yea, I kind of felt something about that.
And I found that division often what it is, is manifesting what is already impressively in peoples hearts.
There is already a cry for a lack of contentment there in the heart and this is the only sense I can make of things of why God would allow this to happen so often, at least so frequently especially in this day and age of these things taking place is because people are not content, supportive, loyal to the pastor, he is worthy of double honor, to esteem him very highly, and if they are not doing that especially in my mindset is from a Calvary ministry and the focus of the pastor is to teach and if you are not receiving from that teaching ministry, then you are not receiving anything from the church.
The way our services are designed and so, their life is stagnating and so here it kind of rises to the surface and as I said, I just didn’t get this from my own experience, but from talking with several pastors over the last few years.
These are exactly the things that take place, these are the common denominators.
Now maybe the rumors may be a little bit different, but these are the steps that take place.
And interesting enough, you are going to find that these are the steps that we find in the Bible taking place when there is rebellion and resistance.
As an Assisting Pastor, if you are called to be an Assistant, you need to be absolutely loyal.
The pastor needs to be able to turn his back and trust his reputation with you.
He is literally putting his reputation in your hands and if you can’t handle that and you can’t support the man, don’t be an assistant, don’t’ be a hireling.
Don’t get paid and don’t enjoy the position, you need to be in a ministry to that you can absolutely be loyal to that individual, because you respect and you see the calling of God upon the persons life.
Let me tell you this, once rumors get out, there is no way of undoing them.
And I want to tell you, we went through this almost two years ago.
And literally, every week, I deal with someone asking me, about an accusation that was made about my life.
Every week, to this day.
Today, I had someone call and they were wondering if we were still associated with Calvary Chapel, and they said, well, I heard that you weren’t and I’m like, well, I mean what could you say, in front of all the evidence, Pastor Chuck Smith comes here and he dedicates the building, I teach at the Calvary Chapel Bible College, I’m entrusted teaching doctrine there as well as Downey as well as at South Bay, I guess I need the man to adopt me formally so people will know that we are part of Calvary Chapel, but even then, I forged the adoption papers, you know, once these things get out, there is no stopping them, that was almost two years later, a lie that went about in my community and spread in the other communities and amazing.
But again, whether it’s through the bookstore or whether it is through someone’s life, it’s brought to me.
It’s almost two years later, and the pain is less and I don’t have a bitterness but it definitely rises up an emotion within your heart and mind and so these things are devastating upon a church.
And so you do not want to be involved at all.
If you are in the role of an assistant and things are taking place sometimes, but you know if it’s absolutely true and that person doesn’t belong in the ministry then there are steps in the scripture to take, but if it is not, you need to be loyal, you need to be absolutely loyal and you need to be prepared for that, that is what those books say, that’s the role of the assistant pastor, to be loyal at all times and if you can’t do that, then you are a weak spot that the enemy is going to try and work through.
And so, be careful.
Now, here are some points just to ponder.
Here are some types of things that are common once the scenario happens.
Well people say, well how could all these people be wrong.
How could all these people in the church be wrong about this?
Or how could all these leaders be wrong?
Again, these are just things I want you to see in the scripture.
Number Two:  Many times it’s merely a perception which later turns into an accusation, which later turns into gossip and becomes fact.
So someone may perceive something that they don’t like within the church and sometimes, that is just enough when there is this environment of you know, emotion, and division and accusation going through, those things become fact.
The Fourth one, it’s amazing, again this one still blows my mind, it’s amazing that people will believe the worst about a pastor verses giving him the benefit of the doubt.
The Bible says love believes all things.
You know, if someone came up to me and said something about my wife, there would be no way that I would not believe it at all.
I don’t care no matter what this persons reputation was or how honest that individual was because I love her, I would refuse to believe it until she told me face to face, yes this is true.
That’s what love does.
Did you ever see a mom or sons you know serial killer, ah, but he is such a good boy, he could not have done this, that’s because they love.
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