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
0.08UNLIKELY
Disgust
0.09UNLIKELY
Fear
0.53LIKELY
Joy
0.58LIKELY
Sadness
0.18UNLIKELY
Language Tone
Analytical
0.56LIKELY
Confident
0UNLIKELY
Tentative
0.05UNLIKELY
Social Tone
Openness
0.87LIKELY
Conscientiousness
0.47UNLIKELY
Extraversion
0.2UNLIKELY
Agreeableness
0.74LIKELY
Emotional Range
0.7LIKELY

Tone of specific sentences

Tones
Emotion
Anger
Disgust
Fear
Joy
Sadness
Language
Analytical
Confident
Tentative
Social Tendencies
Openness
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Emotional Range
Anger
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9
We continue to “Discover the Church” through the Book of Acts.
Remembering it’s purpose can be found in Luke.
The Book of Acts has several themes...
The Themes of Acts
World Mission; Providence of God; Power of the Spirit; Restored Isreal; Inclusive Gospel; Faithful Witness; Relationship to the World; Triumph of the Gospel
So Peter is going around preaching.
Notice
Who did Peter also come down to?
The Saints
He stopped in Lydda to visit the “saints” there.
Just how the Christian community began there we are not told.
Perhaps it was the product of Philip’s ministry, since he would have passed through Lydda on his journey northward from Azotus to Caesarea (8:40)
He stopped in Lydda to visit the “saints” there.
Just how the Christian community began there we are not told.
Perhaps it was the product of Philip’s ministry, since he would have passed through Lydda on his journey northward from Azotus to Caesarea (8:40)
Lydda today is a town called Lod. S we discover the Gospel has spread southwest.
Polhill, J. B. (1992).
Acts (Vol.
26, p. 245).
Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers.Lydda today is a town called Lod. S we discover the Gospel has spread southwest.
Acts 9:33
Scripture does not record a request for healing.
Just as jesus did...
Lk
How long had Aeneas been paralyzed?
8 years
This leaves no mistaking that the Providence and Power of God was at work here.
Substantiating the fact that Peter’s Gospel is true.
Note Peter uses the name of Jesus.
Not because it is a formula but to give Him the glory.
Peter obviously remembers the Lord’s actions who did the same.
Lk
Scripture records 4 miracles of Peter’s, including this one.
Acts 3:6
How long did it take for the healing to work?
It happened immediately
The right purpose of the miracle was fulfilled, people turned to the Lord.
The miracle confirmed the word that Peter was preaching.
No mistaking the miracle since the man had been paralyzed for 8 years.
Peter’s Gospel and the miracle led to what?
People turning to the Lord
Positive responses to miracles
Faith
​ ESV31 Israel saw the great power that the Lord used against the Egyptians, so the people feared the Lord, and they believed in the Lord and in his servant Moses.
See also ; ; ; ;
Amazement
​ ESV31 so that the crowd wondered, when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing.
And they glorified the God of Israel.
See also ; ; ;
Praise and worship
​ ESV8 And leaping up, he stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.
See also ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
A closer attention paid to the word of God
​ ESV6 And the crowds with one accord paid attention to what was being said by Philip, when they heard him and saw the signs that he did.
See also
Temporary faith as a response to miracles
​ ESV23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing.
24 But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people
See also ; ; ; ; ;
Negative responses to miracles
Fear
; ; ;
Disbelief
​ ESV14 Recognizing Peter’s voice, in her joy she did not open the gate but ran in and reported that Peter was standing at the gate.
15 They said to her, “You are out of your mind.”
But she kept insisting that it was so, and they kept saying, “It is his angel!”
See also ; ; ;
Hardness of heart
​ ESV19 Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God.”
But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.
See also ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Opposition
; ;
Disobedience
​ ESV7 Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider your wondrous works; they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love, but rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.
See also ; ; ;
Jealousy/ Greed
;
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9