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
0.12UNLIKELY
Disgust
0.1UNLIKELY
Fear
0.09UNLIKELY
Joy
0.58LIKELY
Sadness
0.55LIKELY
Language Tone
Analytical
0.74LIKELY
Confident
0UNLIKELY
Tentative
0.59LIKELY
Social Tone
Openness
0.88LIKELY
Conscientiousness
0.72LIKELY
Extraversion
0.16UNLIKELY
Agreeableness
0.59LIKELY
Emotional Range
0.53LIKELY
Tone of specific sentences
Tones
Emotion
Language
Social Tendencies
Anger
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9
Intro:
AG: A soldier’s story:
I have friend in our battalion who received a puzzle in one of the care packages that were sent during Christmas.
On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, she worked on this puzzle.
I saw her a couple of days later and said “I see that you finished that puzzle.”
She said, “Yes, I did and it had two puzzle pieces left over.”
Somewhere in the world another puzzle is missing those two pieces.
The people who are putting it together are going to find their puzzle is incomplete.
The owners are probably looking all over their house, under the bed, in the seat cushions, trying to find those extra pieces.
In the same way, many of us and many of our friends have on incomplete knowledge of the Gospel.
They know a little bit, they have been to Sunday school, or they have been to church once or twice.
We work and work and we wonder if this is all there is—to work to be good and to hope that in some way it is good enough to get to heaven.
We wish we could just have the complete story.
TS:
Apollos
- Born At Alexandria
- Alx. in Egypt
TS:
- 2nd city in the Gk.
world
- Seat of learning ---- Library of 1000’s
- Place where Heb.
OT translated into Gk.
Apollos is one of the surprises in scripture.
There’s no hint of him before chapter 18, and then he leaps into the Bible!
He’s mentioned once more in , and then you never hear of him in Acts again, although Paul mentions him 7 times in 1 Corinthians and once in Titus.
Though little is written about him in the scriptures, he’s an example of one of those surprising people who pop up from time and again in the book of Acts.
And there are several things about him that are surprising.
Priscilla and Aquilla, Paul’s friends, help Apollos by discipling him and explaining the gospel more fully.
RS:
AP: we have here a great example of the process of discipleship which should be a part of every believers life.
The great commission Jesus gave us was to make disciples, baptize them, and teach them to obey all He commanded.
Acts 18:
Inadequate Understanding
Acts 18:24-25
EX: Apollos had partial knowledge
What he had going for him:
Eloquence
Scriptural knowledge (OT)
Knew of the way of the Lord
(John the Baptist’s message)
What he lacked:
The rest of the gospel
He preached a coming Messiah and/or a current Messiah
He hadn’t heard:
atoning sacrifice
Resurrection
Ascension
AP: It is easy to have partial knowledge
A. Some have heard of Bible, yet never studied
They know stories and movies.
Popular level of knowledge from movies and culture
10 commandments
The Prince of Egypt
Noah
Fictional accounts based on Biblical texts
B. Others have studied selectively
Prosperity gospel
“Jesus said love everyone”
“Don’t Judge”
They listen to and reinforce the parts they like
Parts that reaffirm their beliefs
Parts that reinforce popular opinion
C.
Even those who study can have have holes in their understanding
Misunderstand
They think they know it, but have missed the point of the text
Misapply
take a promise to one person and claim it for themselves
Twist the application to justify what they want to do.
Miss the context
Many times, the paragraph and even the entire book set the context of a verse
Out of context, a verse can appear to mean something different than when studied in context.
Shameless plug: Dr. Smith is going through an entire book next Sunday
Remember inaccurately
Have you ever had a different memory of an event than someone else?
It happens all the time
We can remember verses differently
This is why we should re-read and not just rely on memory
Loving Intervention
EX: Priscilla and Aquila lovingly intervened to fill in the gap
1.
They approached privately
They took him aside to confront him
Didn’t embarrass him or debate him with an audience.
2. They explained the way more fully
They filled in the gaps
They gave him the missing pieces of the story
They added more truth to what he already knew
3.
He received it humbly
I admit, this is implied, not directly taught
But there is NO mention of arguing
No words of debate are recorded
4. Clearly he heard and responded to the truth
He shared it boldly
He immediately started teaching
And he wanted to carry the message further
build relationships
Correct privately, praise openly
Do the teaching, correcting, and rebuking in private
Teach thoroughly
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9