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
0.07UNLIKELY
Disgust
0.02UNLIKELY
Fear
0.07UNLIKELY
Joy
0.5LIKELY
Sadness
0.07UNLIKELY
Language Tone
Analytical
0.84LIKELY
Confident
0UNLIKELY
Tentative
0.43UNLIKELY
Social Tone
Openness
0.75LIKELY
Conscientiousness
0.42UNLIKELY
Extraversion
0.3UNLIKELY
Agreeableness
0.44UNLIKELY
Emotional Range
0.65LIKELY
Tone of specific sentences
Tones
Emotion
Language
Social Tendencies
Anger
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9
Think.
How would you define unity?
.
Q. What did Peter encourage believers to be?
.
Q. How did Paul encourage the Corinthians to be unified?
.
Q.
In what 4 ways is unity described in this verse?
The World’s Unity vs.
The Spirit’s Unity
.
Q. What did Paul encourage the Ephesians to “keep?”
Oftentimes religious leaders act as would-be unifiers and call for unity “at any cost.”
_ Think.
When might division be required instead of unity?
Read .
Have you experienced this type of division since becoming a Christian?
Why do you think there must sometimes be division and not peace?
Unity Through Maturity
After Paul listed the seven things which bring unity from diversity in , he went on to list the diverse spiritual gifts that exist within the unity of the church.
.
Each of these gifts is for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.
In short, they produce spiritual maturity.
Q.
According to verse 13, what result will the exercise of these gifts produce?
Q. Unity, knowledge of the Son of God and Christ-likeness are all marks of spiritual maturity.
According to verse 14, what other mark of spiritual maturity goes together with unity and Christ-likeness?
Think.
How do you think spiritual maturity contributes to church unity?
.
Q. v1-2.
How could Paul not speak to the Corinthians?
Q.
What do these verses indicate about their spiritual maturity?
Q. v3-4.
What evidence did Paul give of their spiritual immaturity?
.
Q. What does God think about someone who “soweth discord among brethren?”
.
Q. What did Paul want God to do for the Romans?
Q.
On what basis were they to be likeminded?
(according to..)
Q.
What would the result of this like-mindedness be?
Unity Through Labor
.
Q. How does this verse indicate that effort is required to maintain unity in the church?
.
In verse 1 of this passage Paul is giving the reasoning or motivations for his exhortation to unity.
The word if found in this verse can be better understood as “because.”
Q.
What 4 things does Paul list as motivations for unity?
1._______________________________________
2. _______________________________________
3._______________________________________
4._______________________________________
Q. Being motivated by the 4 blessings in verse one, what does Paul exhort the church to do in verse 2?
Spiritual Attitudes That Maintain Unity
.
Q.
In this passage Paul is telling the Ephesians to walk worthy of their salvation and to work at maintaining unity in the Spirit.
What six attitudes are essential for keeping this unity?
1. ______________________________________
2. ______________________________________
3. ______________________________________
4. ______________________________________
5. ______________________________________
6. ______________________________________
Think.
How might exercising each of these attitudes help to maintain unity in the church?
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9