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
0.15UNLIKELY
Disgust
0.16UNLIKELY
Fear
0.14UNLIKELY
Joy
0.55LIKELY
Sadness
0.55LIKELY
Language Tone
Analytical
0.51LIKELY
Confident
0UNLIKELY
Tentative
0.08UNLIKELY
Social Tone
Openness
0.81LIKELY
Conscientiousness
0.43UNLIKELY
Extraversion
0.24UNLIKELY
Agreeableness
0.87LIKELY
Emotional Range
0.68LIKELY
Tone of specific sentences
Tones
Emotion
Language
Social Tendencies
Anger
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9
* *
* *
* *
* *
\\ *Text: 2 Sam 12:1-13; Psalm 51*
!
I. The Crime is Committed
!! A. Toy with Temptation
~*~*~*The danger of listening to the voice of the tempter, and the subtlety by which he accomplishes his wiles, is illustrated by R. Spencer Stanhope in a picture in the Manchester Art Gallery, entitled "Eve."
In it he represents the serpent whispering in her ear while she listening, plays with the sin within her mind.
At the same time, unseen by her, he bends a branch of the tree with a coil of his body, and lo! as she daIlies with the sin in her mind, an apple drops into her open hand.
When the temptation has once been permitted to enter, the means of gratifying it is at hand.
-James Burns Tan 6527
~*~*~*Leslie Dunkin told about a dog he had when he was a boy.
Periodically his father would test the dog's obedience.
He would place a tempting piece of meat on the floor and give the command, "No!"
The dog, who must have had a strong urge to go for the meat, was placed in a most difficult situation -- to obey or disobey his master's command.
Dunkin said, "The dog never looked at the meat.
He seemed to feel that if he did, the temptation to disobey would be too great.
So he looked steadily at my father's face."
Dunkin then made this spiritual application: "There is a lesson for us all.
Always look up to the Master's face."
Yes, that's good advice.
God, of course, will not tempt us to do wrong.
However, we do encounter many temptations, and if we keep our eyes fixed on the Lord Jesus we will be able to overcome them.
--Leslie E. Dunkin
!! B. Question God's Goodness
~*~*~* There are two big lies that Satan has been perpetrating ever since the Garden of Eden.
The first is that God is mean, vindictive, a spoilsport whose main role in life is to keep us from being fulfilled and happy--when we step out of bounds, he takes delight in making us pay.
The second lie is that God really doesn't care what we do--probably doesn't know.
And if he does, his business is to forgive us.
He'll always forgive no matter what, so it really doesn't make much difference how we live and what we believe.
-- B. Clayton Bell, "Many Happy Returns," Preaching Today, Tape No. 135.
~*~*~* Men are merely taller children.
Honor, wealth, and splendor are the toys for which grown children pine; but which, however accumulated, leave them still disappointed and unhappy.
God never designed that intelligent beings should be satisfied with these enjoyments.
By His wisdom and goodness they were formed to derive their happiness and virtue from Him alone.
-- Timothy Dwight in a sermon, "The Sovereignty of God," quoted in Spiritual Awakening.
Christianity Today, Vol.
33, no. 2.
!! C. Satisfy Sinful Desires
~*~*~* I had just finished a lesson on Christian behavior.
"Now, Billy," I asked, "tell me what we must do before we can expect to be forgiven for our sins."
Without hesitation, Billy replied, "First we gotta sin."
-- Clara Null, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Christian Reader, "Kids of the Kingdom."
~*~*~* A father took his young son swimming for the first time.
When they jumped into the pool, the little boy began to shiver with cold and cried, "Ohh, daddy, ohh!" His father led him out of the pool, rubbed him down with a towel, and dressed him.
"Ahh, daddy, ahh!" the little guy purred, tingling with pleasant warmth.
A thought suddenly occurred to the boy's father.
"Ryan, do you know the difference between a cold swim and a sin?
When you first jump into a cold pool you yell, 'Ohh!' and then you say 'Ahh!' But when you commit a sin, you first say 'Ahh!" and then you yell 'Ohh!'
!
II.
The Crime is Covered Up
!! A. Erase the Evidence
- Get Uriah to sleep with his wife so that he would think the child was his.
~*~*~* My denial of my sin protects, preserves, perpetuates that sin! Ugliness in me, while I live in illusions, can only grow the uglier.
-- Walter Wangerin, Jr., in Reliving the Passion.
Christianity Today, Vol.
36, no.
7.
~*~*~* A little boy asked his mother, "Mommy, what is a lie?" His
mother answered by saying, "Son, a lie is an abomination unto
the Lord ... but a very present help in time of need!" Sad to
say too often we teach a similar pattern to our children.
Let's
be careful to model clearly what we teach with our lips.
!! B. Eliminate Accusations
- Kill Uriah
~*~*~* Onetime there were two brothers.
One was an outstanding
citizen and the other was a convict.
The convict brother killed
a man, was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
His
brother who was well respected went to his friend the governor
and pleaded for a pardon for his brother.
Since the governor
respected the murderer's brother he issued the pardon and gave to
his friend.
The brother went to the prison and visited with his
sibling.
He asked him, "What would you do if you were to escape or get
released?"
His brother replied from his cell, "First, I would
kill the judge, then I'd murder the chief witness against me."
Upon hearing this his brother ended the conversation, walked out
of the prison with the pardon in his pocket and gave it back to
the governor.
You see his brother hadn't repented.
He hadn't had a change of
heart.
- S. Toussaint
!! C. Ease the Conscience
“Thus you shall say to Joab, ‘Do not let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another; make your battle against the city stronger and overthrow it’; and /so/ encourage him.”
! III.
The Confrontation with Conviction
!! A. The knowledge wrongdoing
~*~*~*
The night was dark, the road a lonely one.
A man named Kline,
lying in wait for one whom he believed to be his enemy, and whom
he decided to kill, was startled to hear the voices of several
children raised in singing?
The guilty conscience heard, "Jesus
died for Auld Man Kline, and Jesus died for me."
Terror-stricken, he fled to his home.
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9