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
0.09UNLIKELY
Disgust
0.06UNLIKELY
Fear
0.13UNLIKELY
Joy
0.62LIKELY
Sadness
0.57LIKELY
Language Tone
Analytical
0.65LIKELY
Confident
0UNLIKELY
Tentative
0.54LIKELY
Social Tone
Openness
0.75LIKELY
Conscientiousness
0.81LIKELY
Extraversion
0.41UNLIKELY
Agreeableness
0.68LIKELY
Emotional Range
0.74LIKELY
Tone of specific sentences
Tones
Emotion
Language
Social Tendencies
Anger
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9
Hello Church,
·
WE are starting the 4th week of our New Testament Challenge.
I pray you have taken part.
Maybe you haven’t been able to do all the readings, that’s understandable, life happens, but when we get set back, just jump back in.
WE are starting the 4th week of our New Testament Challenge.
I pray you have taken part.
Maybe you haven’t been able to do all the readings, that’s understandable, life happens, but when we get set back, just jump back in.
· ,
When we Serve, We Lead Others -
I encourage you to do this because I honestly believe God wants to speak to us.
Reading God’s word is the best way for God to speak to us.
Reading the same scriptures together is the best way for God to speak to us as a church.
So I hope you can take part.
Pick up a reading guide on your way out today.
·
It’s good for me to be back with you today.
I was away last week visiting my daughter.
I did hear that Bill Gowdy brought a powerful word her last week.
Thank you Bill.
When we Serve, We Lead Others -
Parents
We went to parents weekend at Western Michigan University.
It was great to see my daughter and unfortunately she is doing great…I really hoped a little that she would wan tot come home…but at least she is doing well I guess.
Mom and Dad will just have to get over it.
When we Serve, We Love God -
Movie Night
WE had planned to do all sorts of things but it poured raining all weekend.
It reminded me of back when she was little and it we had a weekend with nasty weather, we would have movie nights.
Do you remember when they were a big deal?
WE would get together and load up in my Bronco to go rent a movie.
Do you remember the video store?
It was a marvelous thing to someone who grew up with 3 channels.
When we lived on Kent Island, we had a BlockBuster.
BLOCKBUSTER
·
It was just 15 years ago that Blockbuster reigned supreme in the video rental industry.
We would drive to one of Blockbuster, stroll through rows of DVD-lined shelves, and hand a membership card to a blue-clad employee.
The kids would ask about getting the super sized boxes of candy like they sell at the theatre.
WE would get some popcorn, then go home to settle in for the night with the latest “new release”.
Blockbuster was a great store with everything you could ask for.
One day, the owner of a new startup business, Reed Hastings, set up a meeting with John Antioco the CEO of BlockBuster.
He wanted to see how they could collaborate.
Reed you see was starting a new service that would mail DVDs to people’s home after they checked them out on their website.
NETFLIX
Hello Church,
It’s good to be back.
His company was a small outfit that no one had heard of back then, NETFLIX.
The CEO of BlockBuster laughed him out of the office.
Who in the world would rent movies on their computer and fool with mailing them back and forth?
At the turn of the century, Blockbuster reigned supreme in the video rental industry.
If your family craved a movie night, someone likely had to drive to one of Blockbuster's 9,000 stores, stroll through rows of DVD-lined shelves, and hand a membership card to a blue-clad employee.
When Reed Hastings, founder of a fledgling startup called Netflix, met with Blockbuster CEO John Antioco in 2000 to propose a partnership, he was laughed out of the office.
The world was changing, but Blockbuster doubled down on its store-first model by offering popcorn, books, and toys.
They sought to make their stores a destination, the movies and popcorn were just means to get the stores to profitability.
Netflix took a different path.
They instead charged a subscription fee, but there were no late fees.
Netflix believed that getting the movie that customers wanted into their hands was their #1 goal and they sought to use everything they had to acomplish that goal.
STORE CLOSING
STORE CLOSING
Despite changing consumer preferences, Blockbuster doubled down on its store-first model by offering popcorn, books, and toys, while Netflix experimented with a subscription model and no late fees.
Only 10 years later, Netflix became the largest source of streaming Internet traffic in North America during peak hours, with over 20 million subscribers.
Blockbuster declared bankruptcy.
Only 10 years later, Netflix became the largest source of streaming Internet traffic in North America during peak hours, with over 20 million subscribers.
Blockbuster declared bankruptcy.
I believe this story illustrates servanthood very well.
It shows the difference between serving and being a servant.
Blockbuster wanted to serve people, but in order to experience the service; you had to go to them.
Their store became the point, and no servants could be found anywhere.
Netflix on the other hand, kept the customer the point.
They were willing to come to the customer, making their needs a priority with the mentality of a servant.
Possible Preaching Angles: We in ministry have a similar choice before us.
Our calling and message should never change.
But, like a doctor refusing to attend medical conferences, if we don't regularly step back to look at innovations in our vocation, we will miss opportunities to influence people.
CHALLENGE TO SERVANTHOOD
Blockbuster wanted to serve people, but in order to experience the service, you had to go to them.
Netflix on the other hand was willing to come to the customer and with the mentality of a servant.
This was a lesson Jesus taught in our readings this week.
The new Testament is bold in it’s challenge to be a servant, to live our lives as servants of God’s plan.
This was a lesson Jesus taught in our readings this week.
In , we find Jesus, the disciples, and a large group of followers traveling from Judea, across the Jordan River back to into Jerusalem.
As the travel along, he takes the disciples aside and tells them.
Ok, fellas, we are going to Jerusalem.
When we get there, the leaders of the temple are going to have me arrested.
I’m going to be tried and found guilty, then beaten, spit upon, and killed.
But that won’t be the end of me.
Three days later I will rise and you will see me.
They take some time to consider what he is saying, then James and John come to him.
Take him aside and looking around they say, Hey Jesus.
We know you are going to be the King.
When you become king, can we rule with you?
Can my brother and I sit on your right and on your left?
Being a servant requires that we be willing to be a means to an end.
You can just imagine Jesus shaking his head I’m sure.
Fellas, you don’t understand what you are asking; besides, it’s not up to me who gets seats of honor in my father’s kingdom.
We struggle with servanthood when we believe we are the end.
Who do we exist for?
Well you can imagine what happened when the others heard about their request.
The others started arguing with them about why they should be in charge.
Take this in for a minute.
Jesus has just described his death to them that was going to happen in just a couple days, and here they are, squabbling over who is gets the place of honor.
You can just imagine Jesus shaking his head…bless their hearts.
Whats our point?
Then he says ok fellas.
< .5
.5 - .6
.6 - .7
.7 - .8
.8 - .9
> .9