tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168622605417379346.post7644126606550349106..comments2024-01-05T15:54:09.135-06:00Comments on RAsburry's Res: Sermon Wordles?Randy Asburryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01545983197990430420noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168622605417379346.post-80155401203636253192008-08-18T14:48:00.000-05:002008-08-18T14:48:00.000-05:00No, Helen, I most certainly did *not* preach that ...No, Helen, I most certainly did *not* preach that "money is the way to heaven." You can read this particular sermon in the following post (and I'm confident that you'll agree that I did not preach money as the way to heaven! :-)<BR/><BR/>All that the wordle thingy does is tabulate what words get used most. It cannot discern what the sentences and paragraphs actually say. So, while the wordles that I offered show "money" as the big word, it would be quite a mistake to think that I somehow preached money as the way of salvation or even gave a money-management sermon. I would say that these wordles simply show that somehow, money was a main idea of the sermon. As for what idea about money came across, well, that's where either hearing it, or reading it, for the proper context becomes essential. <BR/><BR/>BTW, thanks for the confidence that I didn't preach that money somehow gets us to heaven! I do appreciate it. :-)Randy Asburryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01545983197990430420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168622605417379346.post-39024794847356582452008-08-18T13:51:00.000-05:002008-08-18T13:51:00.000-05:00The second version bothers me. When money is the l...The second version bothers me. When money is the largest type and rotated besides, the first impression is that "money" is the way to heaven.<BR/>I doubt you preached that!<BR/><BR/>helenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168622605417379346.post-29103891984699439642008-07-28T11:47:00.000-05:002008-07-28T11:47:00.000-05:00I think these are very cool. Hardly analytical, a...I think these are very cool. Hardly analytical, as you say, but very cool. Of course, they rely on word frequency not context. <BR/><BR/>But they make really neat word art out of a text, almost calligraphic in appearance. Actually, all three of your sermon wordles look quite Jesus-oriented. What I find amazing, is that one can look at a Wordle and figure out pretty much what the text is about. Your text is obviously about the unjust steward or the saying of how you can't serve God and Money. I enjoy looking at how various seasonal sermons look as a Wordle. Try comparing a Christmas sermon to Good Friday to Easter Sunday.WM Cwirlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12317197804776939257noreply@blogger.com