How it works
Encouragement gets you through a sermon.Clear feedback helps you grow from it.
Upload your sermon file, drag it in, or paste a YouTube link. Within minutes you'll get a score against 11 preaching criteria and coaching on what to work on next.
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Upload your sermon file, drag it in, or paste a YouTube link. Your first evaluation is free, and no card is needed.
Measured against one standard
Every sermon is measured against the same standard: The Sermon Coach Expositional Framework™. Eleven criteria. Four areas. One consistent framework for every sermon.
Watch the patterns
Do that week after week and the patterns become visible: what you keep doing well, what keeps slipping, and what to work on next to keep growing as a preacher.
The Sermon Coach in Action.
Check your sermon's direction and structure before the manuscript is finished.
Read the sample sketch→Every sermon is measured against the same standard.
Eleven criteria. Four areas. One consistent framework for every sermon.
Text & Theology
Does the sermon say what the text actually says?
- Does the sermon say what the text actually says?
- Does it land in the gospel or stop at good advice?
- Would a non-Christian in the room know what the good news is?
Structure & Craft
Does the sermon make the truth clear and memorable?
- Does the sermon name the human pain, sin, or suffering the text speaks to?
- Is there one main thing, and will anyone remember it by midweek?
- Does it preach the hard parts or skip past them?
Application & Audience
Does the sermon reach the real people in the room?
- Does this reach the real people in the room, or stay a lecture about the text?
- Does the sermon shape a clear emotional arc?
- Does it aim at specific kinds of people and real situations?
Ecclesial & Spiritual
Does this build up the church as the people of God under the Word?
- Does this build up the church as the people of God under the Word?
- Has the preacher been moved to worship by what he's preaching?
Bryan Chapell · Tim Keller · John Piper · Haddon Robinson · The Simeon Trust · 9Marks
See all eleven criteria and where each comes from →The Sermon Coach is an independent tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Bryan Chapell, Tim Keller, John Piper, Haddon Robinson, the Simeon Trust, 9Marks, or any author, ministry, or organization whose published work informs its rubric. All names and works are referenced for identification and attribution only. None of these individuals or organizations, nor any author or teacher associated with them, has endorsed or is affiliated with The Sermon Coach.
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