THE SKETCH

Alignment check on your sermon outline.

Answer six questions about your sermon outline. Get an honest read on where it is solid and where it is still thin, before you write a word.

No account needed.

The passage

Outline form

I'm still heading toward a manuscriptThis is the outline I'll preach from

The ache/fallen condition

What is broken in the person listening or in this fallen world that this text speaks to?

The big idea

The one sentence they should still carry on Monday morning.

The gospel turn

How the sermon anchors on Jesus and His good news rather than simply moral advice.

The points

Your points, and where each one comes out of the passage.

The one thing

The one concrete change you want someone to do, think, or believe differently on Monday.

The last ninety seconds

How the sermon actually comes to a close.