What it won’t do
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It won’t write your sermon.
You do the study, the wrestling, the writing, and the preaching.
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It won’t tell you what God is saying.
Scripture is the authority. Technology isn’t.
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It won’t know your people.
You know the people sitting in front of you on Sunday. It doesn’t.
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It won’t judge your faithfulness.
Faithfulness isn’t something software can measure.
What it does
It reads the sermon you already wrote.
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It evaluates your sermon against the standard.
Eleven criteria built from established convictions about faithful, clear, Christ-centered preaching.
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It shows its work.
See the sentences in your own manuscript that led to each observation, so you can examine the feedback rather than simply take its word for it.
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It tells you what is working.
Most preachers hear what needs fixing. Sermon Coach also shows you what you’re already doing well.
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It prioritizes your growth.
Your growth areas are put in order, so you know which change is worth making first.
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It tracks your development.
Keep your evaluations together and see what your preaching is doing over months—not just on one Sunday.
What I believe
- Preaching can improve and is worth developing.
- The preacher is responsible for the work.
- Scripture is the authority and technology is not.
- Feedback makes preachers better, and most of us are not getting any.
- One sermon can teach you something. A body of sermons can show you a pattern.
- Technology can serve the preacher without becoming the preacher.
Never let a tool become a replacement for the Holy Spirit.
You don’t have to agree with every suggestion or observation.
The evaluation is an assessment, not a verdict. Read it, consider the evidence, keep what is useful, and set aside what isn’t. You know the text, your people, and what that Sunday called for. Sermon Coach doesn’t.
I tested Sermon Coach on my own preaching first.
I ran my own sermons through it before I showed it to anyone. More than once, it surfaced something I had missed—and the moment I saw the evidence in my own manuscript, I knew it was right.
That’s when I knew this could help other preachers too.
The sermon is still yours.
You study the text. You know your people. You stand in the pulpit. Sermon Coach simply gives you another set of eyes before—or after—you preach.
Walk into Sunday knowing it’s ready.