What it won’t do
You do the study, the wrestling, the writing, and the preaching.
Scripture is the authority. Technology isn’t.
You know the people sitting in front of you on Sunday. It doesn’t.
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 it.
The evaluation is an assessment, not a verdict. Read it, take what is useful, and throw out the rest. You know the text, the room, and what that Sunday was for. It doesn’t.
I ran my own sermons through it before I showed it to anyone. It found things I had missed, and I knew it the second I saw them.
That’s roughly what a good editor does.