KERYGMA PROSermon preparation guides
Practical writing on the craft of preparing a sermon. These are free to read and stand on their own — no account needed.
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Exegesis vs Eisegesis: How to Tell Which One You Just Did
The difference between exegesis and eisegesis, how reading-in happens to honest preachers, and ten questions to run on this week's sermon notes.
How to Prepare an Expository Sermon
A working preacher's guide to expository sermon preparation: six stages, a timed weekly schedule, a worked example, and what to do when the text resists.
How to Write a Sermon
A plain guide to writing your first sermon: what a sermon is, the three types, choosing a text, how long it should run, and what to do when you're afraid.
The Inductive Bible Study Method: Observation, Interpretation, Application
Observation, interpretation, application: the inductive Bible study method for preachers, with marking techniques and a worked example in Philippians 2.
How to Preach Through a Book of the Bible
Choose the book, divide it into preaching units, pace the series, and preach the hard text — a working method for planning your next sermon series.
How to Write a Sermon Introduction and Conclusion
How to write a sermon introduction that earns ninety seconds, and a conclusion that lands. Six worked examples, word budgets, and how to actually stop.
Sermon Outline Template: Three Worked Examples You Can Copy
Three filled-in sermon outline templates — expository, textual, and topical — with the reasoning behind each, plus blank skeletons to copy.
How Long Does It Take to Write a Sermon? An Honest Schedule
Honest answers on sermon prep time: why the published hour counts disagree, plus a full-time rhythm, a bivocational plan, and a Saturday triage.