Sermon Outlines

Sermon Illustrations

Sermon Ideas

How to Preach

Learn to Preach

Home Page


 Sermons on Prayer             Sermons on Faith                 Sermon Index
Sermons on Evangelism       Evangelistic Sermons          Dicipleship Sermons
Sermons on Family              New Testament Sermons   Old Testament Sermons 
Funeral Sermons                  Baptism Sermons              Encouraging Sermons


It is my intention to add a new sermon to this listing every day of the week.  I may miss a few days when I am out of town but you can be confident that this will not be a static page.  Soon, when my sermon files get large enough I will have a special link to only the newest additions.  Right now the most complete links are the ones that go to New Testament Sermons and the one to Old Testament Sermons.  Obviously, because all sermons fall into one of these categories. 



How to Outline a Sermon

The mechanics of sermon outlines are really quite simple.  The purpose of sermon outlines are to make notes that are easy to follow while you are preaching.  Notes that you can just glance at and understand.  Sermon manuscripts do not do this.  When using a sermon manuscript you can easily get lost when you take your eyes from the page.  Sermon manuscripts do not allow for freedom of expression because each phrase is written exactly and to deviate could cause confusion in following sentences or paragraphs.

A sermon outline is easy to read, and allows the mind to creatively form the exact sentences and at the same time keeps the sermon flowing along the planned route.

A simple sermon outline method looks like this.  In fact this is what I use every Sunday.

Example of Sermon Outline Format

INTRODUCTION:
Your introduction can be written in a more complete form... just to get your started.  No more than one paragraph of notes.  It shouldnt take more than 5 minutes to speak.

I.  FIRST MAJOR POINT: Usually just a one sentence statement

A.  First Sub Point.  This is a supporting statement relating to the main point. Or a statement speaking about the main point.
B.  Second Sub Point.  Additonal supporting material for the main point.

Illustration:  When you want to illustrate a point, or sub point I recommend writing the illustration separate and in paragraph form like this.  This makes it stand out from the rest of the outline.  Sometimes you need to write out the illustration so you will be able to tell it exactly but I recommend that you learn the illustration and only write down a brief memory jogger to help you remember all its points.  For example,  if my illustration was "Mary Had a Little Lamb"  I might make notes like this:
        Mary had a little lamb...  white as snow, followed her,  school , made         kids laugh.

II.  SECOND MAJOR POINT:
A.
B.
C.

III.  THIRD MAJOR POINT:
A.
B.
C.

CONCLUSION AND CALL TO ACTION:
At the end of the sermon outline you need to wrap up all the points with one paragraph.  If you have crafted a good sermon you should be able to reach a solid conclusion, and then call the congregaion to act on it.

I recommend that you make the notes in your sermon outline for your call to action easy to follow. 

Sermon outlines are easy to create but by following a planned strategy for developing your sermon outlines you can speed up the process.  The Preaching With Power course can teach you a strait forward, time saving method of makeing sermon outlines.  Click on this link to read about the course.  SERMON OUTLINES
Directory of Resources

Sermon Outlines

click here
Sermon Preparation Course
Sermon Course
Learn to Write Your Own Sermons and
Preach With Power

SERMONS YOU CAN PREACH