How do you use it? Sermon Assistant 💡

I’m testing Sermon Assistant in Sermon Builder—Outlines, Illustrations, Applications, and Questions. It’s fast idea-gen with audience/tone controls and “Insert/Copy/More results” built in. Helpful, but it still needs review and editing by the pastor.

Quick prompts I’m trying:

Outlines: passage + theme, 3–5 points
Illustrations/Applications: ≤150 chars, set situation + audience
Questions: after drafting, then style as prompts/handouts

You can find plenty of new insights and inspiration here in What can I do with Sermon Assistant? →

How are you using it Sermon Assistant? Drop your tips below.

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Donovan R. Palmer

I don't use it a lot, as I tend to draw on my experiences or things I have read for illustrations… but occasionally when I draw a blank, it can be useful for an illustration.

I also find the questions cause me to think through my message a bit more. It becomes a bit of a sounding board!

GaoLu

I tested it a couple times. Nothing there for me.

xnman

Truth….. I started looking at sermon assistant just shortly. I find the concept interesting, but somewhat pointed in the declarations it makes. For example, I did a Sermon on The Church Jesus Built. I thought, let's see what Sermon Assistant comes up with…. so I gave it Matthew 16:18 and said "go baby go". What Sermon Assistant did was point more to "faith in Christ" or faith having to do with Christ, instead of the church Jesus built.

So, I said…."Ho hum, cancel that!" and built my own sermon.

But like I said, I do find the concept interesting. Just gotta watch out for the "biases" that Sermon Assistant" is wired into. lol 😎

edit: garbage in, garbage out so to speak.

Stephan Thelen

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1381607#Comment_1381607

not for me, too

Zeke Flores

I've used it for expository ideas and found it helpful. I input the passage range, insert as specific a query as I can for the ideas I'm looking for, then generate two or three outlines. I compare them, then select points from each outline I'd like to explore. I like that it doesn't write the sermon for me but sets me off with a more focused direction. I like it though I haven't found the illustration section to be as helpful.

GaoLu

How, in your experience, is that better than old-fashioned AI?

NichtnurBibelleser

I don't use it. I'm a High School teacher, not a pastor. If I understand correctly, the Sermons created in Logos can only been presented via a Proclaim subscription. In my opinion, this is not stated clearly enough for the Logos/Verbum users.

For now, I export Media from Logos either as .jpeg or .ppt in order to show them in class.