Preparing a Sermon on a Bible Passage

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When preparing a sermon on a Bible passage, you probably have books and tools you always want access to in a layout that works for you. The Get Started Tool provides exactly this to get you into your sermon prep quickly and easily. It offers a consistent way to explore the biblical text, access reference material, and write your sermon. All you need to do is select Write a Sermon in the Get Started Wizard on your Dashboard and enter a Bible reference.

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In the center of your screen is a space to write the text of your sermon, with the ability to provide information about it in the pane on its right.

Below that is your preferred Bible open to the passage you'll be preaching on. An original language Bible is open next to it providing easy access to the underlying original language text as required. The pane to the right of the Bible provides quick access to study Bibles, commentaries, and related passages to help you as you explore the text. Together these provide the starting point for your sermon preparation as you read and reflect on the text and start to think about what it is saying to you and your congregation.

If you come across a word for which you want to some background information, you can click it to populate the Information Tool on the right with a wide range of details on that specific word.

The panels on the left of the screen are there to provide access to more detailed information when you need it. The Factbook Tool, at the top, is open to the article on the passage you're studying and set to provide access to a range of background biblical information - such as people or places that are referenced in the passage, the events taking place around it, who is speaking within the passage, and much more.

The commentary at the bottom goes into a lot more detail about the passage and will be really useful in exploring what others have found and said about the passage you are studying. You can easily switch between commentaries by using the parallel resources button.

Note: The Bibles and Commentary are in a link set, so they will track each other when moving to a different biblical passage.

On the right you'll find the help file open an entry on your particular layout. When you're done reading it, close the panel to increase the screen real estate available for the layout's tools.

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