I found this article by John Samson helpful as his public Personal Statement on how he uses AI in sermon prep. https://effectualgrace.com/2026/08/12/a-pastors-personal-statement-on-using-ai-tools/

Scripture Passage: Daniel Main Theme: Jesus is the greater Daniel, the faithful Son who willingly entered our exile to redeem us from the kingdoms of this world and bring us into his everlasting kingdom. Main idea: Jesus is the eternal Son of God and Son of Man who willingly entered our exile, suffered rejection and death, and rose victorious; he is the stone who crushes every earthly kingdom and the Son of Man who has received dominion, glory, and an everlasting kingdom, so that people from every nation and language might be delivered from exile and brought under his gracious reign to worship him forever. Keyword: Kingdom Principle: Humanity must humbly acknowledge God’s everlasting dominion over every kingdom (Dan. 4:34-37) Problem: In pride, humanity rejects God’s dominion and seeks to establish its own kingdom apart from him (Dan. 4:30; 5:2-4) Gospel: Jesus willingly entered our exile to redeem us from the dominion of sin and the kingdoms of this world and bring us into his everlasting kingdom (Dan. 7:13-14; 9:24–26) Response: By the Spirit, we humbly live as faithful citizens under the dominion of Christ’s everlasting kingdom while surrounded by the kingdoms of this world (Dan. 1:8; 3:16-18; 6:5, 10, 13)

Hi All, I asked McKay if it would be okay to post about an upcoming class I’m teaching. This fall I am teaching an online course on Gospel-Centered Application, particularly with respect to preaching. The focus, though, is not on the preaching side per se, but asking the question HOW do you derive an appropriate application from the text? We’ve all seen bad application and no application, so how do we determine legitimate, biblical, gospel-shaped application? I will give just the briefest of overviews of some of the historical debate on the topic. Discuss the primary method proposed in the evangelical world. But then spend the majority of the course teaching how to do application that flows from the text and through the gospel to the individual. The goal is a method of application that honors the redemptive-historical framework of Scripture, is therefore Christ-centered, but also works itself into the nitty gritty details of life. Teaching this course is a part of my doctoral work. So it would honestly be a help to me to have some seasoned pastors “in the room” asking questions if anyone is interested. The course is through Urbana Theological Seminary. it is two hours, Tuesday nights, 6–8 CST. [Here is a link to the course page for the seminary](https://urbanatheologicalseminary.org/course-offerings/). It is the last course listed. You could take it for credit or pay a bit less and audit it if you’d prefer. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me here.

It's Wednesday. I hope you've made good progress for Sunday. 😃 If you have your text, keyword, and PPGR outline and you're willing to share it, post in the comments below. Let's see and celebrate our progress together!

Several of you have asked if there's a way to turn your old sermons into messages that are formatted according to the PPGR framework. Now, the answer is, "Yes!" Of course, the goal isn' to create a sermonic shortcut but to provide a simple way to repurpose your previous work. Here is a short video tutorial on how to convert your old sermons into a completely PPGR formatted message (with one click). Let me know what you think.