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Is It Okay to Use AI in Your Sermon Prep?

Wondering whether it's really okay to lean on AI for sermon prep? These five posts work through the real fears — and the actual workflow — one at a time.

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Sermon Prep · 1/5

Afraid an AI Will Make Something Up and You'll Preach It?

The biggest fear around generative AI isn't laziness — it's a confident lie. Here's why AI 'hallucination' happens, why it's a reasonable thing to worry about, and how verified sources plus automated checking gates are built to catch it before it reaches a pulpit.

Sermon Prep · 2/5

If AI Writes the Sermon, Is It Still Mine?

The deepest objection to AI sermon prep isn't laziness — it's identity. A prominent evangelical voice made that case publicly. We take the critique seriously, then draw the line that actually matters: between gathering material and deciding what to preach.

Sermon Prep · 3/5

The Last Read-Through Is Still Yours

Research shows that AI-drafted, human-reviewed workflows outperform either extreme alone. Here's why a Didymus Lab report is built as reviewable reference material rather than a finished sermon manuscript — and how to actually work through one.

Sermon Prep · 4/5

The Hours You Used to Spend in Commentaries — Where Do They Go Now?

AI's real value in sermon prep isn't finding more sources — it's the harder job of narrowing them down. Here's why more material usually means more prep time, not less, and why selection, not search, is the thing actually worth automating.

Sermon Prep · 5/5

Could This Report Be Quietly Feeding Me Something Theologically Off?

The deepest fear about AI in sermon prep isn't hallucination or ghostwriting — it's doctrinal drift you might not catch. Here's how Korean denominations and seminaries have already staked out public positions on AI, and how source restriction and doctrinal gating work together to guard against it.