We are also working on an issue where Preach360 doesn't respect the word count you indicate at sermon set up. We found the bug and are squashing it as we speak. 🐞

What is an anchor image you've used recently that you found helpful? How did it carry the passage from beginning to end. Examples of these cases really help new folks see what anchor illustrations are and how they work. I'll go first. In a sermon on Psalm 51, I used the image of someone knocking on the front door while you're sorting dirty laundry in the den. What do you do? Hide? What if you could be free enough to open the door and say, "Come on in, excuse the mess." This carried because I was able to come back to the image over and over, the emotional issues related to it, and the concrete action of opening the door. The mess is real. Confessing the mess is hard. Jesus comes in to clean the mess for us. Now, we can be real, confessing the mess but celebrating the one who bore the stench in my place.

This release focuses on helping you preach with greater pastoral precision, dig deeper into the text, and export your work seamlessly. - Listener Personas: You can now assign up to three real listeners to any sermon. Choose from 10 ready-made presets or build custom personas with seven custom fields. The AI coaches you specifically toward these listeners throughout the PPGR movements. Your chosen personas automatically roll forward into your next sermon and connect directly with the sermon series planner to keep your preparation focused. - The Listener Take-a-Way Review: Evaluate how your message impacts your targeted audience before Sunday. The new review step asks what each named listener would take away from the sermon and highlights potential blind spots. - "Go Deeper" Exegesis Drill-Down: Highlight any portion of text inside the exegesis guide to generate deeper studies nested right underneath it, keeping the rest of your study completely intact across reloads. - Deep Research for Target Audiences: Use the new "Run Deep Research" tool during setup to generate editable contextual summaries that feed directly into the Problem and Gospel steps. - Native PDF Export: Export cleanly formatted PDF documents from any pane alongside Word and Markdown. Built to stay locked on tablets for preaching and provide consistent formatting for AV teams. Join me for our weekly live workshop on Wednesday at 11:00 AM ET. This week's workshop is being hosted on our Skool community. Go here for the link. As always, if you hit a snag or find a bug, let me know with a Support Ticket

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)