Sermon Architecture

Here we examine sermons on their own ground, considering how they are built, what governs their structure,

and what they ultimately form in the hearer.

These analyses aim to expose the underlying framework of a sermon,

revealing whether the Biblical text itself leads or whether another controlling idea quietly takes its place.

What Is Really Happening in the First 3 Minutes of a Sermon?

The first 3 minutes of a sermon reveals in subtle, but very real ways, the theology of a sermon. Is the sermon going to be theology or anthropology? About God, or about me (or you) and our needs? Unfortunately, what often passes as Reformed preaching is too often man focused with the text used as a prop for the the minister's argument.

30/03/2026

Blurring Lines and Bringing Chaos

The following sermon architecture analysis is of a sermon by Rev Tony Archer at Woori Yallock Presbyterian Church. The text was Genesis 6:8-22

20/03/2026

Christ As Priest

A structural analysis of a sermon by Rev Brian Harper preached at New Life BPC London. The primary text is Heb 5:1 “For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God… that he may offer… sacrifices for sins.”