Pastor's Friend
A connected home for preparing, teaching and preaching Scripture — study a passage, capture notes, build a sermon, preach it, and keep it memorised, all on the same Bible data you already trust.
The manual tools are free, with no account and no time limit.
Verified accounts can start one free AI trial: 14 days, or until £1.50 of AI drafting is used, whichever comes first. No card needed. Nothing renews or converts to a paid plan automatically. Plans and trial terms
One connected workflow
What Pastor's Friend Brings
All six are working today, built directly into Try The Bible on the same 66-book Bible data, flashcards and topical categories already on this site — not a separate app or a separate sign-in. Everything you write stays on your own device.
Pastor Dashboard
A single home screen for what you're preaching next, what's due for review, and your recent notes and ideas.
Open your dashboard Available NowSermon Workspace
A block-based sermon editor — outline, main points, illustrations, Scripture and application blocks — alongside a live study panel.
Start a sermon Available NowScripture-Linked Notes
Capture study notes against a verse or passage, then find and reuse them every time you come back to that Scripture.
Open your notes Available NowIdea Inbox
Capture a thought, illustration, story or question the moment it happens, and attach it to a sermon later.
Capture an idea Available NowPreaching Mode
A clean, large-text, distraction-free view of your finished sermon, with font, spacing, contrast and timer controls for the pulpit.
Choose a sermon to preach Available NowSermon Memory Deck
Mark a sermon's key Scriptures and points to memorise, and review them with the same recall-based approach as our flashcards.
Open your memory deckSermon Starting Structures
The sermon workspace offers nine editable starting structures — starting points for your own preparation, not doctrinal templates to fill in.
Expository
Context → Main idea → Explain text → Illustrate → Apply → Gospel/Christ connection → Conclusion
Topical
Question → Biblical definition → Key passages → Principles → Applications → Response
Narrative
Setting → Tension → Turning point → Biblical truth → Contemporary connection → Response
Evangelistic
Human need → Biblical diagnosis → Good news → Christ → Response
Bible Study
Observe → Interpret → Connect → Apply → Discuss → Pray
Devotional
Scripture → Reflection → Application → Prayer
Wedding
Text → Covenant → Charge → Gospel hope
Funeral
Text → Grief → Hope → Christ → Comfort
Youth
Hook → Question → Text → Truth → Real-life application → Discussion
Scripture Integrity
Every Bible quotation shown in Pastor's Friend comes from Try The Bible's existing, verified Bible database — the same Berean Standard Bible (BSB) and World English Bible (WEB) text used throughout the rest of this site. The AI will never write or invent Scripture text or references on your behalf: passages are always read from that stored data.
Pastor's Friend can also offer optional AI-assisted sermon briefs and drafts (when the site owner has switched them on). You approve the brief before a draft is written, generated text is labelled as AI-written, a copy is saved on this device as soon as it arrives, and you remain responsible for reviewing and correcting it. Only what you type into the form is sent to the external AI provider (Anthropic); your saved pastor notes are sent only if you tick the consent box. AI drafting needs a verified account and uses an AI allowance; the Plans page explains the free trial. Everything else here works without an account. See the Privacy page for details.
Follow the Build
Pastor's Friend is being built in small, reviewable steps on top of Try The Bible. Join the community to hear about new Pastor's Friend features as they launch.
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