The Gospel Project: Sermon Outlines

LifeWay provides free model sermons to pastors as an option for preaching along with lesson plans for our Gospel Project ongoing Bible study curriculum.

Click the unit titles to visit those unit sermon pages, or visit individual sermon pages by following their title links. Each unit and sermon offers downloadable PDF sermon manuscripts.

The unit titles here show the date these Gospel Project lessons were originally scheduled to be taught.

Unit 1: God Speaks

• God Speaks an Unchanging Message
• God Speaks through His World
• God Speaks through His Word
• God Speaks and We Fail to Trust Him
• God Speaks and Makes Known His Design

Unit 2: God Speaks, Part 2

• God Speaks ... and We Disobey
• God Speaks ... and Commands Total Obedience
• God Speaks ... to Reveal Our Greatest Need
• God Speaks ... and Promises a Savior

Unit 3: God Speaks, Part 3

• God Speaks ... and We Can Trust His Word
• God Speaks ... and We Must Obey His Word
• God Speaks ... and We Must Interpret His Word
• God Speaks ... and His Word Guides Us

Unit 4: Covenant Foundations

• God Is and God Created
• Paradise Lost
• A Promise toward Paradise Regained
• God Delivers
• God Gives His Covenant Commands

Unit 5: Covenant People

• God Fulfills His Promises
• God Gives the King We Need
• A Voice to Our Story
• Do You Really Desire Wisdom?

Unit 6: Covenant Faithfulness

• Idolatry Exposed and Judged
• Judah: A Warned, Judged, and Promised People
• Exiled and Holy
• Longing for Redemption

Unit 7: Jesus' Life and Ministry

• God's Great Mystery Revealed
• The Rival and Real Kingdoms
• The Prophet, Priest, and King of Miracles
• Snakebite: The Judgment of Sin and the Cross of Christ
• The Resurrection Changes Everything

Unit 8: God's New Covenant People

• A New Community
• A Grace-Centered Community
• A Missional Community
• A United Community

Unit 9: Living in Light of the Returning King

• Justified by the Returning King
• Following the Returning King
• Perseverance through the Returning King
• Consummation in the Returning King

Unit 10: The Trinity: God the Father

Stand-alone sermon: A Theology that Always Leads to Mission

• How to Witness to Anyone
• The Lord Is God and Good
• God Is Great
• God Is Good
• The Day the Priests Dropped Dead

Unit 11: The Trinity: God the Son

• The Incomparable Christ
• The True and Better Adam
• The Conquering King

Unit 12: The Trinity: God the Holy Spirit

• The Spirit's Role: Helping Us See Jesus
• The Spirit's Identity: A Person Who Is God
• The Spirit's Work: From Start to Finish
• The Spirit Defined

Unit 13: God's Purpose for Humanity

• Created in God's Image
• Created to Relate
• Created for Work
• Created for Rest
• Created to Rule