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David Jeremiah Sermon Notes: Where to Find Them (+ How to Make Your Own)

Dr. David Jeremiah is the senior pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church in El Cajon, California, where he has served since 1981, and the founder of Turning Point, the radio and television ministry that carries his Bible teaching worldwide. He is also a prolific author, with many of his sermon series expanded into best-selling books on prophecy, culture, and Christian living.

Jeremiah is one of the most outline-friendly preachers alive. His sermons are built on clear, often alliterated points, announced plainly and supported in order — the classic three-points-and-a-takeaway structure executed at a very high level. Turning Point leans into this: the ministry produces study guides and companion materials for his major series. People searching for David Jeremiah sermon notes are often looking for exactly those outlines, or trying to reconstruct one from a broadcast they heard in the car.

Here's where the official material is, and a fill-in-the-outline method that matches how he actually preaches.

Where to find official David Jeremiah sermon notes

Turning Point is one of the most resource-rich teaching ministries anywhere. The official sources:

The Turning Point website and app

Hosts the broadcast archive — radio and television messages, organized by series — along with devotionals and articles. Sermon series frequently come with companion resources.

Turning Point study guides

For major series, Turning Point produces full study guides with outlines, summaries, and application questions — the official 'sermon notes' in their most complete form. These are typically offered as ministry resources.

Shadow Mountain Community Church

Jeremiah's home church streams services and archives sermons as preached — usually longer than the broadcast edits, with additional material worth noting.

A note on copyright: David Jeremiah's sermons and any official notes remain the intellectual property of Turning Point. Everything below is about making notes for your own study — not about republishing the ministry's content.

How to create your own sermon notes from any David Jeremiah sermon

For messages without a study guide — or when you want notes in your own words rather than a workbook — the DIY path is fast, because Jeremiah's structure does half the work for you:

1

Get the audio

Save the broadcast episode or archived church message. Broadcast versions run about 25 minutes; the full church sermons run 35–45. Transcribe the full version when you can get it.

2

Transcribe it

Upload the audio for a complete transcript in minutes. A 40-minute Jeremiah sermon costs about $0.24 at $0.006/minute, first 30 minutes free. His broadcast-trained diction produces exceptionally accurate transcripts.

Transcribe the sermon
3

Generate the outline

Paste the transcript into the free sermon outline generator. Because Jeremiah announces his points explicitly, the AI reconstructs his outline with near-perfect fidelity — points, sub-points, and scriptures.

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Complete the outline

Use the outline-completion template below: for each recovered point, add the proof and the practice in your own words. The outline is Jeremiah's; the completion is what makes it yours.

Note-taking template

The Outline-Completion Method

Point · Proof · Practice

Fill-in-the-blank outlines are a staple of Bible teaching ministries for a reason: completing a structure yourself cements it in memory far better than reading it finished. For each main point of the sermon, complete three lines:

Point

The point as preached — keep Jeremiah's wording, especially when alliterated. The phrasing is engineered to be memorable; use it.

Proof

The scripture and reasoning behind the point, compressed to a sentence. Which verse carries the weight? Write that reference first.

Practice

What the point asks of you, in your own words, small enough to do this week. This is the line the AI can't write for you.

Tip: After the last point, add one line at the bottom: 'If I forget everything else —' and finish the sentence. That single line is what you'll actually remember in a month.

Study tips for David Jeremiah's preaching

Study prophecy series with a timeline page

Jeremiah's prophecy teaching spans many sermons and many passages. Keep one running timeline page per series, adding events and texts as they're taught — it turns a ten-week series into a single coherent picture.

Note the illustrations' point, not their plot

Jeremiah is a master illustrator. Resist writing the story; write the one sentence the story was carrying. Your transcript keeps the plot if you ever need to retell it.

Pair sermons with the book

Many Jeremiah series exist as books. Reading the corresponding chapter after the sermon fills in what broadcast editing removed — and the differences show you which points he considers essential.

Frequently asked questions

Does Turning Point publish official David Jeremiah sermon notes?+
Turning Point produces study guides and companion materials for Dr. Jeremiah's major teaching series — the closest thing to official sermon notes — alongside the broadcast archive on its website and app. Coverage is by series, not by individual sermon.
Are David Jeremiah's sermons available free?+
Turning Point makes its current broadcasts freely available on radio, television, and its website and app, with additional resources offered through the ministry. Availability of specific archived series is set by the ministry, so check the Turning Point website.
What's the difference between the broadcast and the full sermon?+
Broadcast episodes are edited to fit radio and TV formats, usually around 25 minutes. The sermon as preached at Shadow Mountain typically runs 35–45 minutes with more illustrations and application. When you can access the full version, it's the better source for note-taking.
Can I reuse Jeremiah's alliterated outlines in my own teaching?+
Quoting an outline with attribution in a Bible study is generally reasonable; presenting his outline as your own is not — both ethically and, for published materials, legally. When teaching from his material, name the source. Your congregation will trust you more for it, not less.

Transcribe any sermon free

Clear preaching deserves clear notes. Turn any sermon broadcast into structured text in about five minutes. First 30 minutes free, then $0.006/minute — no subscription, no credit card to start.

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Then turn the transcript into notes with the free sermon outline generator.

Want the bigger picture on David Jeremiah's ministry and most notable messages? See our David Jeremiah sermon archive guide in the Famous Sermons library.

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