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Preach Like Larry
Osborne.
Say what the text means, then what it means on Monday, in plain repeatable lines.
- ✓5 of his sermons, studied start to finish
- ✓Ten steps to preach the way he did
- ✓A fill-in outline in his shape, 9 pages
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— Why he’s one of the greats
Say what the text means, then what it means on Monday, in plain repeatable lines.
Larry Osborne led North Coast Church in Vista, California, through its growth from a small congregation into a church of many campuses and venues, and he became a pastor other pastors call for counsel. He is known for pioneering sermon-based small groups, pastoral teaching teams, video venues and multisite churches. His secret: he preaches two sermons in one. In his own words, he asks “what does a passage say” and then “what’s it mean on Monday?”, and he marks the switch out loud by pulling the room into an imaginary coffee shop. He spends much of his time correcting the version of a text people grew up with: Daniel is not a Sunday school adventure story, and the “first love” church in Revelation 2 is not about lost passion. He gives every point a short line you can repeat, then makes it easy to remember with a deadpan joke about himself.
- 128 → 13,000North Coast weekend attendance growth
- 80–94%Adults in sermon-based groups since 1985
- 4,300+His messages in North Coast’s archive
What makes his style unique
“Whenever I have the privilege of teaching God’s word, I like to essentially do two sermons.”
— Who wrote this
We’re pastors. We’ve had your Monday.
Pastor Center is built and written by pastors — a lead pastor who planted churches, and a church planter who grew one to 4,000 in four years. The same team teaches 9 free courses and 164 lessons. This guide is the short version.
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— What you get
What’s inside
Preach Like Larry Osborne — Say what the text means, then what it means on Monday, in plain repeatable lines..
- 01Why he’s one of the greatsThe story, the numbers and what made his style his own.
- 02What he does5 of his sermons, studied start to finish, and the shape they share.
- 03How he does itTen steps to preach the way he did.
- 04His outlineWhere the time goes, movement by movement.
- 05Write one like Larry OsborneA fill-in outline in his shape, ready for your own text.
- 06SourcesEvery quote and number, cited.
— The plan
Three steps. Starting today.
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