This collection of short sermons is intended as a guide to a new, or not so new, preacher. With over 50 years experience teaching and preaching, Author Peter Coote hopes that some of his experience will help you as you think about or move forward in the thrilling and important task of preaching. He provides these 55 sermons only as suggestions, and he encourages you to use them as a base for what you have to say.

About the Author



Peter Coote has been a Christian since 1936, but didn’t begin to preach until 1982 after returning home from serving in WWII and as an officer in the Indian Army. In 1946, he met and married his wife and now has two children. While looking for a Sunday School for his children, he started to attend a Methodist church and then started teaching.

Once he retired, Peter volunteered for training as a Lay Preacher at the chapel in the new town where they had moved. Thus began his many years of preaching on a circuit of 22 chapels. It is during this time that he compiled this collection of sermons.

Peter chose to give up preaching to stay home and care for his wife as she battles Alzheimer’s disease. However, he hopes to continue his ministry through this book as he helps others get started on the road to Lay Preaching.