Trust you can check, not just a word on a page.
Several AI sermon tools now describe themselves as safe, secure, or "verified." That's a promise. SermonFoundry is the only one that shows you the work: every Bible reference checked against the complete biblical text, every draft given a numeric faithfulness score. Measured, not just described.
Claimed vs. verified
Say it's safe
- ✕Homepage copy describes the tool as “safe” or “secure.”
- ✕The model generates text and cites verses from its training memory.
- ✕No external check on whether a cited verse exists or matches.
Prove it, verse by verse
- ✓Every reference looked up in a 31,100-verse database we own.
- ✓Real text is fetched; the model doesn't vouch for its own citations.
- ✓Faithfulness score on every draft; bad citations flagged inline.
Four steps, none of them trust.
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We hold the full biblical text
31,100 verses — the complete Protestant canon (KJV) — live in our own database. Not a web search, not the model's training memory: a structured table we query directly. When a sermon cites a verse, we open it and read what it actually says.
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Every reference is parsed and looked up
When the model writes “Romans 8:28” into your outline, we parse the book, chapter, and verse range, then fetch the real text from our database. The model never gets the last word on whether a citation is real — the text does.
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Real verses are verified, fake ones are flagged
A citation that resolves to actual text is marked verified. A citation to a book that doesn't exist (Hezekiah), a verse outside the chapter's range (Jude 15), or a mismatched quote is flagged inline — before you preach it, not after.
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Every draft gets a faithfulness score
Beyond citation existence, we score how much of the sermon's claims are actually grounded in the cited text. A 96% score means 96% of verifiable claims are supported by what the verses say. You see the number on every draft.
See a verse get verified
A sermon on grace cites “Ephesians 2:8-9.” Here's what happens before you ever see the draft:
What that percentage actually means
The score is the share of a sermon's verifiable claims that are supported by the cited text. A 96% means 96% of claims check out. It's not a vibe or a model self-rating — it's a per-claim judgment against ground-truth scripture, using the FActScore method (Min et al., 2023). Claims that are doctrinal or interpretive are left to you; only what a verse can actually prove gets scored.
What this means on Sunday morning
- ✓No hallucinated verses reach your congregation. A citation to a non-existent book, chapter, or verse is caught before you preach.
- ✓You can see, at a glance, how much of the draft is grounded. The faithfulness score is on every sermon.
- ✓Nothing auto-publishes. Verification informs your judgment; it doesn't replace it. You approve the sermon before it's preached.
Generate a sermon and watch the references verify in real time.