Structure your sermon.
Preach it verbatim.
A mind-map editor built for preachers. Map your sermon. Then preach every word, on time.
Download for macOSFree · macOS 15+
A sermon is two tasks in one — structuring your argument, and speaking it at the pulpit. Most tools do one or the other: outliners that never leave the screen, or teleprompters with no sense of structure.
Verbatum does both.
From prep to pulpit
Two modes for two parts of preaching.
Studying the text and standing before the congregation are different disciplines. The first wants room to think; the second wants nothing in the way. Verbatum gives you a mode for each.
Thoughts mode for shaping the sermon. Speech mode for preaching it.
Time
Know how long before you walk up. See how long is left while you preach.
Full screen
Nothing but the words.
Writing mode strips away every control. The room goes quiet. What's left is what you're working on.
Your work, your files
Your sermons, forever.
Plain text files you can open in any editor. No accounts. No lock-in. Sync through iCloud if you want to; carry a USB stick if you don't. Your work outlives any app.
--- scripture: Romans 8:1–17 series: Romans duration: 15 --- # Life in the Spirit ## Introduction ### The cry that ends and the word that begins > No condemnation now I dread; > Jesus, and all in Him, is mine! Charles Wesley wrote those lines on the night of his conversion in 1738. They are the cry of every soul who meets chapter eight. Chapter seven closed with the cry, “wretched man that I am!” The chains have not all fallen, but the verdict has already changed. Between his two cries Paul places one name: Christ Jesus our Lord.
Plain Markdown files. Readable in any editor.
Start preparing this Sunday.
Download Verbatum for macOSFree · macOS 15 (Sequoia) and later · Changelog
Installs cleanly on macOS 15 and later. No security warnings.