Why expository sermons should make up your church’s main diet. There are two basic forms of preaching: expository and topical. Hughes Oliphant Old defines ...

In reflecting on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s impact on our world, Kayla August examines the intersection of preaching, faith, and seeking justice. On the day we celebrate the Reverend Doctor Martin ...

The history of preaching is a similarly vast subject covering two millennia, and O.C. Edwards Jr. has given us a very fine tour. Each of his portraits of a great preacher, an era of Christian thought, ...

Our six-year-old son Jonah likes to have his toenails painted. Who wouldn’t, really? It’s downright delightful to express yourself with color and sparkle and to receive a few precious minutes of ...

I recently attended a festival of preaching in Nashville, Tennessee. I know for most people the words “festival” and “preaching” may seem an oxymoron. The event was 4 days of at least 4 sermons or ...

The Urban Theological Institute at the Lutheran Seminary in Philadelphia’s 35th annual “Preaching with Power” series was a partial success. On a high note, despite the snow and sleet, three of the six ...

2 Sam 5:1-3; Col 1:12-20; Luke 23:35-43. A recent PBS "Frontline" program revealed that when the president of the United States gives the State of the Union address to Congress, some 6,000 security ...

New Central Baptist Church, Kingston Then Peter said, ‘Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have,give I thee. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.’ — Acts 3:6 According to ...

Mike Nelson broke free of the power grid 22 years ago, and he didn’t have to become a Luddite survivalist to do it. His solar/wind/gas-powered houseboat boasts all the consumer conveniences, including ...

One of the thief characteristics of the Protestant faith as it has come to us from the Reformation has been the preaching of the Scriptures by word of mouth. I put it like this to avoid the recent ...