Instead of exhaustion, homiletics can bring you life. Perhaps the most visible part of pastoring is the upfront teaching and preaching. Bringing a timely and truthful message demands preparation, ...

The following churches have announced their sermon titles for the week. • Bell Chapel United Methodist Church, Steubenville: The 10 a.m. sermon will be “Everybody, Always, Love People Where You Are.” ...

For the past several decades the Church has shown a growing interest in theology and, with that interest, an increasing demand that theology occupy a larger place in the content of the preacher’s ...

Churches of Christ have a supply and demand problem -- thousands of houses of worship and not enough preachers to fill the pulpits. During Harding University's 100th annual Lectureship in Searcy on ...

Postmodernism, with its critique of modern assumptions about knowledge, language, authority and narrative, presents new challenges for preachers. Postmodernity is generally seen as entailing a ...

OVER THE PAST FIFTEEN YEARS, I have driven through the small town of Luling hundreds of times on my way between Houston and Wimberley, stopping occasionally for watermelons or barbecue. On each trip, ...