Your preaching is not God’s work. You are God’s work. I received this vision in a peculiar way. As I was minding my own business leading a foundation that helped denominations start new churches, ...

Sometimes God is presented less as a loving Father and more as a stern policeman hiding behind a corner, waiting to catch the offender. But is that the whole story? Is that even the dominant picture ...

What makes for ‘good preaching’? This is a sermon about sermons, about what it means to preach and listen to the Word of God. Can you remember a sermon you once heard that touched your heart so deeply ...

Taking your congregation out of the church sanctuary and into the sanctuary of Earth is a great way to integrate Creation-care into worship. This was a sermon I preached at R. B. Winter State Park ...

According to one writer, John Calvin had a view of the role of preaching that could almost be called sacramental. What did Calvin believe theologically about the role of preaching, and how right was ...

Few things can stir up a lively conversation among pastors as quickly as mentioning the role of the Holy Spirit in the church today. Some believe the gifts of the Spirit remain active, while others ...

Servant of God Sister Thea Bowman pictured in an undated photo. (CNS photo/Michael Hoyt) “I had the great privilege of never having a man formally teach me preaching,” boasts Manuel Williams about his ...

Christians approach the mystery of the Trinity with three assumptions. The first is that our faith is not based on reason but on revelation. God initiated a relationship with us that we respond to by ...

“There is nothing new under the sun” (Ecclesiastes 1:9). Expository preaching had fallen onto hard times in Post-World War II. Gifted ministers, along with unmistakable prodigies, like Dr. Martin ...

I taught religion in two Catholic high schools long ago. Freshman students were sometimes told by their older siblings to ask me this question: "Can God make a rock bigger than he can lift?" It was ...