I can say without exaggeration that the most transformative preaching I have ever experienced is when, in 1999, I preached through the whole of the last book of the Bible, “The Revelation of Jesus ...

How can you keep Christ at the center of your preaching? In this episode, Matt Woodley explores that question with Bryan Chapell, the Stated Clerk for the Presbyterian Church in America. In his early ...

The Passion narrative of St. Matthew begins in the 26th chapter. It starts with a subordinate clause linking our Lord’s suffering and death to his prior preaching. When Jesus finished all these words, ...

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 ...

Poor Abraham. When we read of God’s promise to give him more progeny than the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore, we marvel at his trust and persistence. He and Sarah remained childless ...

Some social conflicts seem so deep and pervasive that they cannot be easily defined. During World War II, General De Gaulle described the confrontation between French Liberty and German National ...

The Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome—a feast about a building—can intimidate preachers. The temptation? Mention it briefly and move on to the readings. But Sylvester Tan, S.J.

Events from this week in Christian history include the final sermon of Charles Spurgeon, the founding of United Church of ...