Modern preaching is being most severely attacked these days, not by the people who hear it, but by preachers and theologians themselves. “Clergymen are numerous, but prophets are few,” states Dr. Kyle ...

It's great that Mark Oppenheimer wrote about the Festival of Homiletics for the New York Times recently. It's a little odd that he never really follows up on his lead—the fact that far more Americans ...

The first—and sadly only—time I met my wife’s uncle was on my wedding day 30 years ago. At 6 foot 11, he towered over all the other guests. He was so much taller than the rest of us that I wondered ...

A Mississippi pastor preached from the Bible for 96 hours, unofficially surpassing the Guinness World Record for individual ...

John Wesley had a portable pulpit. The immediate need was practical: he was short, and his pulpit elevated him so that he could be seen and heard. Perhaps more importantly, the portable pulpit turned ...

One of the most decisive questions confronting the church is whether it is in the world or apart from the world. One way to separate it from the world has been to say that Christian faith is ...

(RNS) — A dozen pastors known for their consistently stellar performances in the pulpit made Baylor University’s list of the most effective preachers in the English-speaking world. The list of 11 men ...

Pope Francis greets the crowd as he arrives to celebrate Mass at the John Garang Mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan, Feb. 5, 2023. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Until the early 20th century, the Catholic Church ...

Today’s gospel about paying the temple tax is similar to another famous story about paying taxes to Caesar (Matt 22:21). The early church was not isolated or disengaged from the world. These two ...

A 12th-century manuscript in a Polish monastery contained a surprise: previously unknown writings in which Christianity's ...

By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY, June 23 (Reuters) - The Vatican on Tuesday reaffirmed a long-standing rule that only an ...