Craft of Preaching

Culture
‘Haywire’ Homiletics

Haywire, directed by Steven Soderbergh, boasted everything I want in [...]

Worship
Preaching Baptism through Lent

Questions about the importance of baptism are in the air [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 205: Samuel Giere

Samuel Giere on the importance of reading for the preacher.

Dear Working Preacher
Four Words

Dear Working Preacher, If you had only four words to describe Jesus, what words would you choose? [...]

Columnist
Agents of Hell?

Sometimes it seems as though the modern translation of John 3:17 is: “God did not send the [...]

Culture
A review: ‘Banned Questions about Jesus’

Self-proclaimed “God nerd” Christian Piatt [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 204: Barbara Lundblad

Barbara Lundblad talks about “how-to” sermons.

Dear Working Preacher
Two Kinds of People

Dear Working Preacher, I’ve got a radically simple outline for your sermon this week, and it can [...]

Columnist
The Perils of Familiarity

Are we, as preachers, tempted to take shortcuts when re-preaching familiar texts? The longer I [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 203: Rolf Jacobson

Rolf Jacobson talks about facing the crisis of biblical illiteracy.