Craft of Preaching

Videos
Preaching Moment 051: Craig Koester

on how faith is stirred by our preaching Would you [...]

Columnist
A Heart Too Full for Sleep

As I write this on Wednesday, I haven’t had much sleep since Sunday. There’s just [...]

Culture
Gran Torino, Christology, and the American Sensibility for Sacrifice

Warning – Spoiler Alert! Gran [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 050: Mary Hinkle Shore

wonders how “one more hour” would change our preaching Would [...]

Sermon Development
Sermons Form around Verbal Landmarks: Ideas and Images Created by Our Words

In this essay, I want [...]

Worship
Seeing is Believing: Using the Visual Arts to Preach & Teach the Biblical Story

In 1998, I was asked [...]

Columnist
Moving Into Lent

It all started with a dazzling white robe and a few words uttered by Peter in terror [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 049: Richard Jensen

on the importance of biblical story telling Would you like [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Theological Worlds Part 2

This is the second in a series of three articles using insights from W. Paul [...]

Columnist
Another One of Me

“Did you preach that sermon for me?” It was not an unfamiliar question during coffee hour, but [...]