Craft of Preaching

Theology and Interpretation
The Discourses in John’s Gospel

John’s gospel includes a number of rather lengthy discourses on [...]

Worship
Preaching Within the Season: Easter

One of the most remarkable things about the resurrection accounts [...]

Columnist
Starting Sentences With “And”

I remember a writing guru who argued that the key [...]

Theology and Interpretation
When Context is Inescapable

Many years ago, Edmund Steimle, a favorite preacher of mine, made a confession. Over a [...]

Theology and Interpretation
How John Tells a Story

John’s gospel tells the story of Jesus in ways that often seem simple on the surface. Yet [...]

Columnist
Why We Worship Matters Most

A few weeks ago I had a conversation with a dear friend who observed that [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Characters in John

John’s gospel gains much of its depth and power through the interactions that Jesus has with people. [...]

Theology and Interpretation
The Preacher as Student

The Old Testament scholar Walter Brueggemann describes the objective of his teaching and scholarship about as well [...]

Columnist
Prose-colored Glasses

There is a file on my desktop called “Sermon Stories.” The idea of this file is to [...]

Culture
Artists and Preachers

Preachers are not a favorite subject for visual artists over the Christian millennia, but there are depictions [...]