In reflecting on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s impact on our world, Kayla August examines the intersection of preaching, faith, and seeking justice. On the day we celebrate the Reverend Doctor Martin ...

Why expository sermons should make up your church’s main diet. There are two basic forms of preaching: expository and topical. Hughes Oliphant Old defines ...

I recently attended a festival of preaching in Nashville, Tennessee. I know for most people the words “festival” and “preaching” may seem an oxymoron. The event was 4 days of at least 4 sermons or ...

Our six-year-old son Jonah likes to have his toenails painted. Who wouldn’t, really? It’s downright delightful to express yourself with color and sparkle and to receive a few precious minutes of ...

The Lectionary’s juxtaposition of today’s two readings may or may not have thematic importance, but the two scenes are almost cinematic in their chaos. King David is verbally and physically assaulted ...

Fifty-eight years ago, people in power condemned an Episcopal minister for addressing the president of the United States about a public policy issue during a sermon. The Rev. Cotesworth Pinckney Lewis ...

One of the thief characteristics of the Protestant faith as it has come to us from the Reformation has been the preaching of the Scriptures by word of mouth. I put it like this to avoid the recent ...

2 Sam 5:1-3; Col 1:12-20; Luke 23:35-43. A recent PBS "Frontline" program revealed that when the president of the United States gives the State of the Union address to Congress, some 6,000 security ...

A group of four muscle-bound men breaking concrete blocks with their heads, ripping telephone books and license plates into shreds, and breaking baseball bats over their knees is bound to draw ...