What kind of preaching do we need to mark the milestones of our faith—Baptism, Confirmation, marriage and funerals? In its third season, “Preach” steps beyond its usual Sunday lectionary focus to ...
Preaching God’s truth from the pulpit doesn’t require equivocation. The other day while going for a jog, I listened to a sermon on the seventh commandment, which addresses adultery. In the 40-minute ...
For nearly four decades I’ve been listening to sermons. While God has formed me through the preaching ministry of many fine expositors, there are precious few individual sermons I remember. But there ...
This week on Preach, we launch a new series: Preaching for the Sacraments—how homilists can bring depth and imagination to their preaching during some of the Catholic Church’s most meaningful rites.
George Mason led Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas for more than three decades and became one of the city's most influential pastors along the way. Now senior pastor emeritus, Mason released a book ...
The gospel is moving out of the pulpit and into the public consciousness in many unorthodox ways—through jazz and rock Masses, plays, and even electric-light shows. Three current examples of ...
“The Kingdom of God is at hand” (Luke 10:10). Neh 8:1-4a, 5-6, 7b-12; Luke 10:1-12 Today we remember St. Jerome (342-420), who translated the Bible from Greek and Hebrew into popular Latin, making the ...
One of the most common concerns I hear from survivors of spiritual abuse isn’t simply that they no longer trust their former ...
Last August, a Mississippi pastor’s suggestion that he preach for 96 straight hours brought the most honest reaction one ...
A Jones County pastor has reached the finish line of preaching for 96 hours straight.
Imagine that early in your adult life you find an envelope with your name on it lying on a table at home. Inside is a text that describes someone with your ideals. You try to live up to this ...