In Resident Aliens, Stanley Hauerwas and I warned that seminary biblical courses sometimes disempower budding preachers: See? You’ll never have the linguistic, analytical, or historical skills to ...

(See Mark 3:14-15, Matthew 4:12-17 and 13:1-52, Luke 4:14-29 and John 1:35-51.) The Third Luminous Mystery is quite expansive: “the call to conversion and the proclamation of the Kingdom.” All of ...

Instead of exhaustion, homiletics can bring you life. Perhaps the most visible part of pastoring is the upfront teaching and preaching. Bringing a timely and truthful message demands preparation, ...

Evangelicals of all stripes are reviving the neglected art of expository preaching. The September 17, 2001, issue of Time magazine hit newsstands on Monday, September 10. On the cover was a photo of T ...

Christians today face a complex world, and divisive issues abound: race, abortion, migration, wealth and poverty, and gender and sexuality. Many Christians, particularly millennials and Gen Zers, are ...

Many surveys have asked Americans about their religious affiliations, beliefs and practices, including what religious group they belong to – if any – and how often they attend services at a church or ...