Contemporary Christian homiletics has taken a wrong turn. Reaching out to speak to the world, we fell in—face down. Too troubled by what our audience could and could not hear, we reduced the gospel to ...

Elevating Christ in a culture that sees all religions as equal. Perhaps the most visible part of pastoring is the upfront teaching and preaching. Bringing a timely and truthful message demands ...

The very idea of preaching a single doctrine seems misguided, even though it’s far superior to preaching on neat themes that intrigue the consumers out there. So I didn’t expect to like reading ...

The history of preaching is a similarly vast subject covering two millennia, and O.C. Edwards Jr. has given us a very fine tour. Each of his portraits of a great preacher, an era of Christian thought, ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Lilly Endowment Inc. is launching a new initiative to help Christian pastors strengthen their abilities to proclaim the gospel in more engaging and effective ways. The ultimate aim is ...

Empathy is usually regarded as a virtue, a key to human decency and kindness. And yet, with increasing momentum, voices on the Christian right are preaching that it has become a vice. For them, ...

Modern preaching is being most severely attacked these days, not by the people who hear it, but by preachers and theologians themselves. “Clergymen are numerous, but prophets are few,” states Dr. Kyle ...

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