On the first day of our introductory preaching course, my colleague presents a continuum. At one end is the view that the preacher has sole responsibility to make the gospel heard, to get Jesus to ...

"Life is messy. And Jesus is real. Life will always be messy. And Jesus will always be real. Let's simply respond to Jesus in the midst of the mess." You can't spend more than a few moments at ...

To preach and teach in the name of Jesus is one of the greatest privileges in the world. What makes it particularly dangerous, however, is how easy it is to preach for Jesus without Jesus. We may know ...

Clergymen process during the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday outside the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, March 29, 2024. (OSV News/Gonzalo Fuentes) Good Friday begins in silence. The presider lies ...

Find today’s readings here. Jesus went around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illness. (Mt. 9:35) Jesus ...

“The one whom God sent speaks the words of God. He does not ration his gift of the Spirit” (John 3:34). Acts 5:27-33; Jn 3:31-36 Before telephones, email and text messages, even before post offices, ...

Even though the parking lot of the First Baptist Church of Highland Park is a big pile of dirt being used to construct a new $30 million campus, hundreds still packed the old sanctuary of the Landover ...

There’s one pair of words I see in more email subject lines than any others: preaching and politics. “I love our church,” someone might write, “but I wish our pastor would stop bringing politics into ...

King Herod Antipas is truly one of the most tragic figures in the Gospels. He appears in a number of passages, all of them revealing him as venal, pathetic, besotted by court indulgence and easily ...

(RNS) — At least a dozen churches across the country are hosting Good Friday services this year that feature seven African American female preachers speaking about the last sayings of Jesus. (RNS) — ...