How inner transformation shapes outward proclamation. Your preaching is not God’s work. You are God’s work. I received this vision in a peculiar way. As I was minding my own business leading a ...

Karl Barth’s theology grew out of the task of preaching, and he always kept that task in view. In a radio interview not long before his death, he noted, “My whole theology, you see, is fundamentally a ...

The following sermon was preached by the Rev. Gilbert M. Beenken, pastor, at the Oliver Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is structurally excellent and scripturally undergirded ...

Father Daniel Cardó’s ‘The Art of Preaching: A Theological and Practical Primer’ contains a wealth of basic teachings for those aiming to learn or improve the art of preaching. Book cover of ‘The Art ...

"My dad used to say, 'I know what happened 2,000 years ago. I need to know how to live my life today.'" These words, from Archbishop Robert J. Carlson of St. Louis, get to the heart of a new proposed ...

We wondered what kind of reading ministers rely on for inspiration or help in preaching—apart from reading commentaries on scripture or other materials directly related to the task. Do they draw on ...

A new program to prepare women to preach in the Catholic Church has received a $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc., even as current church practice does not allow women to give the homily at ...

Servant of God Sister Thea Bowman pictured in an undated photo. (CNS photo/Michael Hoyt) “I had the great privilege of never having a man formally teach me preaching,” boasts Manuel Williams about his ...

The name Martin Luther King Jr. is iconic in the United States. President Barack Obama mentioned King in both his Democratic National Convention nomination acceptance and victory speeches in 2008, ...

The Rev. Fred Craddock, the pulpit giant who was “like no other preacher you have ever heard,” has died, his church announced. Craddock, who redefined the art of preaching, died Friday in Blue Ridge, ...