Most sermons begin with prayer. Often it is a prayer which asks God to hide the preacher from view. “Let my words be forgotten, so that only what comes from you is remembered” the preacher intones. I ...

Kids do say the darndest things, and with decades of pulpit experience, the Rev. Joe McKeever has learned these revelatory remarks often happen just after church. In one case, a parent shared a ...

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 ...

VATICAN CITY (CNA)—Although he is the only person in the world to have the job of preaching to the Pope, Father Raniero Cantalamessa sees his work as simply delivering the message of the Gospel. “It ...

In recent months, our family has been looking for a new church, due to our recent move to Waco, Texas. After the service, as we are driving home or going out to eat for lunch, we have debriefed as a ...

Artificial intelligence may be able to generate polished sermons, complete with structure, illustrations and theological analysis, but it cannot embody lived faith, suffering or spiritual encounter, ...

Two Vanderbilt University professors want to enrich Sunday mornings for churchgoers across the country by encouraging preachers to craft more compelling sermons. Divinity School professors John S.

WACO — The late radio evangelist Lester Roloff — founder of a controversial ministry that operated homes for homeless alcoholics and then troubled teens — would likely be pleased that his sermons live ...

"I have done exhausting jobs before, but this exhaustion caught me by surprise," says first-time pastor Joy Clark.

Preacher Tom Rayborn talks to SIUE students Nov. 20 during his weekly sermon on the Quad. Students have said that Rayborn’s preaching makes campus feel unsafe, while university officials have said ...

(RNS) — Jed Ostoich needed a job. He and his wife had bills to pay while they were in graduate school. But his undergraduate degree from Moody Bible Institute left him with few professional skills ...