I had been preaching for more than two decades, and I should have been at the top of my game. The church I served ran up to 1,500 on Sunday mornings, and the live telecast of our services covered a ...

A few years ago I started to get a lot of affirmation for my preaching. People were listening, worship attendance was growing, and I was overhearing parishioners describe me as a good preacher. Soon ...

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 ...

It’s been more than a year since I’ve seen my congregants in person. More than a year since we held our last in-person church service, since I’ve visited a congregant in the hospital, held a dying ...

It was in 1910, when I was transferred from Crossen on the Oder to Danzig, that I really found out what preaching meant. I had gone to Danzig very reluctantly. The Reformed congregation to which I was ...

(RNS) — In ‘A Will to Preach,’ one of the most effective preachers in the English-speaking world, according to a Baylor University survey, shows how a master craftsman approaches the task. (RNS) — ...

As a new teacher, I often did more preaching than teaching. Sometimes my preaching came in the form of “you can do it” speeches. Other times I lectured students about the work habits of successful ...

We all need to be good preachers. By good I mean persuasive but also conscientious, promoting good ideas, not bad ones. The last thing we want is a world full of persuasive preachers preaching bad ...

This article was first published on Mother's Day in 2024. Given its relevance, The Christian Post is republishing it this year. While many clergy in the United States will be preaching sermons in ...