Much is up to me in preaching: to prepare well, to know my people, to be winsome. Much is up to God. But I have also come to ...

What makes a sermon good? That has been a notoriously difficult question to answer. There are really only four kinds of sermons: biblically shallow and contextually irrelevant; biblically substantive ...

(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) — ...

Good preaching requires mastery of rhetoric, in particular the tools of repetition and organization. “Otherwise, they’re not gonna remember,” says John Baldovin, S.J. “This is a no-brainer, but ...

(The Conversation) — Not quite, writes an expert on Christian worship. Chatbots do not have human experience of love – and, above all, they lack a soul. (The Conversation) — When several hundred ...

A sacred Black church tradition rooted in Christ’s final words is evolving — embracing livestreams, diverse voices and modern interpretations that connect ancient scripture to today’s struggles for ...

There are times when it is tempting to do memorial tributes, and I’ve not done so. Hardly a week goes by when someone, somewhere, with a connection to the life of faith and to religious practice more ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. FUERTH, Germany (AP) — The artificial ...

Bishop Daryl S. Brister, pastor of Beacon Light Missionary Baptist Church in New Orleans, was working up a big appetite preaching at a recent revival meeting at St. John Freewill Baptist Church, an ...