In my second year teaching at a seminary I was assigned to teach preaching. In the third week, I was offering a less than enthusiastic response to a sermon when the student suddenly broke into tears ...

Recently I changed my entire sermon on a Sunday morning. This might not sound remarkable—I hear preachers do it all the time—but it was the first time I ever did it. It was horrifying. Thank God it ...

I have always loved the Acts of the Apostles and have often recommended it to those who are approaching the Bible for the first time. Filled with colorful narratives, adventure, martyrdom, persecution ...

A fascinating study of story, homiletics, humor, faith and the art of preaching. Take an unprecedented look at a pastor moving from scripture to sermon. Through interviews with family and colleagues, ...

A large, comfy armchair, a trinket-covered desk, and a basket of yarn are featured in Justin Zeigler’s office, with photos of family in Iowa and personal notes filling empty spaces. It’s an inviting ...

When you’ve listened to speaker after speaker and know what they’re going to say and there are more to come and it’s already pushing 9 p.m., your mind tends to wander. So it was one night last week in ...

The synoptic Gospels, especially Mark, emphasize the importance of faith in Jesus’ miracles. It as though he does not want to be perceived as the sole cause of healings or pursued by the crowds as the ...

Santosh Benedict, a Jesuit seminarian from India, found intonation the most difficult part in learning the Chinese language. He says he spent six months trying to differentiate the four tones of ...