Craft of Preaching

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Sermon Development
Holy Lands, Holy Attention

For almost as long as people have called themselves “Christians,” they have undertaken pilgrimages to [...]

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Matt Skinner
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Videos
Baptism of Our Lord: God’s vision

What if God’s vision is bigger than we think? In [...]

Author
Rolf Jacobson
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Theology and Interpretation
Healing Beyond Bodily Transformation in Matthew’s Gospel

Matthew’s Gospel contains many stories [...]

Jillian Engelhardt
Jillian Nelson
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Videos
Second Sunday of Christmas: Light in the darkness

Does your preaching actually make a difference? Matt Skinner reflects [...]

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Matt Skinner
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Videos
Christmas Eve: Outrageous claim of love

Sitting in front of a Christmas tree with 1,500 lights, [...]

Karoline Lewis
Karoline Lewis
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Videos
Third Sunday of Advent: Recognizing Christ’s presence

Are you really the one [...]

Karoline Lewis
Karoline Lewis
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Videos
Fourth Sunday of Advent: Faithfully proclaim peace

Joseph didn’t know the ending—but [...]

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Matt Skinner
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Culture
Preaching with the ‘Nones’ in the Room

I spent the first half [...]

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Stephanie Spellers
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Craft of Preaching
Second Sunday of Advent: A new king is coming

Is the family tree of David really just a stump? [...]

Author
Rolf Jacobson
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Videos
First Sunday of Advent: Christ’s presence, right here, right now

In this Preacher to Preacher [...]

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Matt Skinner