Month: November 2007

Worship
Preaching within the Season: Advent & Christmas

Preaching within the seasons of [...]

Columnist
Preaching the Questions
Theology and Interpretation
Why Preach?

Go ahead, admit it: you almost never ask this question. Except, perhaps, on the occasional Saturday night, [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Preaching from Matthew’s Gospel: A Brief Introduction to the Gospel of Matthew

Scholarship on the Gospel of [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Preaching the Prophets in Advent

Two themes arch across the Old Testament texts for the [...]

Culture
Preaching and The Simpsons

There was a time in our culture when the preacher was held with as much [...]

Columnist
An Extraordinary Task
Columnist
The Preaching Task

When I arrived at seminary, I had a major problem understanding the task of preaching. Throughout my [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Preaching from Matthew’s Gospel: The Shape of the Readings for Year A in 2007-2008

Year A in 2007-2008 has [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Getting the Most out of the Lectionary Commentary

Writing sermons is mostly solitary work, but engaging scripture, which [...]