Craft of Preaching

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Culture
Sermon Development
Balancing Authority and Curiosity: Homiletics Training from the Theatre

My first career was as [...]

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Ninth Sunday after Pentecost: Treasure hunting

Karoline Lewis goes treasure hunting for this week’s Gospel, Matthew [...]

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Eighth Sunday after Pentecost: Parable of the wheat

Cody Sanders offers a fresh [...]

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Culture
Sermon Development
Congregational Participation in Preaching: More Than “Now Turn to Your Neighbor…”

I was recently leading a [...]

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Seventh Sunday after Pentecost: Parable of the sower

Preaching the Parable of the [...]

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Sixth Sunday after Pentecost: Coupling

A yoke is not a burden, it is what couples [...]

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Fifth Sunday after Pentecost: Welcome

Cody Sanders reflects on Matthew 10:40-42 for the Fifth Sunday [...]

Science fiction and Bible stories
Culture
Theology and Interpretation
Using Science Fiction to Retell Bible Stories

Science fiction as a genre uses science, either imaginative or [...]

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Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: Self-care matters too

Preaching Matthew 10:24-39 this week? [...]