Craft of Preaching

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Sermon Development
Equipping Youth to Share How Service Learning Trips or VBS Shaped Their Faith

Youth ministry is not really [...]

The Rev. Dr. Heather Roth Johnson
Heather Roth Johnson
Bronze sculpture depicting biblical scene with angels and figures.
Videos
Seventh Sunday of Easter: Eternal life

Eternal life isn’t something you’re waiting for. Cody Sanders unpacks [...]

Cody J. Sanders
Cody J. Sanders
Four different Christ-like depictions
Theology and Interpretation
What All Four Gospels Bring to the Pulpit

Week after week, we preachers are offered a set of [...]

Headshot of David Ourisman.
David Ourisman
Encouraging sign made for children with cancer at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
Videos
Sixth Sunday of Easter: Another advocate

What does Jesus mean when he promises “another Advocate”? Matt [...]

Mat Skinner Casual Headshot
Matt Skinner
A woman sitting on a couch looking down.
Videos
Fifth Sunday of Easter: People are still hurting

Resurrection doesn’t erase grief. Karoline Lewis shows you how to [...]

Karoline Lewis
Karoline Lewis
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Culture
Preaching Jesus in an Era of Christian Nationalism

Only gradually are folks in [...]

Author
Greg Carey
Black and white border collie on green grass field during the daytime.
Videos
Fourth Sunday of Easter: The shepherd’s voice matters

Cody Sanders on John 10:1-10: [...]

Cody J. Sanders
Cody J. Sanders
A bush of pink and white flowers with green leaves.
Videos
Third Sunday of Easter: Hope doesn’t sustain itself

Hope degenerates fast. Someone has [...]

Mat Skinner Casual Headshot
Matt Skinner
Mother's Day in Church
Theology and Interpretation
Mother’s Day, in Church?

Mother’s Day can present a conundrum to preachers, pastors, and ministry leaders. It is not [...]

Author
Amy Marga
Scala Sancta, Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy
Videos
Second Sunday of Easter: Jesus finds you

Thomas didn’t want proof. He wanted what everyone else got. [...]

Karoline Lewis
Karoline Lewis