Author: Ben McDonald Coltvet

Videos
Preaching Moment:121 Mark Allan Powell

Mark Allan Powell talks about “opening the sermon up” for [...]

Culture
The Fullness of God Dwells Bodily – Even in the Virtual Body of Christ

For in Christ the fullness [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Shameless

Dear Working Preacher, If you’re going to preach on the gospel reading from Luke this Sunday, I [...]

Columnist
I Got Nothing

Have you ever stepped into the pulpit knowing you’ve got nothing? That happened to me a couple [...]

Sermon Development
From Text to Sermon

In many of our denominations, the Sunday sermon is somewhat dictated by a given text in the [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Giving Voice to the Voiceless: Preaching Judges 19

Judges 19 describes the rape [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 120: Otis Moss Jr.

Otis Moss discusses the place of technology in preaching and [...]

Dear Working Preacher
Mary, Martha, and My Dad

Dear Working Preacher, As you well know, there are few passages that have caused more consternation among [...]

Sermon Development
Returning to preaching the Gospel and nothing but the Gospel, Part III

In Matthew 28:16-20, we read [...]

Columnist
Some Days Are Just Lonelier than Others

A few years ago at one of the Evangelical Lutheran [...]