Author: Ben McDonald Coltvet

Sermon Development
Maintaining the Preaching Voice

In 1875, Charles Spurgeon wrote, “If you have any idiosyncrasies [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Preaching the Advent Texts: An Overview

The Advent texts for Lectionary Year C present a rich [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 87: Matt Skinner

Matt Skinner thinks about the ways in which we preach [...]

Culture
A review: Lamb: the Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal, by Christopher Moore

This book is sure to [...]

Columnist
Shakedown Sunday

November is typically Stewardship time in the church, and it leads to uncomfortable questions about the proper [...]

Theology and Interpretation
How do I keep my Greek (or get it back)?

How do I keep my Greek (or get it back)? [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 86: Chris Scharen

Listen as Chris Scharen answers the question, “How do we [...]

Columnist
This Temporal Heaven

One of the great joys of being Christian is not being with other Christians. So, I am [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 85: Rolf Jacobson

Rolf Jacobson thinks about the relationship between the tasks of [...]