Author: Ben McDonald Coltvet

Columnist
Jesus Loves Bread and Ashes

God loves doing things that surprise us. …Not in that creepy stand behind doorways “gotcha” [...]

Culture
Puplit Plagiarism

The year before I enrolled in seminary I taught at a prep school in Indiana. In mid-April [...]

Theology and Interpretation
Reading Texts for the Sake of Hearing the Gospel

“I am increasingly struck that much biblical interpretation occurs without [...]

Sermon Development
Keeping the Word Central

A friend of mine often jokes that he likes to read the biblical text because it sheds [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 71: Kenneth Samuel

Pastor Samuel discusses why preaching is so important today in [...]

Worship
Reclaiming “Vocation” in our Worship & Preaching

In his 1972 book, Working, [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 70: Gary Charles

In two parts Pastor Charles explores the understanding of biblical [...]

Columnist
“Fort God”

During a visit to see some friends and their new home, we drove by a massive concrete [...]

Videos
Preaching Moment 069: Teresa Fry Brown

Professor Teresa Fry Brown describes the challenge and promise that [...]

Columnist
Selling Jesus Flowers

A number of years ago, I sat in church with a neighbor who was highly skeptical of [...]