Columnist
Lunchtime Conversation
There is a restaurant near my church where I sometimes have lunch that has a “community table.” [...]
Craft of Preaching
Theology and Interpretation
The Discourses in John’s Gospel
John’s gospel includes a number of rather lengthy discourses on [...]
Worship
Preaching Within the Season: Easter
One of the most remarkable things about the resurrection accounts [...]
Theology and Interpretation
When Context is Inescapable
Many years ago, Edmund Steimle, a favorite preacher of mine, made a confession. Over a [...]
Theology and Interpretation
How John Tells a Story
John’s gospel tells the story of Jesus in ways that often seem simple on the surface. Yet [...]
Columnist
Why We Worship Matters Most
A few weeks ago I had a conversation with a dear friend who observed that [...]
Theology and Interpretation
Characters in John
John’s gospel gains much of its depth and power through the interactions that Jesus has with people. [...]
Theology and Interpretation
The Preacher as Student
The Old Testament scholar Walter Brueggemann describes the objective of his teaching and scholarship about as well [...]
Columnist
Prose-colored Glasses
There is a file on my desktop called “Sermon Stories.” The idea of this file is to [...]