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Provoking a Response
In seminary, I was given two contradictory bits of advice regarding sermons: Your job is to proclaim. [...]
Craft of Preaching
Dear Working Preacher
John 3:16 — What Else Is There To Say?
John 3:14. Not even a close second to John 3:16 [...]
Videos
Preaching Moment 308: Luke Powery on Preaching Counter-culturally
Luke Powery discusses when a [...]
Sermon Development
Preaching with Authority
As early as the life and thought of the ancient philosopher Socrates, the world has been prone [...]
Dear Working Preacher
An Embodied Lent
Bodies. We have them. We inhabit them. But often we do not know what to do with [...]
Videos
Preaching Moment 307: Yvette Flunder on the Spirit at Work
Yvette Flunder describes how the [...]
Dear Working Preacher
A Different Kind of Denial
I have to admit. I was a bit baffled this week by the relationship between [...]
Videos
Preaching Moment 306: Yvette Flunder on the Word in Worship
Yvette Flunder reflects on the [...]
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God of Death and Life
Death and life dominate the Lenten lectionary in March, beginning on the first day with Abram’s childlessness [...]
Dear Working Preacher
The Greatest Temptation
The first Sunday in Lent is always Jesus’ temptation. Always. But when was the last time you [...]