Back Page Pulpit: Back on the Field

It's that time of year when all those professional baseball players put away their recliners and munchies, step away from the big-screen TV, and start stretching and warming up for the new season. Yes, spring training time has arrived.

Back Page Pulpit: Dump Those Sermons!

News reports in recent weeks have been filled with stories about more than 250,000 classified U.S. diplomatic cables and documents that are suddenly public record due to the work of WikiLeaks, a website produced by a rather strange Australian/Swedish character who believes nothing should be secret except his own location.

Text-Driven Preaching: An Interview with David Allen

David Allen is Dean of the School of Theology at Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, and one of the editors of the new book Text-Driven Preaching (B&H Academic). Preaching Editor Michael Duduit recently spoke with Allen about the book and the challenge of biblical preaching today.

What Is the Gospel: An Interview with Chris Seay

Chris Seay is the church planter and pastor of Ecclesia in Houston and a widely known author. He has written a number of books, including The Gospel According to Lost, The Gospel According to Tony Soprano and the recently released The Gospel According to Jesus. He recently visited with Preaching editor Michael Duduit.

Back Page Pulpit: The In-Between Times

Today I preached in a church which has two morning services. One starts at 8:15, then the church has Sunday School at 9:30 and the second service at 10:45. My preaching duties include both services, but what do you do in the in-between times?