Christian Life: INDNJC (Text: Colossians 3:12-17)
Christian Life: INDNJC (Text: Colossians 3:12-17)
A Preaching Interview with Thomas Long and John Killinger
Two of the most insightful minds in the worlds of homiletics are Thomas G. Long, Patton Professor of Preaching and Worship at Princeton Theological Seminary, and John Killinger, Distinguished Professor of Theol... Continue Reading...
Preaching as Bearing Witness
Seeing the preacher as a witness is not a new idea. It has deep roots in the Bible, appearing in such passages as Acts 20:24, where Paul is reported to have said, "I do not account my life of any value nor as p... Continue Reading...
Top Ten Gifts for Preachers
It's not often I stay up late enough to watch David Letterman on television, since he comes on at 12:30 a.m. and I'm usually dead-to-the-world long before.Sometimes, however, I stay up later than usual (normall... Continue Reading...
Bodey Volume Surveys Sermon Preparation Methods
Richard Allen Bodey, Inside the Sermon: Thirteen Preachers Discuss Their Methods of Preparing Messages (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1990), 214 pp., paper.Though preaching is a public activity, sermon prepar... Continue Reading...
Seasonal sermon briefs offer helpful ideas
December 2, 1990Watching for His Coming(Mark 13:32-27)It is ironic that as we begin Advent, we do so using a text which focuses on the parousia -- the return of Christ. Yet Jesus provides an important truth in ... Continue Reading...
John Henry Newman: Pursuit of truth in preaching
This year we celebrate the centenary of John Henry Newman's death. The new ecumenical interest in Newman has centered largely in his parochial preaching in sermons he first gave as an Anglican and reissued as a... Continue Reading...
Brown offers insightful illustrations
Stephen Brown, a member of Preaching's Board of Contributing Editors, is Pastor of Key Biscayne Presbyterian Church in Key Biscayne, Florida. He is widely known as a preacher, author, and conference leader. His... Continue Reading...
How to Preach Without Notes
When I became an ordained minister, I preached from a full manuscript. I wanted to deliver each sentence exactly as I typed it in my study. This method of sermon delivery forced me to read my sermons to my cong... Continue Reading...