The sermon is a message from God, not an essay, or treatise, or Bible reading. It should be born in prayer, or devotion, or Bible study or in the fire of human experience. This was one of the hardest ...

Instead of exhaustion, homiletics can bring you life. Perhaps the most visible part of pastoring is the upfront teaching and preaching. Bringing a timely and truthful message demands preparation, ...

Michele Lowe, a former advertising executive, coaches religious leaders on how to write sermons with a little “zetz.” This is her peak season. By Sarah Maslin Nir Football players have the Super Bowl.

Many surveys have asked Americans about their religious affiliations, beliefs and practices, including what religious group they belong to – if any – and how often they attend services at a church or ...

When writer Louis Fischer visited Gandhi's ashram in 1942, he noticed a picture of Jesus on the wall -- the only wall decoration around -- with the caption, "He is our peace." "But you are not a ...

Three Sundays ago in Franklin, Tenn., twenty minutes south of Nashville and in the heart of the country’s contemporary Christian music industry, pastor Stan Mitchell of GracePointe Church preached ...