The idea of preaching without Scripture may seem preposterous, but I suggest it just the same, as a way of drawing attention to a little known, much less accepted, mainline teaching of the Roman ...

What we really believe about scripture and preaching determines how we preach. To do the tough work of being biblical preachers, men and women in ministry must be committed to certain truths. 1. The ...

The submission by Marilyn Marshall on Jan. 4 was one of the most amusing letters I’ve read in a while. She complains that Greg Clark has written to The Tribune numerous times and she doesn’t like what ...

What we truly believe determines what we do. What we believe in our heart of hearts about preaching will determine how we carry it out. In that sense, nothing can be more practical than our theology ...

In a recent essay, Marilynne Robinson attributes the struggles of mainline Protestantism to preaching. She claims that the sermon, as the center of worship in the contemporary mainline church, is ...

It was a well-written homily. It reflected on the Gospel for the Sunday (the parables of the lost sheep, the lost coin and the lost, i.e., prodigal son) and developed a contemporary application: do we ...

Protestant churches have always prided themselves on their preaching and music, especially non-Eucharistic churches that rely on the Bible alone to shape their Sunday services. At the other end of the ...

We talk, we read, we write, we listen. We surround ourselves with print on paper and walls and screens. We surround ourselves with sounds-making-words that convey meaning and images. Except for the ...

“Hi, my name is Average Christian, and I am bored in most church services because the preaching is boring.” So writes Michael Greiner on the blog “Preaching As War” in part one of a series of posts ...

About fifteen years ago, I prepared an elective class at Mundelein Seminary which I entitled "The Christology of the Poets and Preachers." In this course, I endeavored to explore the Catholic ...