Senior pastor George Mason addresses the congregation during worship services Sunday at Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas. Stewart F. House / Special Contributor George Mason led Wilshire Baptist ...

What makes a sermon good — or even great? An uplifting message? A fascinating back story? A quote from Scripture or a classic movie? This week’s clergy reveal the origins of their most memorable ...

Athletes call it being "in the zone." Psychologists describe it as a state of "flow." Musicians say it's like being "in the pocket." It's that transcendent moment when time seems to slow down for an ...

Billy Graham, considered by many the father of modern Christian evangelism, has died at the age of 99. Graham preached in 185 countries throughout the course of his storied six-decade career, reaching ...

This is Danish artist Carl Heinrich Bloch’s depiction of Jesus Christ giving the Sermon on the Mount. Bloch lived from 1834-90. (Courtesy Photo) Told in its entirety only in Matthew 5-7, the Sermon on ...

To preach with power, you must do more than explain. You must create like an artist—crafting something beautiful, true, and alive. If you preach long enough, a hard truth will emerge: You can preach a ...

On any given Sunday, churchgoers settle into pews as a clergy person takes an ancient holy text and figures out what it has to say about our lives today. But how would worshippers feel if they found ...

How can our sermons bridge the division of our contentious moment? As I was working out at a local gym, my attention was drawn to the TV that hung from the ceiling. News anchors I didn’t know from a ...

Athletes call it being “in the zone.” Psychologists describe it as a state of “flow.” Musicians say it’s like being “in the pocket.” It’s that transcendent moment when time seems to slow down for an ...