The gospel message is the most important message ever to have the privilege of preaching. The reality of the gospel is the most compelling truth there is to communicate. What is so compelling and ...

When I carried this book into a gas-station diner I saw the waitress look at the title and roll her eyes. I turned the book over. But was I ashamed of the gospel? Well, of course not—so I turned its ...

More than a semi-annual crack at irregular churchgoers, the Christmas sermon has traditionally invited us to worship and wonder. Since Christians began celebrating Christ’s birth, preachers have given ...

The 21st-century makes demands of those who want to communicate the richness of the gospel. At the Los Angeles Coliseum in 1963, Helmut Thielicke, a distinguished German theologian and preacher, heard ...

Currently, I serve as Assistant Professor of Homiletics at Virginia Theological Seminary. Our theological institution turns 200 in 2023. To celebrate and commemorate the occasion, our Seminary ...

Halfway through her 2019 VMA Awards montage of “Truth Hurts” and “Good as Hell” Lizzo delivered a sermon — a pink platform her pulpit; a giant inflatable, twerking butt an altar of sorts. “Let me talk ...

The first truly African-American musical form, the “Spirituals,” took shape in the 17th and 18th centuries within the generations of slaves born into the tough American experience. Music was a daily ...

Mahalia provided the soundtrack and MLK gave the sermon for the 1963 March on Washington. The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom would be a showcase for sermon and song. The day's program ...

For the second consecutive week, New Orleans Saints linebacker Demario Davis delivered a powerful message at a postgame press conference. Following the Saints’ 20-17 victory over the Carolina Panthers ...