In the countdown to Christmas, we come at last to a story so compelling it is found in many world cultures and religions: A poor couple is given a mysterious child who holds the destiny of the world, ...

We mostly preach sermons of comfort at funerals, dabbing at the tears with the Scripture's promises of heaven for the believer and help for the sorrowing. We preach Comfort (capital C) after great ...

The readings of the Mass on Wednesday of the fourth week of Easter (cfr. Acts 12,24-13,5; Jn 12,44-50) somehow remind us of the need to spread the word of God, which is another way of saying that we ...

Mark Labberton, Kate Bruce, and Keith Drury discuss better ways to deliver God’s Word. Mark Labberton, director of the Lloyd John Ogilvie Institute of Preaching, Kate Bruce, chaplain and research ...

Christians approach the mystery of the Trinity with three assumptions. The first is that our faith is not based on reason but on revelation. God initiated a relationship with us that we respond to by ...

When the Civil War began 150 years ago this week, preachers in both the North and the South helped beat the drums of war, preaching sermons interpreting how God would reward the righteous and punish ...

What kind of preaching do we need to mark the milestones of our faith—Baptism, Confirmation, marriage and funerals? In its third season, “Preach” steps beyond its usual Sunday lectionary focus to ...

The Rev. Bryan Massingale gives a sermon on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022, at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in the Harlem neighborhood of New York. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski) ”We will never solve the ...

Read sermons from additional speakers provided to TIME by the Festival. Grace to you and peace in the name of the one God who comes in more than one way. I am glad to be with you on day two of the ...