I had been preaching for more than two decades, and I should have been at the top of my game. The church I served ran up to 1,500 on Sunday mornings, and the live telecast of our services covered a ...

It was in 1910, when I was transferred from Crossen on the Oder to Danzig, that I really found out what preaching meant. I had gone to Danzig very reluctantly. The Reformed congregation to which I was ...

Recently I changed my entire sermon on a Sunday morning. This might not sound remarkable—I hear preachers do it all the time—but it was the first time I ever did it. It was horrifying. Thank God it ...

(RNS) — In ‘A Will to Preach,’ one of the most effective preachers in the English-speaking world, according to a Baylor University survey, shows how a master craftsman approaches the task. (RNS) — ...

At the Mennonite congregation I served as pastor for 16 years, I would perch my sermon manuscript on the face of the pulpit, sliding the pages across the smooth surface as I preached. I’m no longer a ...

The criticism of my preaching I've heard most across the decades is this: I don't preach enough against wickedness. I'm too easy on reprobates. I don't threaten rebels with hellfire. In a word, I'm ...