Preaching

Blog Why Sermon Preparation is Important
- By Joseph Yoo
- Posted on February 4th, 2013
I was about half a year into my ﬁrst full-time ministry position. I was the Pastor of English Ministries at a Korean church in Aiea, HI. Our college worship service was at an…
Blog 5 Tips for Preaching and Teaching on the End Times
- By Shane Raynor
- Posted on December 21st, 2012
I suppose there’s always the chance that the apocalypse could happen later today, but unless there’s a dramatic turn of events, it looks like the Mayans got it wrong…
Blog The Spotlight
- By Adam Thomas
- Posted on November 27th, 2012
I put the guitar down on the wooden bench, dropped my right knee to the root-strewn ground, and produced the ring from my pocket. The green light that shone through the trees of…
Blog Context, Context, Context
- By Matthew L. Kelley
- Posted on July 2nd, 2012
I recently finished up a sermon series called "Living the Story," exploring each of the major "episodes" in the biblical narrative. (Listen to the series podcasts here.) We ended…
Blog Preaching on Sin
- By Jessica Miller Kelley
- Posted on June 27th, 2012
One Sunday in high school, my best friend took me to her Fundamental Baptist church. All I knew before going was that the denomination was more conservative than the SBC and that…
Blog Anti-Gay Viral Videos and the Limits of Religious Free Speech
- By Christian Piatt
- Posted on June 5th, 2012
Words have gravity, and in certain contexts, the words we choose and employ have more weight than in others. I’m definitely sensitive to that when I see the traffic numbers…