Background Material: The Gospel reading for this Sunday is the parable of the widow and the unjust judge. This parable is unique to Luke. Different exegetical methodologies will… read more

I remember this one preacher from my childhood. It didn’t matter what he was preaching on; some way or another he would work in the story of his call into the ministry… read more

In this book O. Wesley Allen, Jr. considers how to preach to the human condition in terms of the vertical, horizontal, and inner horizons of our lives. In this excerpt Allen… read more

Authors Ronald Allen and O. Wesley Allen Jr. believe we are living in what they term a postapologetic age in which all communication—including sermons… read more

It could be hard to be a Christian in the first century. Remember, back then most Christians were Jews: if you were a Jew who was a Christian, other Jews who didn’t believe… read more

In The Color Purple,1 Alice Walker presents a conversation between Celie and Shug that is worthy of the halls of Perkins School of Theology, the seminary at which I teach. The two … read more