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You’re probably familiar with expository and narrative sermons. Homiletics professor and author Sunggu A. Yang offers another preaching method: intra-dynamic preaching. He explains how “infusing the sacred art of preaching with the vibrant energy of the arts” can lead worshipers to unexpected moments in which God encounters and changes them.
In a world generically “spiritual,” how does a preacher tend to the highest calling of the pastoral life: the tending of souls?
Explore the sometimes overlooked but vital roles women play in the parables of Jesus.
Often the task of preaching falls on the senior pastor or a few gifted speakers. However, congregations need diverse diets and voices to be nourished and equipped by the preaching of God’s word.
Mark 4:34 claims Jesus never said anything to the crowds without using parables.
Vital Worship, Vital Preaching grants fund diverse projects for worshiping communities and teacher-scholars.
A topic guide to resources related to the book of Philippians.
Vital Worship, Vital Preaching grants support innovative projects for worshiping communities and teacher-scholars in the United States and Canada.
This is a guide to Advent and Christmas worship planning resources from our website and our ministry partners' websites.
In Luke’s gospel we find several of Jesus’ best-known parables—stories that despite their renown are found nowhere else in scripture.
Vital Worship, Vital Preaching grants fund diverse projects for worshiping communities and teacher-scholars.
You are probably used to artificial intelligence (AI) suggesting ways to complete sentences in your emails and texts. Now that AI has the capacity to write sermons and mimic emotional care, how should AI be used in churches?
