How the Trinity is reshaping my preaching. Like many young pastors, I spent my early years of ministry torturing audiences through endless experiments with my preaching. I had been to seminary, ...

It is not good that preachers should prepare their messages alone. It was Tuesday morning—another blank-slate start to preparing next Sunday’s sermon. I hoped to have the message done by Thursday or ...

Once you register, you will be emailed videos that will help you in biblical hermeneutics, apologetics in preaching, and speaking in culturally sensitive ways. While this is optional, we encourage you ...

AI Policies Made Simple approaches technology through a theological and ethical lens, framing innovation as stewardship. It builds on Jahng's earlier success with ChatGPT for Churches, the #1 course ...

In my experience, I have found that all of life is preparation, preparation for what is “coming down the road” in our journey of life and faith. In the church year, there are seasons of preparation — ...

The details for the sermon came to her on the couch. The Rev. Deborah Lindsay caught a TV news snippet about Terry Jones, the now-infamous Florida pastor who threatened to burn Qurans on Sept. 11 ...

Every other week, on Thursday afternoon, several editors at the Century gather around a cluster of filing cabinets. With the pages of the next issue spread in front of them, they work on coming up ...

Ever since the Reformation put new emphasis upon the authority of Scripture, the pulpit has been the pride of Protestantism. Nowhere has this pride been more evident than in the U.S., where ...

Bethel Seminary’s Work with Purpose Initiative invites current pastors to participate in the second year of our friendly sermon competition. Help us advance a theologically sound vision of faith, work ...