A preacher's got to catch them early. A good message. Passionate delivery. A dash of humor doesn't hurt either. That's how you keep them in the pews. The secrets and skills of some of the nation's ...

Two Vanderbilt University professors want to enrich Sunday mornings for churchgoers across the country by encouraging preachers to craft more compelling sermons. Divinity School professors John S.

Athletes call it being “in the zone.” Psychologists describe it as a state of “flow.” Musicians say it’s like being “in the pocket.” It’s that transcendent moment when time seems to slow down for an ...

In this episode, co-hosts Matt Woodley and Kevin Miller reflect on what they learned about preaching, over the last four seasons of Monday Morning Preacher. Here are the top lessons they learned in ...

I was in over my head, and I knew it. During my senior year of college, I was called to pastor a rural congregation fifteen minutes off campus. My senior class friends were making the most of their ...

On the first day of our introductory preaching course, my colleague presents a continuum. At one end is the view that the preacher has sole responsibility to make the gospel heard, to get Jesus to ...

As far as birthdays go, James L. Mullinax’s 87th was one to remember. The Henderson County, N.C., native, known to congregations around the county as “Preacher Buddy” for the past 65 years, turned 87 ...

Throughout Islamic history, preaching has been considered one of the bases of purification and advising the soul. Men resort to it in order to hold themselves accountable and review their behavior.