Category: Preaching

Preaching

I love preaching. I preached my first sermon when I was 13. The congregation let me preach any Sunday night

Below are some FAQs from my Homiletics: A Very Short Introduction 2025 1. What is the central aim of preaching?

Recently I have experimented with AI. I attached my draft of Homiletics: A Very Short Introduction 2025. The AI generated

A Charge to the Graduates Graduate School of Theology Covenant Service “The word is near you, on your lips and

For the fall Graduate School of Theology Covenant Service, I will give the charge to the graduates. The text will

Preaching (part 8) I will be describing the process of writing a sermon as scripting the plot of the sermon.

Preaching (part 7) The traditional homiletic that developed during the Enlightenment follows a deductive logic and is often given the

Preaching (part 6) As noted in a previous blog, “sermons are not propelled by powerful beginnings but are evoked by

Preaching (Part 5) Sermons must give witness to the theological claim of the text so that the congregation is transformed

Preaching (Part 4) We seek out metaphors to understand reality. The study of metaphor can be traced back to Aristotle