Preaching
I love preaching. I preached my first sermon when I was 13. The congregation let me preach any Sunday night
Continue readingI love preaching. I preached my first sermon when I was 13. The congregation let me preach any Sunday night
Continue readingBelow are some FAQs from my Homiletics: A Very Short Introduction 2025 1. What is the central aim of preaching?
Continue readingRecently I have experimented with AI. I attached my draft of Homiletics: A Very Short Introduction 2025. The AI generated
Continue readingA Charge to the Graduates Graduate School of Theology Covenant Service “The word is near you, on your lips and
Continue readingFor the fall Graduate School of Theology Covenant Service, I will give the charge to the graduates. The text will
Continue readingPreaching (part 8) I will be describing the process of writing a sermon as scripting the plot of the sermon.
Continue readingPreaching (part 7) The traditional homiletic that developed during the Enlightenment follows a deductive logic and is often given the
Continue readingPreaching (part 6) As noted in a previous blog, “sermons are not propelled by powerful beginnings but are evoked by
Continue readingPreaching (Part 5) Sermons must give witness to the theological claim of the text so that the congregation is transformed
Continue readingPreaching (Part 4) We seek out metaphors to understand reality. The study of metaphor can be traced back to Aristotle
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