Postmodernism, with its critique of modern assumptions about knowledge, language, authority and narrative, presents new challenges for preachers. Postmodernity is generally seen as entailing a ...

For I determined to know nothing among you save Jesus Christ and him as crucified (1 Cor. 2:2). The ancients built the tower of Babel to scale the parapets of heaven. Athens erected her altars to gods ...

Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles. I am debtor ...

The conversion of St. Paul is important not only for our understanding of Paul but also for an understanding of our own Christian discipleship. Paul’s encounter with the crucified and risen Jesus ...

Poor Abraham. When we read of God’s promise to give him more progeny than the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore, we marvel at his trust and persistence. He and Sarah remained childless ...

Fred Craddock was a young preacher trying to find his voice when he received a call from his mother one day. “You need to go see your father,” she said. “He may not live longer.” Craddock found his ...

Eureka First United Methodist Church Eureka (520 Del Norte St.): The Sunday worship service starts at 10 a.m. The Rev. Amy Beth Durward de Macias sermon is titled “Inside Out.” Both virtual and ...

You are right on target in what you have to say about painterly representations of the crucifixion and their relevance to the film. Grünewald is of course a closer analogue to what Gibson is trying to ...