United Church of Christ minister F. Russell Mitman transfigures the pulpit with his conviction that preaching is more than a seated activity within the walls of the local church. Because “there is one ...

I never thought of myself as a pastor who shied away from hard topics. However, my eyes were opened wide to my lack of engagement across dividing lines when our church family made a four-mile move ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. Textual preaching dominated the homiletical landscape in the latter half of the 1800s and the first half of the 1900s and ...

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