How the Trinity is reshaping my preaching. Like many young pastors, I spent my early years of ministry torturing audiences through endless experiments with my preaching. I had been to seminary, ...

It is not good that preachers should prepare their messages alone. It was Tuesday morning—another blank-slate start to preparing next Sunday’s sermon. I hoped to have the message done by Thursday or ...

Once you register, you will be emailed videos that will help you in biblical hermeneutics, apologetics in preaching, and speaking in culturally sensitive ways. While this is optional, we encourage you ...

In my experience, I have found that all of life is preparation, preparation for what is “coming down the road” in our journey of life and faith. In the church year, there are seasons of preparation — ...

The cursor zips across the screen in the video introducing me to AI sermon tech. I watch as a preacher selects a quote from a list and then adds a “social starter” to the page. The sermon manuscript ...

The details for the sermon came to her on the couch. The Rev. Deborah Lindsay caught a TV news snippet about Terry Jones, the now-infamous Florida pastor who threatened to burn Qurans on Sept. 11 ...

An old preacher joke acknowledges how most of their congregation believes the preacher only works an hour a week. On behalf of my clergy colleagues, the following will give folks in the pews a sense ...

Rev. Darrell Stetler II created a sermon prep program using Chat GPT called "The Sermon Illustrator" to assist ministers with sermon preparation. While some religious leaders express concerns about AI ...

Bethel Seminary’s Work with Purpose Initiative invites current pastors to participate in the second year of our friendly sermon competition. Help us advance a theologically sound vision of faith, work ...