A quiet Sunday sermon has turned into a high-stakes legal battle in Northern Ireland. According to Fox News, Clive Johnston, ...

Retired U.K. pastor Clive Johnston will stand trial Wednesday for preaching a gospel sermon inside Northern Ireland's abortion buffer zone near Causeway Hospital in July 2024.

A religious leader in Arizona is fighting for his life after being shot in the head earlier this week while preaching on a street corner in Glendale. Hans Schmidt, 26, a military medic and the ...

John Wesley had a portable pulpit. The immediate need was practical: he was short, and his pulpit elevated him so that he could be seen and heard. Perhaps more importantly, the portable pulpit turned ...

Why moral inspiration and doctrinal instruction fall short—and how preaching that transforms the heart achieves what both approaches seek. What do we mean when we talk about “good preaching”? Two ...

A Christian preacher brought a legal battle against the police in the United Kingdom after he was told by authorities that he could no longer comment on other religions while he gave street sermons.

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A new program to prepare women to preach in the Catholic Church has received a $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc., even as current church practice does not allow women to give the homily at ...

Instead of exhaustion, homiletics can bring you life. Perhaps the most visible part of pastoring is the upfront teaching and preaching. Bringing a timely and truthful message demands preparation, ...

The Letter to the Hebrews proclaims that "the Word God of God is living and active, sharper than any two edge sword" (Heb 4:12). This means that scripture is not simply useful information about the ...