by Randall Balmer | Jun 25, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
Earlier this month, Pope Francis issued an advisory that homilies should be short, approximately eight minutes, “because after that time attention is lost and people fall asleep, and they are right,” he said. I couldn’t agree more. I was first introduced to the short...
by Allan A. Boesak | Dec 30, 2021 | Opinion
Editor’s note: The following sermon was was preached on Oct. 7, 20201, during a Desmond Tutu Birthday Eucharist Service at St. George’s Cathedral, Cape Town, South Africa. Dear family and siblings in Christ, what a great idea this was to have this eucharist in...
by David Hughes | Mar 23, 2009 | General
Sermon delivered by David Hughes, pastor of First Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Mar. 8 2009. Mark 8:31-38 Christians have long believed confession is good for the soul, especially during the season of Lent. So let me offer this...
