The very idea of preaching a single doctrine seems misguided, even though it’s far superior to preaching on neat themes that intrigue the consumers out there. So I didn’t expect to like reading ...

Because, as Karl Barth never said, a pastor should read the Bible in one hand, the newspaper in the other, and a peer-reviewed social science journal in another. “A single narrative message has a ...

When I turned 16, I signed up for a driver's education class at my high school. We had hours of classroom education, hours of simulator training and a few scarce minutes of hands-on time behind the ...

Could one build some sort of sturdy footbridge between, say, Frederick Douglass and Kanye West? Two new books, “Preaching With Sacred Fire: An Anthology of African American Sermons, 1750 to the ...

Editor’s note: Calvin Miller reviewed Eugene Peterson’s new book, The Unnecessary Pastor, in the Summer 2001 Leadership. Now Peterson turns the tables. Did you know that an angel has recently been ...