People around the world spend their Sunday mornings in church services praying and worshipping, listening intently to their pastor's words. Each week pastors deliver a sermon or message to their ...

Ingram begins by reading the text in several translations, uses commentaries to provide background and context and sometimes looks at other sermons. He does that on Monday mornings and puts an outline ...

During the revision process, it is often necessary to check for understanding within your paper to ensure that your ideas are strongly developed and well-organized. However, it can sometimes be hard ...

When we have some writing to do, many of us start with a simple outline—jotted down notes or even questions covering the "what," "how," and "why" of the piece. However, a complete outline with answers ...

A few years ago I started to get a lot of affirmation for my preaching. People were listening, worship attendance was growing, and I was overhearing parishioners describe me as a good preacher. Soon ...

Calvin chaplain Mary Hulst ’91 has written a book about preaching for both preachers and those in the pews. Its foundation is the two decades she has spent writing about sermons and actually writing ...