Ministry During a Time of Great Change
Our lives will bear signs of the new COVID realities for some time. Since this is so for all, not least pastors, lay leaders,...
Preaching according to the Lectio Continua: Practical Questions & Considerations
What are the advantages of the lectionary vs lectio continua based preaching?
Earl Palmer on Expository Preaching
On May 21, 2019, Theology Matters’ Managing Editor, Richard Burnett, interviewed Earl F. Palmer at University Presbyterian Church, Seattle, Washington, where he was ordained in 1956.
Returning to the Basics
Sixty miles or so from where I live there is a mountain popular among rock climbers––Stalamus Chief. It presents itself as a vertical slab...
Doing Life Together: A Priesthood of All Believers
Fifty million American adults attend faith-based small groups regularly, according to a 2016 survey of the U.S. Census Bureau.1 Yet just over 500 years...
The Bible’s Church
Does the Bible belong to the church or does the church belong to the Bible? We tend to lose track of the profound influences...
No Substitute for the Word
The word proclaimed is central to Reformed worship. If and when it is neglected the body can no longer stand with any real integrity...
Calvin’s Way of Preaching in a Digital Age
Today as churches around the world continue to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation the question uppermost in my mind is: Does the...
A Reforming Recommendation
The year 2017 is the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. Half a millennium has passed since Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the...
If I were a Church School Teacher Again
Observation reveals that religious instruction is still very much a matter of conveying religious facts, and that this concern with religious knowledge is a Protestant characteristic. If I were a church school teacher again, I would seek constantly to emphasize the importance of Christian duties.