Every sermon should be a sermon where the power of the gospel is brought to bear on the lives of the listeners. We must continually point to Jesus in our sermons.

She offers not one but three sermons on Romans 11:32 (“God has consigned all to disobedience”). Rutledge’s sermons are clear and memorable, deftly negotiating the paradoxes in Paul’s message, never in ...

The original good news revisited. The apostles evangelized by telling the story of Jesus. Our gospel preaching and evangelism tend to tell the story of how to be saved personally. There is a major ...

Mahalia provided the soundtrack and MLK gave the sermon for the 1963 March on Washington.

(The Conversation) African-American 'folk' preachers blended homespun sermon and song to offer life lessons on how to survive in a world of inequality and virulent racism. (The Conversation) The ...

The first truly African-American musical form, the “Spirituals,” took shape in the 17th and 18th centuries within the generations of slaves born into the tough American experience. Music was a ...

Evangelistic preaching is the proclamation of the Gospel in the power of the Holy Spirit with the aim of a clear decision for Christ in the hearers. To be sure, all Christian preaching should ...

PBS’ new series ‘Gospel’ takes a deep dive into the origin story of Black gospel music and preaching and the impact it still has today.

William Klempa provides a valuable reiteration of that story firmly situated in historical context. Barth preached 13 sermons in his village church on consecutive Sundays in the summer of 1914, as ...