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The CT archives are a rich treasure of biblical wisdom and insight from our past. Some things we would say differently today, and some stances we've changed. But overall, we're amazed at how relevant so much of this content is. We trust that you'll find it a helpful resource.

Articles in this Issue

10 Things We Learned about Medicine and Illness in Bible Times

Compiled by Ted Olsen

Insights for Covidtide from “The Dictionary of Daily Life in Biblical and Post-Biblical Antiquity.”

Research Roundup: Preaching Takeaways from the Latest in Social Science

Compiled by Ted Olsen

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.

Are All Pastors Televangelists Now?

Compiled by Daniel Silliman

What Billy Graham, Fred Rogers, Mother Angelica, and others can teach us about delivering sermons to a camera.

Your Preaching Is Not God’s Work. You Are God’s Work.

Todd Hunter

How inner transformation shapes outward proclamation.

How Culture Shapes Sermons

Mark DeYmaz

Recent books on culturally distinct preaching challenge misconceptions and equip diverse pastors to better address a multiethnic world.

Listening to Podcasts Makes Us Better Preachers

Daniel Darling

How the popular audio genre can help pastors fine-tune sermon preparation and delivery.

How to Preach When You Don’t Know Who’s Listening

Laura Buffington

5 principles for online preaching.

God Gave You a Specific Congregation. Preach to Them.

Aaron and Michelle Reyes

5 keys to effective, locally focused preaching.

Jon Tyson: ‘Run into the Controversy’

Interview by Kelli B. Trujillo

Why the NYC pastor’s goal is “to winsomely offend everybody.”

Sermon Prep in the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

Stephen L. Woodworth

How the Trinity is reshaping my preaching.

Confront Injustice with the Gospel

Brandon Washington

The Sunday after George Floyd’s death, I preached Christ’s death and resurrection.

If You Want to Reach Skeptics, Start Your Sermon Preparation with Distress

Jay Kim

Paul’s model for preaching with a missional edge.

What Pastors See as the ‘New Normal’ for Preaching After the Pandemic

COVID-19’s ministry disruptions are generating lasting insights.

Who Am I to Speak for God?

Daniel Harrell

We craft personas as preachers. God prefers to use us as real people.

The State of Preaching

Kelli B. Trujillo

A look inside our fall special issue.

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