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(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 first ...

Combine a small view of God with fixation on expediency and the therapeutic, argues Carl Trueman, and you get the woes of the modern church.

The gospel message is the most important message ever to have the privilege of preaching. The reality of the gospel is the most compelling truth there is to communicate. What is so compelling and ...

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 expect a ...

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 daily ...