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Preaching to polarized congregations: A responsibility and a challenge, clergy say
By Adelle M. Banks — December 8, 2023
(RNS) — 'It's not about going from red to blue to purple,' Andrew Hanauer of One America Movement advises clergy. ‘It's about going above the partisan divisions.’
A Yom Kippur sermon warns American Jews of Israel’s growing messianic rule
By Yonat Shimron — September 27, 2023
(RNS) — In a barnburner Yom Kippur sermon Monday (Sept. 25), Rabbi Sharon Brous said elements of Israel’s new government have a messianic agenda that aims to turn the country into a fascist theocracy.
When preachers get political, do they change minds?
By Ryan Burge — August 3, 2022
(RNS) — Preachers tend to risk political speech only when they know it will receive a warm reception.
Five Christmas sermon blunders that get Judaism (and Jesus) wrong
By Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler — December 24, 2021
(RNS) — Christmas brings out some of the worst ignorance of Jesus’ Judaism.
‘If you have eyes, plagiarize’: When borrowing a sermon goes too far
By Bob Smietana — April 27, 2021
(RNS) — Preachers love to borrow from each other, but the practice can sometimes lead to plagiarism.
General Baptist pastor who criticized wives’ weight ‘deeply sorry’ for sermon
By Adelle M. Banks — April 19, 2021
(RNS) — ‘In the sermon, I made insensitive remarks about women and made statements deemed unbiblical,’ said Pastor Stewart-Allen Clark in a statement.
After sermon criticizing wives’ weight, pastor resigns as moderator of General Baptist meeting
By Adelle M. Banks — March 2, 2021
(RNS) — ‘Why is it so many times that women after they get married let themselves go?’ a General Baptist minister asked in February.
In Sunday sermon, Warnock, now senator and pastor, said he heard ‘echoes of the spirit’ in swearings-in
By Adelle M. Banks — January 25, 2021
(RNS) — Warnock, who follows other members of Congress who have led congregations and served at the Capitol, titled his sermon 'On Making Your Next Move.'
Chicago preacher Otis Moss III uses film to honor Ahmaud Arbery, address racism
By Adelle M. Banks — May 18, 2020
(RNS) — ‘I would challenge all people of faith to become educated about the weaponizing of black skin in American culture,’ said the Rev. Otis Moss III.
Paige Patterson’s role in Southern Baptist meeting in doubt
By Adelle M. Banks — June 4, 2018
(RNS) — He's still listed on the program as giving the sermon at his denomination's annual convention in Dallas on June 12-13.
Episcopalians reflect on staying power of ‘the sermon that stole the show’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 21, 2018
(RNS) — Bishop Michael Curry’s address will be numbered among history’s great sermons 'because of who he is, what he said, where he said it and how he said it.'
A rabbi’s Christmas sermon: May God become incarnate in you
By Jeffrey Salkin — December 23, 2014
(RNS) Jews believe God cannot become human, and humans cannot become God. But sometimes we transcend that distance through prayer and worship, through the study of sacred texts and through altruistic acts.
In WikiWorship, church members help edit the sermon
By Amanda Greene — March 14, 2014
WILMINGTON, N.C. (RNS) WikiWorship is a collaborative venture, where people take ownership of the content, in this case sermon ideas and responses.
As holy days approach, rabbis reflect on final sermons
By Beth Kissileff — September 11, 2012
(RNS) A well-known Jewish adage says that one should “repent one day before your last one.” Religion News Service spoke to a variety of rabbis about what their final Jewish New Year message to their flock before leaving the pulpit would be. By Beth Kissileff.
Does megachurch ‘high’ explain their success?
By Chris Lisee — August 20, 2012
(RNS) A new study suggests that megachurch services produce a spiritual and biological “high” that keeps congregants coming back for more. By Chris Lisee.
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