At PreachingToday.com we often say that preaching is a craft, as in “an activity involving skill in making things by hand.” Every Sunday, preachers bring many different skills into making a sermon.

God must give it, of course. “But you shall receive power,” said Jesus, “when the Holy Spirit has come upon you.” Candidly, to make the bare assertion that God must give the preacher his power is at ...

Calvin chaplain Mary Hulst ’91 has written a book about preaching for both preachers and those in the pews. Its foundation is the two decades she has spent writing about sermons and actually writing ...