When I was in college, my mentor gave me a copy of a small booklet by E. M. Bounds, a pastor and author known primarily for his extensive writings on prayer. That little booklet was called Preacher ...

I publicly pray before I start my sermons. I also privately pray as I preach. Multiple things go through the preacher's mind during a sermon. The mind quickly and constantly shifts from one thing to ...

What is prayer? And maybe more importantly for preachers—what are we inviting people into when we stand in the pulpit and speak about it? As “Preach” continues its Lent 2026 series, we turn to the ...

The Book of Esther was probably a Persian tale from the exile period before Cyrus sent the Jews home to rebuild Jerusalem and the temple. It reflects the precarious status of the Hebrew community ...

Today’s reassuring words on the efficacy of prayer follow Jesus’s instruction on praying the “Our Father.” Once we acknowledge this intimate relationship with the Abba, Jesus wants us to assume that ...

The Imam of our local mosque has made a system to deliver short speeches on various islamic topics say for 5-10 minutes before starting the maghrib salat in jamat almost everyday. Is it ok according ...

Imams praise the UAE government for the resumption of the prayers after a period of closure necessitated by the pandemic The prayers called Jumuah and the sermons that precede it resumed eight months ...