(RNS) — At Christmas, Christians herald a leader who will rule with truth and grace; this is good news, as the world has precious little of either. Belief that Jesus is this leader gives hope to all ...

I’ll never forget my worst Christmas/Christmas Eve sermon ever. I wanted to try something “fresh” but outside the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ birth. So I took my people into the wild world of Revelation ...

Steve Carter, editor for Preaching Today, and Gary Burge, New Testament scholar, tells us what he hopes to hear in Christmas sermons and also what he would preach on this Christmas season. Have you ...

As worshippers fill candlelit churches tonight and Sunday for Christmas services, many will be bringing more than friends and relatives. Many will carry hopes and expectations for a special holiday ...

More than 50 years ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered what would be his final Christmas Eve sermon. Titled “Peace on Earth,” the Dec. 24, 1967 address was somber yet hopeful, as King ...

I have a recurrent fantasy. Actually, it would make a pretty funny television movie. In the fantasy, I am very good friends with a Protestant minister. In early December, a church calls him to be its ...

Churches across the U.S. and abroad are quietly experimenting with AI-generated Christmas content, from Nativity visuals and kids' lessons to full Christmas Eve sermons. Why it matters: Christmas ...

The Christian faith of early 20th-century Irish author C.S. Lewis is enjoying a rebirth right now as American culture, and the wider Western world, appear to have lost a sense of right and wrong.

Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon on Thursday, in an unusually direct appeal during what is normally a solemn, spiritual service on the day Christians across ...

In their rare moments of quiet concentration before Christmas, Roanoke Valley ministers have crafted sermons they hope will convey a message of joy and peace today. Their challenge was to find a fresh ...