Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Home
Progressive Christian

Bible

Select a Category Academy of Homiletics Addiction Advent AI (Artificial Intelligence) Animals Apocalypse Appalachia Ash Wednesday Baptism Bible Black Lives Matter Blade Runner Book review Children in church Christian Nationalism Christian/Islamic relations Christmas Church Clergy Climate change COVID-19 Creation Data Centers Death penalty Devotional Dialogue Doubt Earth Day Easter Ecofeminism EcoPreacher 1-2-3 ELCA ELCA Youth Gathering Election Environment/ecology Epiphany Faith Faith and Politics Feminism Film review Food Food and Faith Forgiveness Fracking Good Friday Good Omens Grief Gun violence Holy Humor Sunday Holy Week Howard Thurman ICE Immigration Indigenous wisdom Interview Jesus Kentucky Lafayette High School Marching Band Leadership Lent LGBTQIA+ Marching band Martin Luther Martin Luther King Jr. Mary Maundy Thursday Michael Sheen Mother of Jesus Nature New Year's Eve Palm Sunday Parables Pentecost Poem, Poetry Politics Poor People's Campaign Pop culture Prayers Preaching Progressive Christianity Public theology Purple Zone Racism and White Privilege Religion Religion and environment Religion and politics Religion and pop culture Religion and violence Rev. Nelson Rabell Gonzalez Sermons Spanish language resources for preaching Technology Thanksgiving Theological education theology Trees Trump Uncategorized Vegan War Women and religion Workshop Worship

Select a Month October 2026 September 2026 July 2026 June 2026 May 2026 April 2026 March 2026 February 2026 January 2026 December 2025 November 2025 October 2025 September 2025 May 2025 April 2025 March 2025 February 2025 January 2025 December 2024 November 2024 October 2024 September 2024 August 2024 July 2024 June 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 February 2024 January 2024 December 2023 November 2023 October 2023 September 2023 August 2023 July 2023 June 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 November 2022 October 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017

April 2026

April 20, 2026

Reclaiming 1 Peter 2:19-25 From Abuse: Sermon for Resistance

It's time to reclaim 1 Peter 2:19-25 from those who use it to normalize abuse...

February 2025

February 02, 2025

Do Not Be Overcome by Evil: Biblical Wisdom When Attacked

Paul of Tarsus told the early Christians, “Do not be overcome by evil.” How can...

June 2023

June 29, 2023

The Big Red, White, and Blue in the Room: A Sermon about Deliberating the Flag in Church

What if the U.S. flag showed up at a church Bible study ? “The Big...

September 2021

September 14, 2021

The Politics of Faith – The Bible, Government, and Public Policy: Book Review

The Politics of Faith makes a compelling biblical case that Christians not only can but...

September 08, 2021

Latinxs, the Bible, and Migration: Book Review

Latinxs, the Bible, and Migration is a groundbreaking, border-crossing collection of essays by scholars that...

August 2021

August 25, 2021

Food & Faith: Preaching Deuteronomy 4 Through a Green Lens

You are what you eat & how we steward our food reflects our faith. Here...

April 2021

April 22, 2021

Eco Bible: A Must-Have Jewish Ecological Commentary on Genesis and Exodus

Eco Bible Volume 1 is a must-have commentary on 450 verses of Genesis and Exodus...

April 01, 2020

When Earth Demands Sabbath: Learning from the Coronavirus Pandemic

It is uncanny that on this 50th anniversary of Earth Day, Earth is finally getting...

February 2020

February 21, 2020

Matt. 17:1-9, Transfiguration of Jesus, With Dialogical Lens

The Transfiguration of Jesus asks us: what kind of church shall we be in the...

January 2020

January 08, 2020

Rapture Me This: 2 Books for Progressive Preaching about the Apocalypse

Is the Rapture upon us? Two books debunk apocalyptic fiction and equip the church for...

November 2019

November 29, 2019

Jesus, Apocalyptic Discourse, and the Climate Crisis: Ideas for Preaching Matthew 24:36-44

A sermon on Matthew 24:36-44 can explore the image of the church as an "ark"...

October 2019

October 13, 2019

Naaman Gets Schooled. And So Do We. 2 Kings 5:1-15c

It’s story of high-stakes politics, quid pro quo, vast amounts of wealth, and military might. ...

August 2019

August 22, 2019

Breach-Repairers: Preaching Isaiah 58 Using Dialogical Lens

What does repairing the breach look like in your community? For your church? A preaching...

August 03, 2019

Dialogical Lens for Preaching Luke 12:13-21, the Rich Fool

Using a dialogical lens in a sermon on the Parable of the Rich Fool in...

August 01, 2019

Owning Stuff or Stuff Owning Us? The Rich Fool in Luke Chapter 12

Here's an example of how the 'dialogical lens' for preaching about the parable of the...

July 2019

July 31, 2019

Applying the Dialogical Lens to the Parable of the Rich Fool

Using the 'dialogical lens' for the Parable of the Rich Fool shows us ways to...

July 30, 2019

Using a ‘Dialogical Lens’ for Scripture and Preaching

Using a 'dialogical lens' for scripture and preaching can open new options for "Purple Zone"...

September 2018

September 09, 2018

Calling People Dogs: Juxtaposing Jesus and Trump

Calling people dogs seems to be common these days. But Jesus called a woman a...

June 2018

June 24, 2018

What Child Would Jesus Cage? Christians Join Rally for Protecting Immigrant Families

What child would Jesus cage? For our seminary students, the rally for immigrant families was...

June 12, 2018

Cedar Trees and Mustard Seeds – The Bible’s Arboretum

Let's take a walk through the arboretum of the Bible. From cedar trees to mustard...