The Peculiar Task of Preaching on Easter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nThis column was written with preachers in mind, but it would be of interest to others as well. Even if you\u2019re not preaching on Easter, you might wonder what makes it \u201cpeculiar.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You might be interested in a column I recently wrote for the Patheos Preachers Portal. It\u2019s called: The Peculiar Task of Preaching on Easter This column was written with preachers in mind, but it would be of interest to others as well. Even if you\u2019re not preaching on Easter, you might wonder what makes it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7460,8146],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-easter","category-preachers-portal"],"yoast_head":"\n
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