William H. Willimon
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Youth Ministry in Crisis
According to the most conservative estimates, over 60 percent of those raised in evangelical homes end up leaving church at age 18. In some cases the estimates range as high as 90 percent. So what are we doing wrong? Why are we failing to pass the faith on to the next generation, and what should […]
The Preached Word
According to William Willimon, Christianity is kind of like a foreign language that one is not born with, but must be baptized into. Unfortunately, many preachers today are attempting to “translate” the faith into familiar and comfortable terms that people are used to, but the result, he argues, is that things get “lost in translation.” […]
The State of Evangelicalism
William H. Willimon, a bishop in the United Methodist Church, is a theologian and preacher, the former Dean of the Chapel at Duke University, and the author of over fifty books. White Horse Inn producer Shane Rosenthal conducted this interview with Bishop Willimon for a White Horse Inn video documentary on American Christianity to be […]
Evangelism & the Book of Acts
On this edition of the White Horse Inn, the hosts will discuss the character of Christian proclamation, especially in the context of unbelievers. Joining in this conversation is William Willimon, author of Peculiar Speech and The Intrusive Word.
A New Evaluative Question: “Would Jesus Have to Be Crucified to Make This Sermon Work?”: An interview with William Willimon
One of MR’s aims is to insist that “conservative/liberal” (or “fundamentalist/modernist”) is not the only important distinction to be drawn in the American Protestant landscape. For one thing, not all conservatives are as serious about Scripture as they claim to be. Nor are all so-called liberals actually as compromised as they might at first appear […]
