Becoming the People of God

Frances S. Adeney

William A. Benfield, Jr. Professor of Evangelism and Global Mission
November 11, 2011
1 Peter 2:9,10
1Peter 3:8,9
Read first in Indonesian, then in English
Getting along in community can be a tough job.  Listen to the sermon

Multiculturalism

Cláudio Carvalhaes
Associate Professor of Worship and Preaching

December 2, 2011
Matthew 12: 22-32

Dr. Carvalhaes preaches his last sermon in Caldwell Chapel on issues of power, authority, authenticity, who belongs where and the ways we try to portray one another.  Listen to the sermon.  Read the sermon in PDF.

What Shall We Do with the Ark of the God of Israel?

Johanna W. H. Bos
Dora Pierce Professor of Bible and Professor of Old Testament

November 4, 2011
1 Samuel 5:1-12
1 Samuel 6:10-13

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The Next Frontier

Michael Jinkins
President and Professor of Theology

Stated Meeting of the Mid-Kentucky Presbytery
November 14, 2011
Luke 4:14-20; 10:1-2
1 Corinthians 1:18-31

President Michael Jinkins addresses the question of clergy shortage and invites us to reflect on our “loss of confidence in the church regarding the gospel of Jesus Christ and to identify our loss of confidence in the church for what it is. …Do we still have confidence in the power of God to seek and to save, to liberate, and to raise from death to new life?” Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.

The Resources and Challenges for Constructing a Hindu Theology of Liberation

Anant Rambachan
Professor of Religion, St. Olaf College

October 20, 2011

Edwards Lecture

Rambachan has been involved in the field of interreligious relations and dialogue for more than twenty-five years, as a Hindu participant and analyst.  Listen to the lecture.

The Hospitality of Receiving: Rethinking Mission and Conversion in an Interreligious Age

John Thatamanil
Associate Professor of Theology and World Religions, Union Theological Seminary (New York)

Presler Lecture
October 20, 2011

Thatamanil believes that “tying together diverse interests is a basic commitment to a deeply metaphysical form of philosophical theology which he takes to be essential for any Christian theology that seeks to be in conversation with non-Christian religious traditions.” Listen to the lecture.

Building a Culture of Hope

Doug Gragg

Professor of Bibliography and Research; Director of Library and Information Technology Services; Officer of Institutional Effectiveness

September 30, 2011

1 Peter 3:15b

Life can sometimes be hell on earth because of the suffering we cause one another. Social conflicts can feel so intractable that we lose all hope of addressing them effectively and surrender to passive resignation. Building a culture of hope requires recalling the small victories over hell on earth that have occurred when imaginative people have enabled us to think differently about each other and to embrace our differences. Every time we enlarge our circles to include a wider range of difference, we push back the gates of hell on earth a little farther than they were before.   Read the sermon in PDF.