Dora Pierce Professor of Bible and Professor of Old Testament
November 4, 2011
1 Samuel 5:1-12
1 Samuel 6:10-13
Listen to the sermon.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
What Shall We Do with the Ark of the God of Israel?
Dora Pierce Professor of Bible and Professor of Old Testament
November 4, 2011
1 Samuel 5:1-12
1 Samuel 6:10-13
Listen to the sermon.
Monday, December 12, 2011
The Next Frontier
Michael JinkinsPresident 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
Professor of Religion, St. Olaf College
October 20, 2011
Edwards LectureRambachan 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.
Friday, December 9, 2011
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
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.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Building a Culture of Hope
Doug GraggProfessor of Bibliography and Research; Director of Library and Information Technology Services; Officer of Institutional Effectiveness
September 30, 2011
1 Peter 3:15bSeptember 30, 2011
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.
Monday, October 31, 2011
A Prayer to Begin With--Psalm 51
David C. HesterDean of the Seminary, Vice President for Academic Affairs
Harrison Ray Anderson Professor of Pastoral TheologySeptember 9, 2011
Psalm 51:1-19
There are snakes in every Garden of Eden. Things don’t always go well; people don’t always get along; words are not always kind and nurturing; and differences in color, culture, sexual orientation, church traditions, beliefs and world views are not always so warmly embraced by we who don’t always see eye to eye. Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Then Dawns the Bright Day--Philippians
Professor of New Testament Studies
October 21, 2001
Phil 1:3-5; Phil 1:29-30; Phil 4:2-3; Phil 2:6-7
When we idealize Christian community we place our own dreams above the reality created by God. We make idols of our dreams about what Christian community should be like, of our dreams of what Christians should be like. Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
The Search for Meaning
Michael JinkinsPresident and Professor of Theology
October 14, 2011
Ephesians 2:1-10What is our chief end? What is our highest and best end? To glorify God and enjoy God forever. This is surely one of the high points of Christian theology. But what does it mean, really? President Michael Jinkins addresses this deepest of big questions in his chapel sermon for the Seminary community and campus guests exploring a call to ministry. Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
A Sermon on Genesis 4:2b-9
Steve Cook
Visiting Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible
Visiting Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible
September 23, 2011
Genesis
4:2b-9
The Friday service of Word and Sacrament featured a sermon
on Genesis 4:2b-9. Listen to
the sermon. Read
the sermon in PDF.
Monday, October 10, 2011
A Word Fitly Spoken
Henry P. Mobley Jr. Professor of Doctrinal Theology
September 16, 2011
Proverbs
25:11-20Proverbs 8:22-31
Any
fool can spout proverbs, but only a wise person knows how to draw on the great
treasury of human words to find the one that is fitly spoken on a given
occasion. Wise persons are discerning in what to say and when to say it. Listen to
the sermon. Read
the sermon in PDF.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Hell on Earth
Lewis O. BrogdonAssistant Professor of Black Church Studies
Director of the Black Church Studies Program
Fall Convocation
September 8, 2011Luke 16:19-25
In the story of the rich man and the poor man named Lazarus, we are introduced to Luke’s critique of riches and his belief in hell as the final abode of the unrighteous in the afterlife. However, Dr. Lewis Brogdon brings this story to contemporary application, asking, “What would happen if the focus of this text shifted from the terrifying image of hell in the afterlife to the image of hell in this life?” Brogdon makes the case that an eschatological image of hell on earth gives the church new language to reflect theologically on human suffering, despair, and the modern crisis of nihilism, particularly in African American communities, in America. Listen to the lecture. Read the lecture in PDF.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Looking Back
Former President of Auburn Theological Seminary
Head of the Center for the Study of Theological Education
Presidential Inauguration
April 14, 2011
What does it take to be numbered among the great seminary presidents? Read the address in PDF.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Prayer
President Emeritus and Professor of Ministry Emeritus
Presidential Inauguration
April 15, 2011
Prayer offered on the Occasion of the Inauguration and Installation of The Rev. Dr. Michael Jinkins as Ninth President of Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Read the prayer.
Charge to the Community
A.B. Rhodes Professor Emeritus of Old Testament
Presidential Inauguration
April 15, 2011
The charge to the Community at the Inauguration and Installation of The Rev. Dr. Michael Jinkins as Ninth President of Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Read the charge.
Grace and Gratitude
Senior Vice President, Religion
Lilly Endowment Inc.
Presidential Inauguration
April 15, 2011
The charge to the President at the Inauguration and Installation of The Rev. Dr. Michael Jinkins as Ninth President of Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Read the charge.
Transforming the Mind in the Service of God: A Case for Theological Education
Michael Jinkins
President of Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Presidential Inauguration
President of Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Presidential Inauguration
April 15, 2011
We are living in an exceptional historical moment, at least for Protestant Christianity, an “axial” moment. Theological schools are right in the middle of this axial moment, because the church is right in the middle of this moment. Most, if not all, of the issues that challenge the church also challenge the seminary. Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.
The Devil’s Advocate
Pastor of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City
Presidential Inauguration
April 14, 2011
Romans 12:1-10
Could it be that the health of the church depends on us being Devil’s Advocates to each other?
Could it be that when we engage each other with such a fierce love for the truth, we are really on the side of the angels? Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Christianity and the Ways of Being Religious
Winner of the 2011 Grawemeyer Award in Religion
Robert W. Woodruff Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University
Grawemeyer Lecture
April 12, 2011
Ancient Christians had more in common with their Jewish and pagan neighbors than most people realize. Listen to the lecture
The Point of Exegesis is Exegeting Life
Winner of the 2011 Grawemeyer Award in Religion
Robert W. Woodruff Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University
Classroom presentation
April 12, 2011
If we approach the New Testament books the way they approach us we must consider four separate yet distinct elements: the anthropological, the historical, the literary, and the religious. Failure to consider even one diminishes understanding of the message of the New Testament. Listen to the presentation.
Monday, May 23, 2011
The Faith of Thomas
Professor of Historical Theology
April 29, 2011
John 20:19-31
Christ is risen! But, even after Easter, there’s still bad news and the world may not feel redeemed. How do we respond, genuinely and faithfully, to tragic events that shake us to the core? Perhaps we can learn something from the exemplary faith of Thomas ….Listen to the sermon.
John 20:19-31
Christ is risen! But, even after Easter, there’s still bad news and the world may not feel redeemed. How do we respond, genuinely and faithfully, to tragic events that shake us to the core? Perhaps we can learn something from the exemplary faith of Thomas ….Listen to the sermon.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Romans 12: 1-8
David SnardonStudent Body President
Pastor, Joshua Tabernacle Missionary Baptist ChurchMay 12, 2011
Romans 12: 1-8
Before being ecumenical was popular Paul was trying to bring everybody together. This was a difficult task and yet Paul believed that diversity is good, but unity in Jesus is so much better. Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Want Renewal? Recognize, Reorganize, Reform!
PhD Candidate, Vanderbilt University
Associate Pastor of Multi-Cultural Ministries, Eastminster Presbyterian Church
Festival of Theology
May 4, 2011
Nehemiah 1:10,11
Listen to the sermon.
Monday, May 9, 2011
21st Century Black Churches: Deferred Dreams or Prophetic Possibilities?
Professor of Homiletics, Candler School of Theology
Director of Black Church Studies, Emory University
Festival of Theology
May 3, 2011
Listen to the lecture.
The Danger of Incomplete Transformation
Distinguished Visiting Scholar, McCormick Theological Seminary
Festival of Theology
May 3, 2011
Luke 11:24-26
Listen to the sermon.
Dope Dealers or Pulpit Prophets: A Closer Look at Contemporary Black Preachers
Distinguished Visiting Scholar, McCormick Theological Seminary
Festival of Theology
May 2, 2011
On-the-Job Courage
Professor of Homiletics, Candler School of Theology
Director of Black Church Studies, Emory University
Festival of Theology
May 2, 2011
2 Samuel 23:20-23
Listen to the sermon.
When God Makes Things Worse: The Challenge of Faith in Tough Times
Lewis Brogdon
Director, Black Church Studies Program
This sermon explores how and why God makes things worse both for the children of Israel in Egypt and for the church today. In particular, the sermon challenges the church to draw upon the resources of faith to re-imagine our world and envision new ways to living together. Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.
Director, Black Church Studies ProgramFestival of Theology
May 1, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
Live in the Council of God
Frank H. Caldwell Associate Professor of Homiletics
April 8, 2011
Jeremiah 23:21,22
In this sermon, Debra encourages the LPTS community to live in the council of God. Living in the council of God does not mean that we have to constantly be in prayer and meditation (though prayer and meditation are good). Living in the council of God means living in constant awareness of what God is doing in our lives and in the world. Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Joel 2:1-2,12-17
Steve Cook
Adjunct Professor of Hebrew Bible
March 11, 2001
Joel 2:1-2,12-17
A sermon on Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 for the first Friday in Lent 2011. Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.
Adjunct Professor of Hebrew Bible
March 11, 2001
Joel 2:1-2,12-17
A sermon on Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 for the first Friday in Lent 2011. Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
A Letter to My Son about Beginning Seminary
President and Professor of Theology
March 3, 2011
President Jinkin’s sermon is a letter he wrote his son, Jeremy, not long after Jeremy discerned a call to ordained ministry. The letter explores what it means to begin seminary. This sermon addresses us wherever we are as we seek to follow Christ in trust and obedience, in the name of the Creator, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Look Harder!!!
Dean of Students
Feb 25, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
We Have a Strong City
Part-time Director of the Women’s Center at LPTS
Feb 18, 2011
In a week of worship focused on the theme of violence against women, the text of Isaiah 26:1-13 challenges the people of God to remember that faithful response takes the shape of trusting, and working for, the transformation of suffering in the direction of joy, responding to God's promised redemption by longing and laboring to make it more concretely imaginable. Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Two Cheers for Denominationalism!
Henry P. Mobley Professor of Doctrinal Theology
Feb 10, 2011
Spring Convocation
No one is likely to confuse Protestant denominationalism with God’s good and perfect will for the church. Denomination is a provisional structure of Christian existence that has taken diverse forms across space and time. It is currently experiencing many strains and fissures, and may evolve in new ways or even disappear altogether. For denominational churches, this radical contingency is part of their identity. My aim in this address is not to propose strategies for turning denominational fortunes around, but rather to suggest theological reasons why Protestants should not give up on denominationalism just yet. These reasons come in part from reflections on the church by some contemporary Roman Catholic theologians, including Nancy Dallavalle, Roger Haight, Brad Hinze, Paul Lakeland, Gerard Mannion, and Paul Murray. I argue that movements like comparative ecclesiology, inductive ecclesiology, and receptive ecumenism reflect theological views of the church that are consonant with denominational self-understandings and encourage a more appreciative perspective on denominationalism. Now that denominational churches have fallen on harder times, they have the opportunity to live into their distinctive theological self-understanding: a self-relativizing view of their place in the church universal, a realism about their own imperfections, and an acknowledgement of the need to receive wisdom from others, both inside and outside the church. Listen to the sermon.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
God's Longing
William A. Benfield, Jr. Professor of Evangelism and Global Mission
December 3, 2010
Psalm 50
Do we believe God wants to deliver us? That God will deliver us? Can we bring our troubles to God in doubt as well as in faith? Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Fencing the Table, Dealing with Differences
Director of Lifelong Learning and Advanced Degrees, and Professor of Ministry
November, 19, 2010
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Psalm 130
A. B. Rhodes Professor Emerita of Old Testament
November 12, 2010
Psalm 130
Lament psalms help us to tell the truth about this world of wounds. Psalm 130 expresses expectancy, trust that God sees the chasm between what is and what ought to be, and is at work to transform this world of wounds into a garden of redemption. Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Genesis 16
Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling
October 15, 2010—Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Domestic violence and God’s good intention for creation have lived in tragic tension for centuries. In the first family we are reminded that in a fit of jealousy and rage, Cain killed his own brother Abel. Domestic violence is a sin that separates and isolates victims from sources of value and meaning in God’s good creation. Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.
Monday, January 10, 2011
A Rich Feast for All Peoples
Henry P. Mobley Professor of Doctrinal Theology
Isaiah 25:1-10
Isaiah’s vision of a rich feast for all peoples reminds us that World Communion is never just about ourselves as Christians. Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.
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