Looking Back

Barbara Wheeler

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.

Prayer

Dean K. Thompson

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

W. Eugene March
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

Craig Dykstra

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

April 15, 2011

Romans 12: 2

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

Scott Black Johnston

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.

Christianity and the Ways of Being Religious

Luke Timothy Johnson

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

Luke Timothy Johnson

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.