A Prayer to Begin With--Psalm 51

David C. Hester

Dean of the Seminary, Vice President for Academic Affairs

Harrison Ray Anderson Professor of Pastoral Theology

September 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.

Then Dawns the Bright Day--Philippians

Susan R. Garrett
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.

The Search for Meaning

Michael Jinkins
President and Professor of Theology

October 14, 2011

Ephesians 2:1-10

What 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.

A Sermon on Genesis 4:2b-9

Steve Cook
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.

A Word Fitly Spoken

Amy Plantinga Pauw
Henry P. Mobley Jr. Professor of Doctrinal Theology

September 16, 2011

Proverbs 25:11-20
Proverbs 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.