A Different World is Possible

Clifton Kirkpatrick

Professor of World Christianity and Ecumenical Studies,
William A. Benfield Jr. Professor of Evangelism and Global Missions

September 15, 2017
Luke 4:14-21

We are living through a series of disasters that seem to be a dress rehearsal of the end times.  The human-made ones are tearing apart our human fabric.  We are living in a time of great evil.  What can we do to change?

The Reign of God and the Limits of Social Justice

Debra J. Mumford

Frank H. Caldwell Associate Professor of Homiletics
Associate Academic Dean

September 9, 2015
Fall Convocation
Matthew 4:23-25

The Convocation address explores the limits of social justice while challenging the Louisville Seminary community to embrace Jesus’ vision of the reign of God as a more observable and holistic goal.  Listen to the address.  Read the address in PDF.

Acts 2:1-21

Stephanie Sorge Wing
Student Body President

Acts 2:1-21
May 9, 2008

The Student Body President is invited to lead the last worship service of the academic year in Caldwell Chapel. The sermon leads us to ponder the meaning of community and how the Holy Spirit works through a community of believers.
Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.

The Beloved Community: American Search, Christian Hope, Human Struggle

Charles Marsh
Professor of Religious and Theological Studies
Director of the Project on Lived Theology, University of Virginia

George and Jean Edwards Lecture on Peace and Justice
October 25, 2007

In our current, troubled times, Dr. Marsh reconstructs Dr. Martin Luther King’s call to the struggle for a new world as the only true call of the children of the living God. He says that in order to create beloved community, we must remain close to the ground, listen more closely, and return to the commitment of the Church’s healing presence in the world. Listen to the lecture.