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?

They All Come Home at Last

F. Morgan Roberts

April 28, 2010

Luke 15:11-32

How did we get from worshipping a God who prayed for forgiveness for his executioners to thinking that God, and we, should kill rather than love our enemies? Listen to the sermon.

Low on Oil atop a Spiritual ANWR: Mainline Protestants Prepare to Meet the Bridegroom

This sermon was originally preached in Caldwell Chapel on November 12, 2008 by Ryan Travis, ELCA.

Matthew 25:1-13
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Are we as mainline Protestants ready to meet Christ when he comes? Read the sermon in PDF.

Wolves, Lions, and Lambs at the Table

Cláudio Carvalhaes
Assistant Professor of Worship and Preaching

Isaiah 65: 17-25
Luke 21:5-19
November, 16, 2007

The scripture texts for this week pull together two different visions of the future: one from Isaiah filled with life and joy, and one from Luke about Jesus predicting a disastrous future. How do we make sense out of that? What do these visions have to do with our agency in the world? The sermon initiates the conversation and then asks people to get together around the Eucharistic table to figure it out. Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.