Sermon on John 5

Loren L. Townsend
Henry Morris Edmonds Professor of Pastoral Ministry
Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling
Director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program

May 3, 2013
John 5:1-15

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The Second Story

Susan R. Garrett
Dean of the Seminary
Professor of New Testament Studies

April 15, 2013
Luke 24:13-35

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A Yearning for God

Johanna W. H. Bos
Dora Pierce Professor of Bible and Professor of Old Testament

March 18, 2013
1 Samuel 7

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Babel’s Disasters and Sharing Another Vision

Christopher Elwood
Professor of Historical Theology

March 15, 2013
Genesis 11:1-9
Isaiah 43:14-21

Reading the story of the Tower of Babel in the age of climate crisis calls us to ask new questions about an old story. What is God’s concern in this text, where do we see God’s concern today, and what does that concern call us to do about such matters as the extraction of petroleum from the Alberta tar sands and the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline across the United States? Listen to the sermon.

What Is the Meaning of These Stones?

Brandon McCormack
Ph.D. Candidate, Vanderbilt University

February 28, 2013
Joshua 4:1-7

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Where You Go, I Will Go with You

Kerri Allen
Louisville Seminary, MDiv 2010

Originally preached as part of the Katie Geneva Cannon lecture celebration
Ruth 1:1-18

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The Essence of the Gospel

Michael Jinkins
President and Professor of Theology

Exploratory Weekend
March 1, 2013
John 8:1-12

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A Quiet Revolution: Broad Findings and Further Thoughts in Changing Times

Leila Ahmed
Victor S. Thomas Professor of Divinity, Harvard Divinity School

April 10, 2013
Grawemeyer Award in Religion Lecture

Dr. Ahmed received the 2013 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion for ideas set forth in her book, A Quiet Revolution: The Veil’s Resurgence from the Middle East to America.  She examines the increase in American Muslim women who wear the veil, or hijab.  She looks at the experiences of women in Islam in both broad and personal terms, and examines Muslim American women in the post-9/11 world.  For some women wearing the hijab can be a simultaneous demand for justice for Muslims in American and justice for women in Islam.  Listen to the lecture.

Coloring Outside the Lines: Jesus and Religious Diversity

Cynthia M. Campbell
Former President of McCormick Seminary
Interim Pastor, Highland Presbyterian Church

Festival of Theology
April 10, 2013
Luke 7:1-10

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No Common Creed: The American Bible from Thomas Jefferson to Barack Obama

Steven Prothero
Professor, Department of Religion at Boston University

Greenhoe Lecture
April 9, 2013

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