Sermons from Caldwell Chapel of the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Presler and Edwards Lectures

noreply@blogger.com (Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:19:07 PST

Presler Lecture: A New Mission?

Dr. Terry C. Muck
Dean of the E. Stanley Jones School of World Mission and Evangelism
Professor of Missions and World Religions, Asbury Theological Seminary

October 22, 2009

So-called “new missions” come about because of new contexts, not because of a new gospel. It is the demands of a new context that drives us back to Scripture for a fresh look at what God is calling us to be and do in this place and this time. Read the lecture in PDF.

Edwards Lecture: The New Mission Worker

Dr. Frances S. Adeney
William A. Benfield Jr. Professor of Evangelism & Global Missions, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary

October 22, 2009

What are the characteristics of the new mission workers? First they perceive the world differently. Second, they see the contradictions of current mission models and why they are not working, and third, they develop new ways of interacting with their context—new methods that bring the gospel alive in their setting. Read the lecture in PDF.

Muck and Adeney are co-authors of Christianity Encountering World Religions: The Practice of Mission in the Twenty-first Century (Baker 2009).

Psalm 65--World Communion

noreply@blogger.com (Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:02:35 PST

J. Bradley Wigger
Second Presbyterian Church Professor of Christian Education

October 22, 2009
Psalm 65

Biblical texts and geological texts differ in many ways but both have a way of rearranging our minds, shifting our sense of time and place if not our sense of home and community. When it comes to the world community, the communion of creation, there is of course a lot of work to be done, a lot of rearranging to do. Borders and boundaries are configured in terrible ways and the earth’s thermostat is out of whack. Our proclivities and transgressions overwhelm us. Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.

Considering God’s Call

noreply@blogger.com (Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:32:44 PDT

Christine Coy-Fohr
Student Body President

October 5, 2009
Matthew 17:14-20

What does it mean for us to be fully human in the way that Jesus was fully human? Can we perform miracles in our human realm? Listen to the sermon.

Hannah's Drunken Desire

noreply@blogger.com (Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:36:40 PDT

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

March 13, 2009
1 Samuel 1-18 (Dr. Bos reads her own translation of this passage. The link here is given for reference.)

Hannah’s story is that of a woman coming into her full humanity. She represents the hard stories of many modern women. Listen to the sermon.

Costly Grace Embodied

noreply@blogger.com (Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:55:01 PDT

Dean K.Thompson
President and Professor of Ministry

October 2, 2009—Exploratory Weekend
John 12:20-33

This sermon delivered to the potential students who visited LPTS to explore a call to seminary is about all of us, as we try to do our best to live and love as those who, by the power of Christ’s Spirit, would yearn to stand up in the face of evil. The next Exploratory Weekend is March 5-6, 2010. Listen to the sermon. Read the sermon in PDF.