News & Events
The Sermon in a Secular Age
As the context of the American church becomes increasingly secularized so too will the audience engaged in your preaching and teaching. More and more those entering your doors and listening online are unfamiliar with the Gospel and skeptical of, if not hostile to, its implications. What does it mean that we now live in a secular age?
My Church, Your Church, God’s Church
In this 2019’s J-Term, we will equip our pastors and leaders to bridge this gap in order that they might move their churches from a MY CHURCH perspective (inward- and maintenance-focused) to an OUR CHURCH perspective (outward- and mission-minded).
Contemporary Trends in Preaching
2018’s A. A. Pedersen Lectureship in Preaching will provide an examination of contemporary trends in homiletics, offering examples of what those trends might look like in preaching.
Transformational Church
We want our churches to effectively participate in God’s mission and to see our lives and others transformed by the gospel. How are we doing? How do we find out how we are doing? The theme for our 2018 J-Term is “Transformational Church: God’s Church in God’s Mission.
Preaching Job and its Reformational Themes
2017’s A. A. Pedersen Lectureship features Rev. Dr. R. Reed Lessing. Dr. Lessing is Senior Pastor at St. Michael Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana and served as professor of exegetical theology and director of the graduate school at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis.
The Reformation and its Application for Today
The Reformation and its Application for Today Dr. Erick Herrman Session #1 Luther's Exegetical Journey to the Distinction of Law and GospelSession #2 Luther's Distinction of Law and Gospel in the Interpretation and Application of Scripture TodayDr. K. Detlev...
Application in the Preaching of Grace
2016’s A. A. Pedersen Lectureship features Dr. Bryan Chapell, Ph.D. Dr. Chapell is Senior Pastor of the historic Grace Presbyterian Church in Peoria, IL and President Emeritus of Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Chapell is an internationally renowned preacher, teacher, and speaker