May 14 2024, Lunch and Learn with Dr. McKenzie
Dr. McKenzie served as a speaker at the latest Office of Enrollment Management “Lunch and Learn!” an event for prospective Perkins students.
Opening the Old Testament
John C. Holbert, Lois Craddock Perkins Professor of Homiletics Emeritus, Perkins School of Theology, earned his B.A. degree from Grinnell College, the M. Div. from Perkins and a Ph.D. in Old Testament Studies from SMU.
Must Reads, Episode 28, with Karoline M. Lewis, featuring “Preaching the Word"
Welcome to another episode of Must Reads where the Reverend Dr. Karoline M. Lewis, the Marbury E. Anderson Chair of Biblical Preaching at Luther Seminary in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dr. Lewis discusses her book “Preaching the Word: Contemporary Approaches to the Bible for the Pulpit.”
The Spirit’s Real Power - Reflections on Ezekiel 37:1-14
The issue of the day is the power of God’s spirit, and the marvelous Ezekiel text focuses directly on that very point.
Spirituality and Greed - Reflections on Acts:15-17, 21-26
In the seemingly simple need to select another disciple to replace the fallen Judas, Luke spends a significant textual time, not to mention a superb literary artistry, on the task.
A Tiny Text with Immense Significance - Reflections on Acts 10:44-48
Acts 10-15 presents to the reader the full implication of what the Gospel of Jesus Messiah actually means for the emerging Christian communities, as well as for Christian communities now. In these crucial chapters of Acts Peter comes to see that membership in the church of Jesus has nothing to do with being a citizen of a particular nation or being one who observes special customs that make one acceptable to God.
Perkins Homiletics Professors on the Road!
Perkins Homiletics Professors on the Road!
A Running Commentary—Literally - Reflections on Acts 8:26-40
The wonderful tale of Phillip and the Ethiopian eunuch is among the most well-known stories in the book of Acts. It is at the same time an introduction to the inclusive power of the gospel and an insightful narrative of the early Christian use of the Hebrew Bible, as it was mediated through the Septuagint (LXX), the Greek version of the First Testament that almost always served as the springboard for reflection on the meaning of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Messiah.
Living the Resurrection - Reflections on Acts 4:32-35
The author of Acts, Luke, the writer of the Gospel that bears his name, has amplified the call of the older testament to order the new resurrection community in the way that the Israelites were similarly called to shape their community under YHWH.
Tell the Story! - Reflections on Mark 16:1-8
I chose this amazing text from Mark, because I know of no better account of the astonishing event that Easter commemorates. You may, I imagine, disagree! After all, Matthew has fainting soldiers and rising corpses. Luke offers the story of two disciples trudging toward Emmaus, disconsolate until they meet the risen Jesus and recognize him when they break bread. John tells us the touching tale of Mary and her confusion about Jesus as a gardener. And Mark? Here we get the empty tomb, a man in white, and at the end silent and terrified women. Just what sort of narrative is that for an Easter Sunday? I am glad you asked!
Must Reads, Episode 27, with Dr. Maurice J. Nutt, featuring “Preaching Racial Justice”
Welcome to another episode of Must Reads where the Reverend Dr. Maurice J. Nutt, C. a Redemptorist missionary priest and an adjunct professor of preaching and evangelization serving as a doctoral thesis advisor in the Doctor of Ministry of preaching program at Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, MO, discusses a very timely book: “Preaching Racial Justice.”
Peter the Teacher - Reflections on Isaiah 50:4-9a and Mark 14:66-72
I want to offer today something rather different: a 21st-century imaginative reading of Is.50 and Mark 14, surrounding the apostle Peter.
