Princeton Theological Seminary

March 12, 2019 | Miller Chapel Speaker: James Forbes, Senior Minister Emeritus of Riverside Church

February 28, 2019 | Miller Chapel The 2019 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture Speaker: Rev. Dr. Frederick Haynes III, senior pastor of Friendship-West Church & Conference Center in Dallas, Texas

February 14, 2019 | Miller Chapel "Jesus stood still and said, 'Call him here.'" Jesus and a large crowd are leaving Jericho for Jerusalem. Blind Bartimaeus is rebuked by the crowd for trying to interrupt the parade with his cry for mercy. But Jesus stood still. That’s the hardest thing in ministry. Don’t just do something. Stand there.

February 7, 2019 | Miller Chapel "What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God?" Micah sets a courtroom in which the Lord is the prosecutor, the mountains are the jury, and we are in the dock. Our defense are meager questions like “What does the Lord expect of us?” But we’ve always known what is required of God’s people.

February 6, 2019 | Miller Chapel The 2019 Prathia Hall Lecture Speaker: Rev. Dr. Yvette A. Flunder, founder and senior pastor of City of Refuge United Church of Christ (City of Refuge UCC) in Oakland, Calif.

January 22, 2019 | Miller Chapel Spring 2019 Opening Communion Service Mark S. Smith, Helena Professor of Old Testament Literature and Exegesis at Princeton Theological Seminary

December 12, 2018 | Miller Chapel The Carols of Many Nations service includes readings, choral anthems, and congregational carols led by the Princeton Seminary Choir and international students and staff of the Seminary.

December 6, 2018 | Miller Chapel "Keep on doing the things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you." (4:9) We want to accomplish monumental acts of heroism for God. We want to change the world. But Paul is here calling us to routine acts of faithfulness, and to “keep on doing” them again and again. Those who live by grace don’t think in terms of what they want to accomplish, but in terms of how God is changing the world through the faithful acts of quiet servants.

November 29, 2018 | Miller Chapel "Let your gentleness be known to everyone…" (4:5) Paul doesn’t tell Euodia and Syntyche to avoid having conflicts. He does tell them to have the “same mind in the Lord,” and he tells them to conduct the conflicts gently. In fact, he expects the whole church to be known for its gentleness. This is not the same as weakness. Only the strong can be gentle.

November 12, 2018 | “The History and Future of Liberia” Speaker: Rev. Dr. Samuel Reeves, ’02 DMin, ’97 MDiv, Pastor of Providence Baptist Church, Liberia For information on the Princeton Seminary and Slavery Report, visit slavery.ptsem.edu/.

April 13, 2018 | (Re)Planting Missional Churches Conference (Re)Planting Missional Churches: The Theological Dimensions of Why Speaker: Rev. Kevin Haah, Lead pastor of New City Church of Los Angeles and visionary of the LA Church Planting Movement

April 13, 2018 | (Re)Planting Missional Churches Conference (Re)Planting Missional Churches, The Theological Dimensions of Why Speaker: Rev. Keas Keasler, Professor of theology and program director of Christian Spiritual Formation at Friends University in Wichita

April 12, 2018 | (Re)Planting Missional Churches Conference (Re)Planting Missional Churches: The Theological Dimensions of Why Speaker: Dr. Dharius Daniels, Founder and lead pastor of Change Church in central New Jersey

April 13, 2018 | (Re)Planting Missional Churches Conference (Re)Planting Missional Churches, The Theological Dimensions of Why Speaker: Rev. Pam Driesell, Senior pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Atlanta

April 14, 2018 | (Re)Planting Missional Churches Conference Panel discussion: (Re)Planting Missional Churches, The Theological Dimensions of Why Panelists: Rev. Aisha Brooks-Lytle, Rev. Dr. Dharius Daniels, Rev. Kevin Haah and Rev. Keas Keasler

November 15, 2018 | Miller Chapel "…forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal…" (3:13-14) The grace of God disrupts the former plans we had for life, and it compels to let go of the alternative past we could have had. That is the only way we can be free to focus on the goal of using our lives for the work of Christ. As Paul and other biblical lives illustrate, God is not easy on the people who get used for the Gospel. But interestingly, in the end they all want to talk about their surpassing joy.

November 8, 2018 | Princeton Theological Seminary Library Speaker: Michael Gerson, columnist and author of “Trump and the Evangelical Temptation”

November 8, 2018 | Miller Chapel "…at the name of Jesus, every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth…" (2:10) Living in a very anxious society we strive to find ways to secure our lives, typically by discerning who is to blame for our problems. But the grace of God that binds us to Christ teaches us to conquer such aggression with humility. Grace sounds nice, but it is actually subversive of the prevailing order.

October 17, 2018 Panel Discussion on the Princeton Seminary and Slavery Report Panelists: Dr. Keri Day, Associate Professor of Constructive Theology and African American Religion, Princeton Theological Seminary Ken Henke, archivist, Princeton Theological Seminary Library Dr. Gordon Mikoski, Associate Professor of Christian Education, Princeton Theological Seminary Dr. Jim Moorhead, Mary McIntosh Bridge Professor of American Church History Emeritus, Princeton Theological Seminary Rev. Kermit Moss, PhD Candidate and Interim Director of the Center for Black Church Studies, Princeton Theological Seminary For information on the Princeton Seminary and Slavery Report, visit https://slavery.ptsem.edu/.

October 17, 2018 | The 2018 Geddes W. Hanson Lecture Speaker: Dr. Willie James Jennings, associate professor of Systematic Theology and Africana Studies at Yale University Divinity School For information on the Princeton Seminary and Slavery Report, visit https://slavery.ptsem.edu/.