The Cost to Change: What it Really Takes to BE and DO Something Different

Felicia Howell LaBoy

Associate Dean of Black Church Studies and Advanced Learning
Assistant Professor of Black Church Studies

September 8, 2016
Luke 5: 1-11
Fall Convocation

How can we, as followers of Jesus, begin the process of leaving racism behind so we can truly follow Him?  Listen to the sermon.

Becoming the People of God

Frances S. Adeney

William A. Benfield, Jr. Professor of Evangelism and Global Mission
November 11, 2011
1 Peter 2:9,10
1Peter 3:8,9
Read first in Indonesian, then in English
Getting along in community can be a tough job.  Listen to the sermon

Building a Culture of Hope

Doug Gragg

Professor of Bibliography and Research; Director of Library and Information Technology Services; Officer of Institutional Effectiveness

September 30, 2011

1 Peter 3:15b

Life can sometimes be hell on earth because of the suffering we cause one another. Social conflicts can feel so intractable that we lose all hope of addressing them effectively and surrender to passive resignation. Building a culture of hope requires recalling the small victories over hell on earth that have occurred when imaginative people have enabled us to think differently about each other and to embrace our differences. Every time we enlarge our circles to include a wider range of difference, we push back the gates of hell on earth a little farther than they were before.   Read the sermon in PDF.