Beeson Divinity School Podcast

Demetrea Williams shares about the ministry of hospital chaplaincy in the second part of a three-week series on chaplaincy.

Co-hosts Doug Sweeney and Kristen Padilla begin a three week series on chaplaincy, talking with three different alumni who serve as chaplains about their respective ministries. This week on the show is Lieutenant Commander Kaelan Clay, who serves as a chaplain in the U.S. Navy. He is currently deployed aboard the USS San Jacinto.

Beeson alumnus Vitaliy Bak shares about his journey to the States and Beeson, pastoring a church with members who have connections to Ukraine and Russia, how to pray for the conflict and the people in Ukraine and more. 

Co-hosts Doug Sweeney and Kristen Padilla talk to Lynn Cohick for International Women's Month about her books on early Christian women, why it is important to study the women of early Christendom, and why it is important for centers of learning to encourage and equip women in ministry.

In light of the war in Ukraine, co-hosts Doug Sweeney and Kristen Padilla release this special podcast episode with Beeson alumnus Oleg Turlac to discuss the war in Ukraine: what led to this conflict, the history of the former Soviet Union, Baptists in Ukraine, ministry in the former Soviet Union, and how Christians in the States can pray and help. 

Co-hosts Doug Sweeney and Kristen Padilla interviewed Ed Litton, the 63rd president of the Southern Baptist Convention, following community worship on March 1 in front of a live studio audience.

Co-hosts Doug Sweeney and Kristen Padilla interview Michael Knowles on the podcast about the ministry of preaching both as a priest and a professor, his research on Revelation and worship, the lectures he gave at Beeson on preaching the crucifixion and the resurrection, and how to preach in a post-Christendom era.

Co-hosts Doug Sweeney and Kristen Padilla continue a four-week series for African American Ministry Emphasis Month with Rev. Dr. Reginald Calvert as this week's guest.

Co-hosts Doug Sweeney and Kristen Padilla continue a four-week series for African American Ministry Emphasis Month with a sermon by Charlie Dates, "Forever Word in a Fading World."

Co-hosts Doug Sweeney and Kristen Padilla continue a four-week series for African American Ministry Emphasis Month with Rev. Ruby Heard-Bustamonte as this week's guest.

Co-hosts Doug Sweeney and Kristen Padilla begin a four-week series for African American Ministry Emphasis Month. The first guest is Beeson alumnus Harry White.

Co-hosts Doug Sweeney and Kristen Padilla talk to three alumni, Chris Hanna, Eric Parker and Trey Johnson, about their ministry paths from Beeson Divinity School to Highlands College.

Co-hosts Doug Sweeney and Kristen Padilla talk to Dan Treier and Kevin Vanhoozer about the state of evangelical theology and the Festschrift Treier and Sweeney co-edited in honor of Vanhoozer called, "Hearing and Doing the Word: The Drama of Evangelical Hermeneutics." 

Co-hosts Doug Sweeney and Kristen Padilla talk to the co-chairs of Beeson's Advisory Board, Collin Hansen and David Byers, about the state of evangelical seminaries in the U.S., why they choose to serve on Beeson's Advisory Board, what excites them about Beeson and more.

Co-hosts Doug Sweeney and Kristen Padilla talk to the co-chairs of Beeson's Advisory Board, Collin Hansen and David Byers, about the state of the evangelical church in the U.S., their own church involvement and the way their work supports the ministry of the church. 

Co-hosts Doug Sweeney and Kristen Padilla end the 2021 year by playing the sermon Doug gave for Opening Convocation in August called, "God Meant It for Good."

Co-hosts Doug Sweeney and Kristen Padilla talk with Walter Kim about his pastoral ministry, serving as president of the National Association of Evangelicals, what it means to be an evangelical and the scope of evangelicalism around the world.

Josh Reeves talks about the intersection of science and faith, his work with the Center for Science and Religion, his new book, "Redeeming Expertise: Scientific Trust in the Future of the Church," and an upcoming theological anthropology conference in this week's episode.

Co-hosts Doug Sweeney and Kristen Padilla introduce and play a sermon given by Mark Gignilliat titled, God's Advent Promise, which he preached at the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Dec. 2020.

Co-hosts Doug Sweeney and Kristen Padilla talk to Tim Cox about his more than 20 years of pastoral ministry at Liberty Baptist Church in Chelsea, the Alabama Baptist State Convention, and what God is doing among Southern Baptists. 

Co-hosts Doug Sweeney and Kristen Padilla talk to Paul Lawler about the history of Methodism, the future global Methodist church and Beeson's new Wesleyan Certificate. 

Co-hosts Doug Sweeney and Kristen Padilla talk to Michael McClymond about the annual Reformation Heritage lectures he delivered at Beeson in October called, Seeing Christ's Cross Through a Reformation Lens.

This week on the Beeson podcast, the Rev. Dr. Eric Riesen chats with co-hosts Doug Sweeney and Kristen Padilla about the North American Lutheran Church, Beeson’s partnership with the NALC denomination, and his over 30 years of parish ministry experience and how that informs his current role as president of the North American Lutheran Seminary.

Co-hosts Doug Sweeney and Kristen Padilla talk to Karen Ellis this week on the podcast about International Christian Response, Center for the Study of the Bible and Ethnicity and her Go Global Missions Emphasis sermon.

This week's guest is the Rev. Dr. Jason McConnell, pastor of Franklin United Church in Vermont and D.Min. graduate of Beeson, who supervises one of Beeson's Cross-Cultural Ministry Practicum options. He talks to Doug and Kristen about his ministry in Vermont and what he enjoys about the CCMP.