Princeton Theological Seminary

May 24, 2022 | Reunion 2022 Session: Keynote Lecture, “The Perfectibility Paradigm” Speaker: Kate Bowler, PhD, associate professor of the history of Christianity in North America, Duke Divinity School This lecture is made possible by the Edwin H. Rian Alumni lectureship. To view the reunion website, visit https://https://reunion.ptsem.edu/.

May 23, 2022 | Reunion 2022 Session: Welcome and Opening Worship for Reunion 2022 Speaker: M. Craig Barnes, president, Princeton Theological Seminary To view the reunion website, visit https://https://reunion.ptsem.edu/.

June 9, 2022 | Wright Library Gerald H. Anderson Lecture Speaker: Dr. Dana Robert, Truman Collins Professor of World Christianity and History of Mission and director of the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at Boston University Learn more about the Overseas Ministries Study Center at https://omsc.ptsem.edu/.

May 28, 2022 | Princeton University Chapel President Barnes delivers the 210th commencement address at the 2022 commencement ceremony.

May 28, 2022 | Princeton University Chapel 210th Princeton Theological Seminary Commencement Exercises

Seminary Chapel Scripture: Mark 16:1-8 The shorter, and probably original, ending of Mark concludes with the women fleeing from the tomb, “for terror and amazement had seized them.” What kind of ending is this to a gospel? It bothered the early church so much they added longer endings to it. But what if the Gospel is supposed to be unfinished? What if it is up to us to do that with our belief in the words of the angel who said the risen Jesus has gone on ahead of us?

Seminary Chapel Scripture: Luke 22:24-30 After Jesus gives his disciples the bread and cup as a means of communing with him, an argument breaks out among them about who is the greatest. We think we would never have such an argument, but we have merely found spiritual ways of pressing our greatness. Today Jesus reminds us that he is the one who serves. We commune with Jesus also as servants.

April 7, 2022 | Wright Library Theron Room Frederick Neumann Memorial Lecture: “Dwelling, Sovereignty, and Theology in the Anthropocene Age: A Proposal” Lecturer: Dr. Ryan LaMothe, professor of pastoral care and counseling, Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology

Seminary Chapel The Temptation to be Less Than Human This is a three-week Lenten series of homilies on the temptation of Christ. It is significant that all three of these temptations came immediately after Jesus’ baptism, where he identified with us, and heaven declared that he was “the Beloved, with whom God is well pleased.” As the Son of Humanity, Jesus’ temptations depict the essence of our temptations. All of them make us question if we are truly the beloved of God. Scripture: Matthew 4:8-11 “The Temptation to Make a Deal with the Devil” It is striking that the devil doesn’t tempt Jesus with things like health or riches. He tempts him with the kingdoms of the world, which is exactly what the Son of God came to redeem. The greatest temptations are not about ends but means. We are told we can accomplish even our spiritual goals if we just make a deal with the devil.

March 31, 2022 | Annie Kinkead Warfield Lectures Lecture Six: The Spirit of freedom and the human Lecturer: Dr. Friederike Nüssel, professor of systematic theology and director of the Ecumenical Institute at Heidelberg University; director of Marsilius-Kolleg (Institute for Interdisciplinary Inquiry) at Heidelberg University

March 31, 2022 | Annie Kinkead Warfield Lectures Lecture Five: The reconciling Spirit as the medium of presence Lecturer: Dr. Friederike Nüssel, professor of systematic theology and director of the Ecumenical Institute at Heidelberg University; director of Marsilius-Kolleg (Institute for Interdisciplinary Inquiry) at Heidelberg University

March 30, 2022 | Annie Kinkead Warfield Lectures Lecture Four: The redeeming Spirit as the gift of recognition Lecturer: Dr. Friederike Nüssel, professor of systematic theology and director of the Ecumenical Institute at Heidelberg University; director of Marsilius-Kolleg (Institute for Interdisciplinary Inquiry) at Heidelberg University

March 29, 2022 | Annie Kinkead Warfield Lectures Lecture Three: The creating Spirit as the power of diversity Lecturer: Dr. Friederike Nüssel, professor of systematic theology and director of the Ecumenical Institute at Heidelberg University; director of Marsilius-Kolleg (Institute for Interdisciplinary Inquiry) at Heidelberg University

March 29, 2022 | Annie Kinkead Warfield Lectures Lecture Two: “God is Spirit” – Narrating God’s revelation as Spirit Lecturer: Dr. Friederike Nüssel, professor of systematic theology and director of the Ecumenical Institute at Heidelberg University; director of Marsilius-Kolleg (Institute for Interdisciplinary Inquiry) at Heidelberg University

March 28, 2022 | Annie Kinkead Warfield Lectures Lecture One: Rethinking developments in pneumatology Lecturer: Dr. Friederike Nüssel, professor of systematic theology and director of the Ecumenical Institute at Heidelberg University; director of Marsilius-Kolleg (Institute for Interdisciplinary Inquiry) at Heidelberg University

Seminary Chapel The Temptation to be Less Than Human This is a three-week Lenten series of homilies on the temptation of Christ. It is significant that all three of these temptations came immediately after Jesus’ baptism, where he identified with us, and heaven declared that he was “the Beloved, with whom God is well pleased.” As the Son of Humanity, Jesus’ temptations depict the essence of our temptations. All of them make us question if we are truly the beloved of God. Scripture: Matthew 4:5-7 “The Temptation to be Certain” The devil uses scripture to tempt Jesus to jump from a high peak in order to make God send angels to rescue him, and prove that he was the beloved. Certainty doesn’t make us have faith. To the contrary, it makes no room for faith. And we can only enjoy the love of God by faith.

Seminary Chapel The Temptation to be Less Than Human This is a three-week Lenten series of homilies on the temptation of Christ. It is significant that all three of these temptations came immediately after Jesus’ baptism, where he identified with us, and heaven declared that he was “the Beloved, with whom God is well pleased.” As the Son of Humanity, Jesus’ temptations depict the essence of our temptations. All of them make us question if we are truly the beloved of God. Scripture: Matthew 4:1-4 “The Temptation to be Full” We were created hungry, and every morning we wake up to confront appetite again. We hunger not just for food but for greater intimacy, meaning, security, peace, hope, and the list goes on. Hunger confronts us with a choice. Will we make it our god?

Seminary Chapel Scripture: Luke 9:57-62 Jesus is a rough recruiter. Three people offer to follow Jesus, and he cautions each of them about the high cost of following him. Jesus is moving ahead, and to follow him inevitably means leaving something cherished behind. But we cannot make it to a new future without traveling lightly. So learning to surrender is one of our most critical spiritual disciplines.

Seminary Chapel Scripture: Jeremiah 29:4-11 The prophet tells the exiles not to be anxious about how long their detour in Babylon would last. Instead, they were called to seek the welfare of the city where they were, which meant settling in, building houses, planting gardens, and raising families. We can only do that if we believe in God’s promise of “a future filled with hope.”

February 17, 2022 | Seminary Chapel Lecture: "Faith and Wealth: Black Liberation Theology & Martin Luther King, Jr." Speaker: Dr. Dwight N. Hopkins, the Alexander Campbell Professor at the University of Chicago