January 2010 – Winter Series
Grace & Gratitude: John Calvin 500 Years Later
January 3 | Grace and Gratitude –Setting the table for the rise of Calvin
Gary Charles will set the stage in Roman Catholicism and early Protestantism in the first decades of the 16th century that gives rise to the French Reformer who had to flee his home to the alien land of Geneva. Click here to listen to his presentation>>
January 10 | Grace and Gratitude –Calvin’s voice from an unmarked grave
Dr. George W. Stroup, J.B. Green Professor of Theology, Columbia Theological Seminary, will help us listen to the distinctive voice of John Calvin that has influenced Christian thought and much of Western thought long after his burial in an unmarked Genevan grave. (Recording of presentation not available)
January 17 | Grace and Gratitude – Calvin’s community of worship and praise
Dr. Kimberly Long, Assistant Professor of Worship, Columbia Theological Seminary, will invite us to explore Calvin’s contribution to seeing all life and work as worship and how God’s grace leads the church to be a body of grateful praise. Click here to listen to her presentation>>
January 24 | Grace and Gratitude – A font of blessing and a table of thanksgiving
Dr. Martha Moore-Keish, Assistant Professor of Theology, Columbia Theological Seminary, will explore how Calvin’s sacramental thought was derived from his profound sense of the grace of God and how God’s gift of font and table evokes an answering gratitude from God’s children. Click here to listen to her presentation>>
January 31 | Grace and Gratitude – Legacies of Calvin, from slavery to Barmen and apartheid to Belhar
George Stroup and Gary Charles will explore the legacies of Calvin and later Calvinists; legacies to confess and legacies to claim as instrumental to our becoming a body of Christ marked by grace and gratitude.
