Calvin and the Old Testament, Part 2

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Julia M. O'Brien, professor of Old Testament at Lancaster Theological Seminary, concludes her series on John Calvin and the Old Testament.

Issues Class podcasts will take a break for two weeks. Lecture-style classes will resume on January 4 when Rev. Dick Houtz begins a 4-week series on John Calvin.


Derry Presbyterian Church
Hershey, PA

Calvin and the Old Testament, Part 1

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Julia M. O'Brien, professor of Old Testament at Lancaster Theological Seminary, presents the first of two lectures on John Calvin and the Old Testament. The series concludes next Sunday.

Derry Presbyterian Church
Hershey, PA.

Youth Culture Update

Today, Youth Director Eli McCulloch gives us the latest updates and information on youth happenings, technology and more.

This lecture was presented on Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 in the weekly Issues Class at Derry Presbyterian Church in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Swiss Reformation Travelogue

Rev. Marie Buffaloe and Rev. Brad Bradburn traveled to Switzerland in August, visiting Calvin's Geneva, Zwingli's Zürich, and Erasmus's Basel. Their presentation was accompanied by a slide show. Later in the week, if possible, a link will be added to the podcasting page of the church website so you can view the photos along with the lecture.

This lecture was presented on Sunday, November 16, 2008 at Derry Presbyterian Church, Hershey, PA.

Discerning God's Call

Our special guest for Consecration Sunday weekend, Rev. Dr. Charles Marks, talks about discerning God's call for our lives and how the church helps to nurture future leaders: ministers, elders and deacons.

Rev. Marks is Chaplain and Associate Professor of Ministry, San Francisco Theological Seminary.

His lecture was given in the chapel at Derry Presbyterian Church on Sunday, November 9, 2008.

Religion and The Public Square, Part 2

Derry member Joel Ario originally presented this lecture on Sunday, October 26. When the recording failed, he graciously returned to the church on November 4 to re-record the second and final part of his "Religion and the Public Square" series.

Mission Week Recap

Due to the highly visual content of the November 2 Issues Class (lots of photos from this summer's mission trips), this program was not recorded on audio.

Next week at Derry Church, the Issues Class speaker will be our special guest for Consecration Sunday: Rev. Dr. Charles Marks, Chaplain and Associate Professor of Ministry at San Francisco Theological Seminary.

Religion and The Public Square Part 2

This week's recording failed. Stay tuned next week for Mission Week Recap: highlights from the summer's trips to Nicaragua, Baltimore, and The Disabilities Retreat.

Religion and the Public Square, Part 1

Derry Church member Joel Ario says that the relationship between church and state has been contentious throughout American history. Today he takes on this topic by presenting the first part of a timely two-week Issues Class series at Derry Presbyterian Church.

Joel considers himself to be "an armchair theologian with just enough training to be dangerous." His education includes St. Olaf College (BA), Harvard Divinity School (MDiv) and Harvard Law School (JD). He started his career as a public interest lawyer and currently serves as Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner. His perspective on church and state can be summed up as, "I believe in the separation of church and state and the inseparability of faith and politics."

Journey of the Psalms

Rev. Bill Carter, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Clarks Summit and co-founder of the Presbybop Quartet, will share musical discoveries from his recent pastoral sabbatical to the Outer Hebrides islands of Scotland: how Celtic psalm singing may have been the musical forbear of Gospel music and American jazz.

The audio portion of the video clips used in class are not included in this recording.

This lecture was presented on Sunday, October 12, 2008 at Derry Presbyterian Church, Hershey, PA.

Next week's lecture will be presented by Joel Ario, Insurance Commissioner of Pennsylvania. He will speak on "Religion and the Public Square."

Calvin and the Bible, Part 4

Rev. Charles "Buz" Myers, Ph.D, faculty member in the Religion Department at Gettysburg College, concludes his series on John Calvin.

This lecture was presented on Sunday, October 5, 2008 at Derry Presbyterian Church, Hershey, PA.

Next week's lecture will be presented by Rev. Bill Carter.

Meet John Calvin

This lecture was originally presented at Derry Presbyterian Church on Sunday, September 7. When the recording failed, Dr. Lee Barrett graciously agreed to re-record his program for our "Year of John Calvin."

Lee C. Barrett, III is the Mary B. and Henry P. Stager Chair in Theology and Professor of Systematic Theology at Lancaster Theological Seminary.

John Calvin was the most influential character in the origin of the Reformed theological tradition that informs the Presbyterian heritage. In a way, he is Presbyterianism's primary parent. As with any parent, his children have remembered him with a complicated mixture of adoration and aversion, praising him for all the virtues of the heritage and blaming him for all its faults. His piety and personality lives on in the way Presbyterians think, worship, pray, engage in mission, and conduct church life. This lecture sets the stage for an investigation of the life, thought, and legacy of this monumental figure who bequeathed his deepest yearnings, anxieties, hopes, and fears to his spiritual descendants.

Calvin and the Bible, Part 3

Rev. Charles "Buz" Myers, Ph.D, faculty member in the Religion Department at Gettysburg College, continues his series on John Calvin.

This lecture was presented on Sunday, September 28, 2008 at Derry Presbyterian Church, Hershey, PA. The final lecture in this series will be given next Sunday, October 5.

Calvin and the Bible, Part 2

Today, Rev. Charles "Buz" Myers, Ph.D, faculty member in the Religion Department at Gettysburg College, continues his series on John Calvin.

This lecture was presented on Sunday, September 21, 2008 at Derry Presbyterian Church, Hershey, PA. Part 3 will be presented next Sunday, September 28.


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Calvin and the Bible: Part 1

Our introduction to John Calvin continues with a four-week series on "Calvin and the Bible" led by Rev. Charles "Buz" Myers, Ph.D, faculty member in the Religion Department at Gettysburg College. John Calvin believed that all of life should be based on what the Bible says. Calvin wrote commentaries on most of the books of the Bible, produced several editions of his Institutes of the Christian Religion, and composed catechisms--all in an attempt to explain what the Bible has to say about the Christian faith. Calvin’s understanding of the Bible and its place in the Church and in the lives of believers has shaped Reformed thinking and practice ever since.

This lecture was presented on Sunday, September 14, 2008 at Derry Presbyterian Church, Hershey, PA. Part 2 will be presented next Sunday, September 21.

Meet John Calvin

Due to technical difficulties, today's lecture by Lee Barrett was not recorded. Next week's lecture will be presented by Rev. Dr. Charles "Buz" Myers of Gettysburg College.