1. Dr. Ann White, Part 1, Jan. 6, 2008 (audio)
   
   
2. Dr. Ann White, Part 2, Jan. 13, 2008 (audio)

Living Together as Presbyterians: How We Do Church in Order to Do Mission" (Joint program with Institute for Christian Studies - 4 parts):

1. Herb & Terry Schlossberg, "The Presbyterian Choice among Many Options: Historical Ecumenism and How We Got our Start as Presbyterians", Jan. 20, 2008 (audio)
   
   
2. Herb & Terry Schlossberg, "So What Does It Mean to Be Presbyterian?", Jan. 27, 2008 (audio)  (Flash video)
   
   
3. Terry Schlossberg, "The Way Presbyterians Get Things Done: Who's in Charge and How It Works", Feb. 3, 2008 (handout)  (audio)  (Flash video) 
   
   
4. Terry Schlossberg, "What Works and What Could Be Better: How Do We Reform Ourselves?", Feb. 10, 2008 (video) 
   

A review of the scientific data on climate change and energy use, with a special focus on a new program on "carbon sequestration". Dr. Braitsch is the Program Manager for this initiative.

"Reformed Spirituality", a lecture series by Dr. Susan Kendall, Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.

1. Introduction: Reformed Spirituality for our Secular Age  (Video + slides)   (audio only)
2. Starting point: Sovereignty, Grace and Freedom  (Video + slides)   (audio only)
3. Christian Faith is...   (Video + slides)   (audio only)
4. Spiritual Disciplines   (video)   (audio only)

Bibliography on Reformed Spirituality (pdf)

"What the Reformers Teach Us about Thinking, Praying, Living", Dr. Ann White - Sept. 21 & 28, 2008.

• Part 1 (Sept. 21) - The Scriptures as the Basis for Reality  - How the Reformers (Luther, Calvin and others) rediscovered the Scriptural teachings on salvation by faith alone, and how lay people began to take the Scriptures seriously and to apply them to every area of life. (Video)  
• Part 2 (Sept. 28) - The Sovereignty of God  - (Video)  

David E. Gray directs the New America Foundation's Workforce and Family Program, which researches and develops solutions to social and family issues and builds common ground between people across ideological, political and theological boundaries. He manages the program's various projects, including its Healthy Families and Religious Center Initiatives.

Rev. Gray speaks frequently about issues of faith and life, family well being, and workforce policy at events, on Capitol Hill and in the media. His writings have appeared in publications such as the Baltimore Sun, Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, U.S. News and World Report, and WashingtonPost.com. He has been interviewed widely by the foreign and domestic press including CNN Radio, WTOP Radio, Forbes, Marketwatch, BNA, The Economist, Congressional Quarterly, San Fernando Valley Business Journal and the San Francisco Chronicle.

An attorney and ordained Presbyterian minister, Rev. Gray is a former acting assistant secretary for policy at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), where he managed a 54-person staff, a $15 million budget and the DOL offices of regulatory policy, programmatic policy, compliance assistance/technology, and economic analysis/research. In that capacity, he advised the Secretary of Labor on a variety of policy issues, staffed a number of White House working groups, and represented the U.S. abroad in negotiations in Mexico and in Chile. He has also served as a Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs and as a legislative aid to several members of Congress.

Rev. Gray is an associate pastor at Georgetown Presbyterian Church, is a chaplain at American University, and is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is a graduate of Yale College, Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, Northwestern University School of Law and Wesley Theological Seminary.

• Part 1 - Sept. 14, 2008 (not recorded)
• Part 2 - Oct. 5, 2008 (audio)  (download)
• Part 3 - Oct. 12, 2008 (audio)  (download)
• Part 4 - Nov. 23, 2008 (audio)  (download)
• Part 5 - Nov. 30, 2008 (video)

Part 1: Energy Stewardship at the Global Level
Dr. Ron White, Howard Moon and Cyril Draffin discuss the global energy trends and challenges we face. (Video)

Part 2: Energy Stewardship at the National Level
A critical review of national energy policy options, including the Pickens Plan, by a Program Manager at the US Dept. of Energy, Dr. Jay Braitsch. (video + slides)   (supplemental slides)

Part 3: Energy Stewardship at the Local Level
Paul Arveson discusses biblical principles of stewardship and ethics, with applications to practical energy stewardship in the home, church and car. (slides)

Preserving Bible Times

Doug Greenwold - Jan. 11, 2009
Our central thesis is that we should never ask what a passage means to us today until we first know what those words and phrases meant to those we meet in the Bible. Our emphasis is restoring the historical, cultural, literary and geographic context of a passage so we can understand it as a Middle Eastern villager would have first understood it. That gets us closer to the original meaning of a passage and therefore closer to the Spirit's intended transformation. (video)

   Rev. Bob Ragan and Rev. Peter Mitchell
   Jan. 18, 2009
Regeneration, Inc. is a nonprofit, tax exempt Christian ministry associated with Exodus International - North America. We seek to bring God's healing to men and women struggling with homosexuality, sexual addiction and other relational issues, and to help the Body of Christ in reaching out to these men and women.
    (video)

Dr. John Bernbaum, President of RACU

Part 1: The Role of Religion in Post-Communist Russia -
Feb. 1, 2009
  (video)  (PowerPoint slides)

Part 2: The Role of Christians in Building Civil Society in Russia -
Feb. 8, 2009
  (video)  (PowerPoint slides)

Mendelssohn's Elijah: Lifting the Words off the Page"

Dr. MacLaury, President Emeritus of the Brookings Institution, discusses the oratorio Elijah by Felix Mendelssohn, whose 200th birthday we celebrated on Feb. 3. A few samples of the oratorio are played and described.

"What the Reformers Teach Us about Thinking, Praying, Living" (continued), Dr. Ann White - March 1 & 8, 2009

• Part 3 (Mar. 1) - Conflict in the Church  (Video)
• Part 4 (Mar. 8) - Obedience to Authority in the Church  - (Video)

March 15, 2009
Dr. John Graz, a citizen of both Switzerland and France, was born at Thonon-les-bains, France. His father was Swiss, and his family has lived in Switzerland for centuries. He was elected Secretary General of the International Religious Liberty Association (IRLA) in 1995, and served as liaison to the United Nations at Geneva until 2000. John Graz studied theology, history, and the sociology of religion, obtaining his Master's Degree at the University of Montpellier, and his Doctorate from the Sorbonne University in Paris.
In July 1995, Dr Graz was elected director of the Department of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty for the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. In 1995 he also became Secretary General of the International Religious Liberty Association. Since 2002 he has served as the elected Secretary of the Conference of Secretaries of the World Christian Communions, whose members represent two billion Christians. He is a member of the Board of the International Academy of Religious Freedom, and has been Director for External Relations for the International Center on Government and Religion at Andrews University. Graz is also Secretary General of the General Conference Council on Interchurch/Inter-religion Affairs and has organized several interchurch dialogues. He is a member of the Selection Committee for the International First Freedom Award of the Council for America’s First Freedom.

(Video)  (Audio)

Apr. 26, 2009
Rev. Blaine Smith is President of Nehemiah Ministries, a teaching and counseling ministry in the Washington DC area that is focused on helping Christians realize their personal potential. He is also a talented musician and performs as the lead guitarist in a group called the Newports.

(Audio)

Sample performance by the Newports (Video)

May 3, 2009
Dr. Jennifer Wiseman is an astronomer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in the ExoPlanets and Stellar Astrophysics Laboratory.  She is also a Fellow in the American Scientific Affiliation, where she is a leading advocate for both authentic science and authentic Christian faith. 

Video of a similar presentation (Video)

May 10, 2009
Paul Arveson has had careers in physics (acoustics, oceanography) and information technology. He is now a management consultant with the Balanced Scorecard Institute. He is also a Fellow in the American Scientific Affiliation,  

(Audio) 

October 25, 2009
Dr. George Murphy has been active for many years in helping churches see the relevance of science for faith and to deal with religious issues raised by science and technology. With a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Johns Hopkins, he taught college science courses in the United States and Australia for twelve years. He received his M.Div. from Wartburg Seminary, and was pastor of St. Mark Lutheran Church in Tallmadge, Ohio from 1984 til 1999 and a pastoral associate at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Akron, Ohio from 1999 to 2008. Now retired from regular parish ministry, he continues to write and speak on issues of science and theology and is an adjunct faculty member at Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus. Dr. Murphy has published many papers in physics as well as articles in the science-theology dialogue in Dialog, The Lutheran, Zygon, Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, and other journals. His Web site is here.

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