Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary

Sermons & Speeches

• Phyllis Anderson, President
• Michael Aune, Professor of Liturgical and Historical Studies
• David Balch, Professor of New Testament
• Steed V. Davidson, Assistant Professor of Old Testament
• Carol Jacobson, Assistant Professor of Practical Theology: Youth and Family Ministries
• Ted Peters, Professor of Systematic Theology, GTU Core Doctoral Faculty
• Greg Schaefer, Former Seminary Pastor and Director of the Admissions Center
• Martha Stortz, Professor of Historical Theology and Ethics
• Jane Strohl, Associate Professor of Reformation History and Theology
• Alicia Vargas, Assistant Professor of Contextual and Multicultural Studies

Phyllis Anderson, President

• Reformation Sunday—October 28, 2007
• 5th Week of Easter—May 9, 2007
• It is when we are clear who we are the trouble begins—February 25, 2007
• Faithful Past, Promising Future—October 20, 2006
• 16th Sunday after Pentecost—September 24, 2006
• 12th Sunday after Pentecost—August 27, 2006
• Memorial Service for Robert H. Smith—April 8, 2006
• Ash Wednesday—March 1, 2006
• Call to Common Mission 5th Anniversary Celebration—February 19, 2006
• Presentation of our Lord (Candlemas)—February 1, 2006
• Third Wednesday in Advent—December 14, 2005

Michael Aune, Professor of Liturgical and Historical Studies

• Sermon Preached at CDSP—May 3, 2006
• Christmas in the Trenches—December 11, 2002
• The Opening of a New School Year—September 5, 2001
• Philip Melanchthon’s 500th Birthday—February 19, 1997

David Balch, Professor of New Testament

• “You are those who have stood by me in my trials”—February 28, 2007
• Laughter and Lament—September 27, 2006

Steed V. Davidson, Assistant Professor of Old Testament

• Children of the Revolution—October 28, 2007

Carol Jacobson, Assistant Professor of Practical Theology: Youth and Family Ministries

• The Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost—November 8, 2006
• The Fifth Sunday in Lent—April 5, 2006
• The Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost—October 5, 2005
• The Sixth Sunday of Easter—May 4, 2005
• The Second Sunday of Easter—April 21, 2004
• Thanksgiving Day Sermon—November 26, 2003
• The Resurrection of our Lord—April 23, 2003

Ted Peters, Professor of Systematic Theology, GTU Core Doctoral Faculty

• Charge to the PLTS Graduating Class of 2004

Greg Schaefer

• Second Sunday in Lent—April 4, 2007
• Second Week of Advent—December 13, 2006
• Fourth Sunday after Epiphany—February 5, 2006
• Baptism in the Jordan—January 11, 2006
• Thanksgiving 2005—November 23, 2005
• Sermon for Maundy Thursday—April 8, 2004

Martha Stortz, Professor of Historical Theology and Ethics

• Sermon on the Mount—November 18, 2007
• A Servant Girl’s Longing…—October 17, 2007
• Recognizing Jesus in a Fierce Landscape—April 29, 2007
• Awash in Blessing!—February 7, 2007
• Reflections on the liturgical year—November 29, 2006
• Hope in a Season of Darkness…
• Remembering the Saints—and Being Re-membered—November 2, 2005
• Pre-emptive Friendship and the Conversion of Zaccheus—November 3, 2004
• Broken for Us—March 31, 2004
• The Silence of Lazarus—November 5, 2003
• The God to Whom Jesus Prayed—April 9, 2003
• Haunted by Grace—November 6, 2002

Jane Strohl, Associate Professor of Reformation History and Theology

• Reformation Day—October 31, 2007
• All Saints’ Day—November 1, 2006
• 25th Sunday after Pentecost—November 9, 2005
• Sermon—September 10, 2003
• A Sermon for the Week of Easter 5—May, 2002
• Sermon on the Day before Thanksgiving—November 22, 2000
• Wineskins—March 1, 2000
• PLTS Installation Address—September 18, 1996

Alicia Vargas, Assistant Professor of Contextual and Multicultural Studies

• 2nd Sunday in Lent—March 15, 2006
• Reign of God—November 16, 2005
• Theological Education Today for Ministry Tomorrow—September 22, 2004
• Do Not Be Afraid—February 11, 2004
• Christ is Risen Indeed—April 30, 2003