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Above: interior of Second Presbyterian Church (Chicago, Ill.) A few weeks ago, during a children’s message, I asked the kids to look around the room and find the plants. They turned in circles, spying carved motifs and the saturated colors of glass. After a moment, I pointed up. “Look up over my head,” I said,…
Above: Painting by Alex Levin: “Smoke Pillar arising from Jerusalem Temple”; https://artlevin.com/ On Nov. 6, 2025, Dr. Tucker S. Ferda was installed into the Errett M. Grable Chair of New Testament Exegesis and Early Christianity at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Below are concluding remarks from his inaugural lecture, “The Solidarity of the Messiah: Recovering Matthew’s Theology…
On Oct. 2, 2025, the Rev. Dr. Kenneth J. Woo was installed into the P. C. Rossin Chair of Church History and Historical Theology at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Below are excerpts of his inaugural lecture, “Theological Imagination, a Poet in Exile, and Calvin as Interpreter of the Psalms.” These lecture points are more fully fleshed…