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Luke A. Powery on Living the Questions of the Bible

Luke Powery encourages preachers and worshipers to embrace the space and place the church provides to ask questions as a faithful way of Christian discipleship and engaging with God.

December 18, 2023
Worship with Duke University Chapel in Durham, North Carolina

This service takes place at Duke University Chapel in Durham, North Carolina. It is a service of the word based on Romans 8:31-38.

November 3, 2020
Preaching Romans in Difficult Times

We have been and are living in a time of upheaval, fear, unrest, and finally so much death. The pandemic has in many places revealed cracks in the veneer of civilization, casting into bold relief the social and economic inequities that run like fault lines through most societies. Racially motivated violence, including at the hands of police forces, have unleashed deep desires for reform and for justice for all people. In and through it all, believers everywhere cry for reassurance, for comfort, for a hope that points to a better path ahead.

October 29, 2020

Go Down, Moses: Spirituals as a Resource for Preaching

The history of African American spirituals is interwoven with the history of preaching, yet these spirituals and their relationship to preaching usually receive little attention.

February 19, 2013
Symposium 2013 - Not to Worry

Not to Worry, based on Matthew 6: 25-34, was presented at the Calvin Symposium of Christian Worship. The sermon was preached by Luke Powery.

January 30, 2013

Sermon on Luke 18

This sermon on Luke 18, The Heart of Faith, was part of the Calvin Symposium on Worship 2009.

January 1, 2009
Too Deep for Words? Preaching in the Language of the Spirit

This session explored the possibility of discerning the presence of the Holy Spirit in preaching and then discussed some manifestations of the Spirit in sermons, particularly focusing on the expressions of lament and celebration.

January 1, 2009