

Beeson Divinity School Podcast
Beeson Divinity School
Listen to the latest podcast episodes, featuring guests from around the world as they talk with Dean Douglas Sweeney.
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Jun 17, 2025 • 27min
From the Archives: Proclaiming the Christian Gospel in a Secular Culture
This week, we revisit a 2011 podcast where Timothy George and Robert Smith Jr. discuss Thomas Long's sermon “Measured for Ministry," which was preached at the Beeson Pastors School. The full sermon follows their discussion.

Jun 10, 2025 • 25min
From the Archives: Human Finitude: Recognizing Our Limits in Ministry
This week, we revisit a previous conversation between Dean Doug Sweeney, former Beeson staff member Kristen Padilla and Kelly Kapic, who delivered the 2019 Reformation Heritage Lectures, focusing on human finitude, which he elaborates on in this interview.

Jun 3, 2025 • 37min
From the Archives: Timothy George and Chuck Colson
Join us for a special look back at the first episode of the Beeson podcast, featuring founding dean Timothy George and the late Chuck Colson discussing the history and vision of The Manhattan Declaration a year after its release.

May 28, 2025 • 24min
Beeson's Apologetics Concentration: A Conversation with Joshua Chatraw
Dean Doug Sweeney sits down with Beeson's Billy Graham Chair of Evangelism and Cultural Engagement Joshua Chatraw to talk about Beeson's new concentration in apologetics, which launches in January 2026.

May 14, 2025 • 34min
A Conversation with Phil Ryken
Dean Douglas Sweeney sits down with this semester's commencement speaker, Phil Ryken, who serves as the president of Wheaton College.

Apr 29, 2025 • 36min
A Conversation with Mark Gignilliat and Heath Thomas
Dean Douglas Sweeney sits down with Beeson professor Mark Gignilliat and Heath Thomas, president and professor of Old Testament at Oklahoma Baptist University to discuss their new book, "Reading the Old Testament as Christian Scripture: A Literary, Canonical, and Theological Survey."

Apr 29, 2025 • 34min
A Conversation with Sandra Richter
Dean Doug Sweeney sits down with this year's Biblical Studies lecturer, Sandra Richter, the Robert H. Gundry Chair of Biblical Studies at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California.

Apr 22, 2025 • 37min
A Conversation with Mohammad and Alicia Sanavi
Dean Doug Sweeney sits down with Mohammad Sanavi, this year's World Christianity Focus Week speaker.

Apr 15, 2025 • 23min
A Conversation with Vaughan Roberts
Dean Douglas Sweeney sits down with this year's Conger Preaching Lectures speaker, Vaughan Roberts, rector of St. Ebbe's Church in Oxford.

Apr 8, 2025 • 55min
A Conversation with Gerald Bray
Dean Doug Sweeney sits down with research professor Gerald Bray about his two new books: "Athens and Jerusalem" and "A History of Christian Theology: A Trinitarian Approach."


