Silliman University Divinity School

  Pastor James Israel M. Cababan Scripture Text:  John 18:33-37               Let us Pray. Open our hearts and our minds O Lord, speak into our lives. May Your Word be revealed to us this morning as journey together into your reign, AMEN.               Good morning! Magandang umaga po! It is indeed a very beautiful opportunity to be used by God today, I am very happy to see everyone today, especially my teachers and my mentors. Sisters and brothers, we are now in the  last week of the Kingdomtide season, the liturgical season where we focus on Christian growth and the kingdom values. But you might all be wondering, we are still in the Kingdomtide season but we are reflecting on a passage that is usually used during Lent. We read the story when Jesus was brought before Pilate, the Roman governor, what can we learn from this Lenten story in connection with...

  Text: John 3:9-15 Emphasis: Theological Week   Introduction From me and my family, greetings from Stellenbosch, South Africa! In Afrikaans “Groete uit Stellenbosch Suid-Afrika!” In Xhosa, “Molweni, ninjani ndibulisa ndiseStellenbosch, South Africa! I praise God for the opportunity to speak to you despite I am halfway around the globe. Thank you to our beloved Dean, Rev. Dr. Jeaneth Harris-Faller for inviting me to preach to you today. Despite the physical distance it is indeed amazing to share to you God’s message in this online platform. We are celebrating theological week and let me direct you to our biblical text found in John 3:9-15. It is the biblical account of a meeting of Nicodemus and Jesus. I chose this text because this encounter illustrate how theological knowledge are shared between a well-trained religious leader and a common lay person. Now the twist is Nicodemus is the so called academician and Jesus is the laity. What I would like to highlight is t...

 by Mr. Carlton James Palm Scripture Text: Matt. 14: 13-21     DS November 2021   I want to thank our Dean and the faculty for continuing to invite me to share a word to the most fantastic, amazing, brilliant, Divinity School students, faculty and alumni, as we begin Stewardship Month.   As head of the Silliman Water District and Justice and Peace Center and I am not circulating as much with the Divinity School, so I thank you for keeping me on your radar.   As I would always teach at my preaching seminars, the first important step in composing any sermon, is to know who your congregation or audience is.   And I know who you are! You are all intelligent Pastors and Pastors to be, so my sermon today is not about Stewardship and inspiring the congregation.   But instead, it is about Stewardship and inspiring the Pastor. What is our part as Pastors in the giving! What is our part as Pastors in the offering!   PLEASE JOIN ME IN...

  by Rev. Josuah M. De Rosas Scripture Text: Acts 11:1-18 I.                     Opening Prayer. Eternal God, with you there are no insiders nor outsiders for we are all one in Jesus Christ. Teach us, now what we need to learn and tell us what we need to do for us to be faithful disciples of our Lord Jesus Christ, in his name we pray. AMEN   II.                   When lockdown started in Silliman University campus due to COVID19 pandemic in April of last year 2020, perhaps like you, I was worried about the worst things that could happen; that is the scarcity of food. Plenty of what ifs; what if Negros Island will not produce that enough for food. What if we will starve to death? I know you think, I was just over-reacting! It’s true! I started researching on YouTube of possible sources of food, even ...