The Rev. Dr. Douglas Oldenburg is the Immediate Past President of Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA, and was Moderator of the 210th General Assembly. He is a retired minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
The Rev. Dr. Douglas Oldenburg is the Immediate Past President of Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA, and was Moderator of the 210th General Assembly. He is a retired minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
The Rev. Canon Schueddig:
Greetings and all God's blessings in this wonderful new year and new millennium as we begin this great new chapter in the history of the Protestant Hour. We have today a very special edition of our program, a unique opportunity to take a little bit of a different twist to look at that which is the subject of all our programs, the sermon. We have with us today two very special guests, Dr. Fred Craddock, retired Professor of New Testament and Preaching at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University, and Dr. Douglas Oldenburg, President of the Columbia Theological Seminary, also in Atlanta, and the former moderator of the Presbyterian Church, USA. Well, Happy New Year to both of you gentlemen and welcome to this new millennium. We've made it over the hump.
Some sixty years ago, the great German theologian, Karl Barth, made a statement about Christmas that has puzzled me. He said, "Christmas without fear carries with it fear without Christmas." As far as I know he never explained what he meant by that statement, but left it to the reader to reflect on, to puzzle over, to probe and penetrate its meaning.
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