One of the greatest privileges I enjoyed while a student on the Dallas Theological Seminary campus was getting to sit in chapel four days a week under some of the best preachers and teachers in the nation. I wish now that I had never missed a chapel, but I'll admit the pressures of Greek quizzes and last minute paper-polishing (okay, fine, paper writing) robbed me of some amazing chapels. But every time I attended, I was immensely blessed by the worship. (Seminary students know the old hymns. They know them in four-part, bass- and tenor-rich, glimpse-of-heaven harmony.)
I was also blessed by the teaching. This was especially true because DTS has the stature to draw the truly wise to their pulpit. I sit under fantastic, Spirit-inspired teaching every week in my church in Austin, and I did so in Dallas as well. But those teachers are in their thirties. Now imagine the wisdom that is handed down by faithful servants who've walked God's path for ninety years and more! It was a rare and astonishing privilege. I still sit in awe of the fact that I was taught by minds and hearts like Dwight Pentecost and Stanley Toussaint.
One speaker who always drew a crowd, even during midterms, was Chuck Swindoll. No surprise there, right? Last Thanksgiving, he gave a talk that has changed our family's traditions and mindset around the holiday. I invite you to watch his lovely sermon here.
Enjoy!
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