Beeson Divinity School Podcast

Dean Douglas Sweeney talks with Kwabena Assamoah-Gyadu, former president of Trinity Theological Seminary and this past spring's guest lecturer for World Christianity Focus Week.

Dean Douglas Sweeney sits down with Jay Thomas, lead pastor of Chapel Hill Bible Church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and a preaching fellow for Beeson's Spirit and Power Project.

Dean Douglas Sweeney talks with Jacob and Suzanne Simmons, the 2026 Beeson Alumni of the Year.

Dean Douglas Sweeney talks with longtime Beeson preaching professor Robert Smith Jr., who recently came back to Beeson to deliver the 2026 William E. Conger Biblical Preaching Lectures.

Dean Douglas Sweeney talks with Beeson alumna Hannah Attaway, senior pastor of Woodland Presbyterian Church in Memphis, Tennessee.

Dean Douglas Sweeney talks with renowned New Testament scholar John Barclay, who recently visited Beeson as this year's Biblical Studies lecturer.

Dean Douglas Sweeney talks with Beeson student Levi Bailey about his Beeson experience and plans for ministry.

In this week's episode, Dean Douglas Sweeney talks with former Beeson associate dean Grant Taylor and his wife, Becca, who serve the Lord in Australia, where Grant is Academic Dean and Lecturer in New Testament at Trinity Theological College. Becca recently served as an events coordinator for Church Missionary Society Western Australia and now is deeply involved in her children’s school and sharing the Gospel with families around them. 

Dean Douglas Sweeney talks with pastor Adam Dooley, who will be one of the speakers at this summer's preaching conference.

Dean Douglas Sweeney talks with Beeson professor Reginald Calvert, who also serves as pastor of New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church in Bessemer, Alabama.

Dean Douglas Sweeney talks with Beeson research professor Gerald Bray about his recent book, "Reading the Bible with Ten Church Fathers."

Dean Douglas Sweeney talks with Master of Arts in Christian Counseling student Hila Grace Allman about her time at Beeson.

Dean Douglas Sweeney talks with Alton Hardy, lead pastor and founder of Urban Hope Community Church in Fairfield, Alabama.

Dean Douglas Sweeney sits down with Rick Lance, executive director of the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions.

Dean Douglas Sweeney sits down with ThM students Daniel Lee and Jonathan Fletcher. Jonathan also serves as the program assistant for Beeson’s Global Center, while Daniel serves as the program manager for Samford’s Center for Worship and the Arts.

Dean Douglas Sweeney talks with Beeson alumni and missionaries Taylor and Lydia Whitley.

Dean Douglas Sweeney sits down with professor Doug Webster, who reflects on his time at Beeson as he prepares to retire at the end of the current academic year.

Dean Douglas Sweeney sits down with SGA President JT Reeves.

Dean Douglas A. Sweeney sits down with Blake and Erin Dean, both of whom graduated with their MDiv in fall 2025. Blake now serves as Beeson's recruitment coordinator and alumni relations officer, while Erin serves as director of children's ministry at St. Peter's Anglican Church.

Today's episode is a very special Christmas episode featuring the topic of Andrew Gerow Hodges Chapel at Beeson Divinity School. Our guests, Timothy George and Stefana Dan Laing, teach us about the history, art and theology of the chapel.

Dean Sweeney sits down with Center for Pastor Theologians President Joel Lawrence, who recently preached at Beeson's fall commencement.

Dean Douglas Sweeney talks with fall 2025 graduates Nancy Hartin and Margot Cooney about their time at Beeson.

Dean Sweeney talks with Beeson student Caroline Bass about her experience in Israel over the summer.

Beeson's Methodist Chair of Divinity Tim Tennent talks with Carolyn Moore, a bishop in the Global Methodist Church.

Dean Sweeney sits down with highly-acclaimed author Christopher Watkin, who recently spent some time at Beeson to discuss an upcoming book on cultural apologetics he has contributed to. Joining them is Josh Chatraw, Beeson’s Billy Graham Chair of Evangelism and Cultural Engagement, who also contributed to the book, “The Gospel After Christendom.”

Dean Sweeney talks with this year's Reformation Heritage Lectures speaker, Ronald Rittgers of Duke University.

Dean Sweeney sits down with Derek Schuurman from Calvin University, where he chairs the departments of Computer Science and Faith and Technology. Dr. Schuurman spoke with our PhD students earlier in the semester about AI, the biblical story and rival stories.

Dean Sweeney sits down with Jonathan Linebaugh, Beeson's Anglican Chair of Divinity, for a conversation about his new book, "The Well That Washes What It Shows: An Invitation to Holy Scripture."

Jonathan Fletcher, program assistant for the Global Center, talks with Brian Fikkert, this year's Go Global Week lecturer.

Dean Sweeney sits down for a conversation with Beeson alumnae and author Betsy Childs Howard to talk about her writing ministry.

Dean Sweeney talks with Bishop Dan Selbo, bishop of the North American Lutheran Church.

Dean Sweeney sits down Jacob Patton, MDiv '25, about his summer cross-cultural ministry practicum to Tanzania.

Dean Sweeney sits down for a conversation with Beeson professor Stefana Dan Laing to discuss her work in editing a new women's study Bible and her summer trip to the sites of several early church councils.

Dean Doug Sweeney sits down for a conversation with Beeson alumnus Russ Levenson about his new book, "Witness to Belief: Conversations on Faith and Meaning."

Dean Doug Sweeney sits down for a conversation with Mike Schafer, chief connectional officer of the Global Methodist Church.

Dean Doug Sweeney sits down for a conversation about upcoming Global Center events with David Parks.

Dean Doug Sweeney chats with Hannah Anderson, author and founder of Sometimes a Light ministry.

Dean Doug Sweeney sits down with Quinn Fox, who serves as chairman of the board of Pro Ecclesia, the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology, which is hosting its 2026 conference at Beeson.

Dean Doug Sweeney sits down with Beeson alumnus Matt Burford to chat about his organization, Tactical Faith, and various events they're bringing to Samford's campus, and his organization, Real Taps for Real Heroes, which connects buglers to military families who need Taps played at the funeral of their loved one.

In this week's historic episode, we revisit an episode where Timothy George and Robert Smith Jr. introduce a sermon given by Todd Billings at Beeson Divinity School in February 2018 based on Psalm 102 called, "Ashes, Tears and the Eternal King."

Dean Doug Sweeney sits down with Christian theologian Alister McGrath, the keynote speaker at this year's preaching conference.

This week, we take a look back to a 2019 episode of the podcast when Timothy George and Robert Smith Jr. introduce a series of homilies given at the funeral of the late Rev. Dr. James Earl Massey.

In this week's episode, we hear an archived address on the subject of God's righteousness as God's fairness in Romans, delivered by Frank Thielman to the Evangelical Theological Society in 2010.

In this week's episode, we revisit a previous podcast where Timothy George talks with Ralph Wood about his spiritual and intellectual development and his passion for Christian literature.

This week, we revisit a previous episode where Timothy George talks with Dr. Jason Byassee about the relevance of the church fathers for the local church.

In this week's episode, we revisit a previous episode as founding dean Timothy George talks with Harry Reeder about church, faith and the public square.

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.

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.

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.

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.