Large Group Weekly Podcasts
Stanford University InterVarsity Graduate Christian Community holds talks aimed at helping us see our work at Stanford in the context of being a disciple of Jesus. Check in on this page each week to recieve updates and listen to our talks. Remember to visit our large groups meetings in person too!
2011-10-21
Scott Grant - Taste & See
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Synopsis: In this talk, he will expound on the following questions: What does Jesus offer in comparison to what the idols of our world offer? What actually is he offering? Why should we follow him instead of money, sex, power, and success, for example? Together, we'll consider several passages, including Psalm 34:8, John 7:37-38 and John 11:40, to see what Jesus is offering and how it stacks up against the competition.
2011-12-02
Tim and Robin Isbell
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2011 Fall Retreat
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2011-10-21
Falling in Love with Jesus in Your Work
download .mp3Speaker: Dave Evan is a Silicon Valley consultant who was part of the Apple team that brought us the mouse and Co-Founder of software publisher Electronic Arts, who incidentally also negotiated fishing rights for the Inuit in Alaska. Dave holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering and an MS in Thermosciences from Stanford University. He is a lecturer in the Stanford d.school and teaches the course Designing the Professional
Synopsis: Dave Evans, our Fall retreat speaker from last year, is coming back to us this Friday! If you haven't heard Dave speak, he is one of the most engaging speaker you can find on campus and you don't want to miss it. Dave will be speaking to us on our theme this year in the context of the regular ins & outs of our daily efforts in our research work as grad students.
2011-05-20
What it means to experience God in and all around us
download .mp3Speaker: Jay Kim, College pastor at Church on the Hill, San Jose
Synopsis: Frederick Buechner writes: “Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery it is. In the boredom and pain of it, no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it, because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace.”
This Friday, we'll be talking about what it means to experience God in and all around us. We'll journey through Scripture that affirms this truth and how we can embrace the hope it brings.
2011-04-08
How Big Is Your Gospel? How to not waste your life?
download .mp3Speaker: Dr. Jim O'Neill president of Crossworld Missions from 2000-2010
Synopsis: Our speaker is Dr. Jim O'Neill who was president of Crossworld Missions from 2000-2010, after planting churches in the Philippines for 13 years. He'll tell us some potent missions history as a way to understand Christ's call to us in this current moment. He led a great session with us in March 2010, and we expect same this time.
2011-03-04
The Nehemiah model: What I learned about giving up privilege to see the power of God
download .mp3Speaker: Nathan George, founder of Trade As One
Synopsis: Nathan will be teaching on Nehemiah, relating it to the story of his life - how God called him to leave his career in software to serve people in extreme poverty, and what we can do to cause change in our contexts.
From the Trade As One site: "I was playing the usual game of saying that I was trying to ‘balance’ all the different priorities in my life but, in reality, almost my whole life’s energies had been poured into my career....It was at this point that God began to show me how His heart breaks for the poor - for a broken world, broken in so many ways that I couldn’t see from the aircraft cabin at 39,000 feet or from the fast lane of the freeway - broken spiritually, socially, environmentally, economically. And that the poor, at the bottom of the pile, have a very special place in his heart and his intentions." - Nathan George
2011-02-12
God Is Dead and We Have Killed Him: Religious Practice in the Postmodern World
download .mp3Speaker: Stanford Law Professor Michael McConnell
Synopsis: Michael McConnell is Director of Stanford's Constitutional Law Center. SLS Dean Larry Kramer called him "the USA's leading scholar on religion and the law." Prof. McConnell has argued 12 cases before the US Supreme Court. He is the only person to give up a job as a US federal judge and take an academic position. This is his second year at Stanford. He and his wife attend Grace Presbyterian Church in Palo Alto, and we are thrilled that he's part of our community!
2011-02-04
Relationships@Grad School - what guidance can we really expect from God?
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Speaker: Pete and Maria Sommer
Synopsis: IV Grad...where we run the whole range from never-dated to married-with-children. And we rarely put the questions on the table. But the time has come:
- Why are (God-loving, smart, generous, reasonably good looking) people like those at IV unable to find life-partners?
- Do you agree that "In the goal-driven, career-oriented environment our modern culture -- of which Stanford graduate school is an extreme example -- I frankly think that a lot of people aren't motivated to pursue relationships because they have other demands in their life."
- How do you tell a nice guy that you're really not interested? or that you *are*?
- Since people didn't "date" in the Bible, what guidance can we really expect from God?
The answer to the last one is, Quite a lot, actually.
Pete and Maria Sommer have been married for almost 38 years, and have lived among us for the last six.This Friday, they will share some biblical truths and observations, and take your questions about dating and courtship in grad school.
2011-01-28
A Vision of Jesus Christ
download .mp3Speaker: Paul Taylor of Peninsula Bible Church
Synopsis: Paul led a lively session for us last summer and we're excited to have him return this Friday. Paul is an engaging speaker. Students like his approach of unpacking scripture and applying them in relevant situations. Many of us are blessed with deeper understanding of scripture and conviction to walk the talk through his teaching.
Paul and his wife Rachel lead a rich Christian life as parents five children, including two by adoption, pastor to students, and much loved preacher/teacher at Peninsula Bible Church, where he's known for his use of video and other visuals to communicate.
2011-01-14
The Good News About God's Judgment
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Speaker: Pete
Synopsis: Accompanying our singing as worship, we will worship through listening to a short message by Pete on "The Good News About God's Judgment", and fiery testimonies from Xianne Leong and Sandy Philipose.
2011-01-07
What Africa taught me about the Gospel and the poor
download .mp3Speaker: David is a medical student here at Stanford
Synopsis: Happy new year! To start our year off, we will have David Carreon share with us his year-long experience working with Nuru (http://www.nuruinternational.org/) - and Matt and Jen Lee is now with Nuru - in Kenya among the poor. Nuru was founded by a Christian who got an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and it's stated goal is "ending extreme poverty."
Recent Entries
- What it means to experience God in and all around us
- How Big Is Your Gospel? How to not waste your life?
- The Nehemiah model: What I learned about giving up privilege to see the power of God