Speaking Engagements Audio for Download
This audio consists of recordings of Pastor Lusk's speaking engagements, mostly at various conferences, as well as other speakers hosted by Trinity Presbyterian Church.
On-Site Conference Audio
Also in this column: off-site conference audio listing.
Note: A number of headings are links to host site of the events shown.
2019 Summer Sanctus | 2017 Spring Conference (Cary, NC) |2016 Church of the King Summer Conference | 2016 Reformation Covenant Church Family Camp | 2015 Cornerstone Spring Conference | 2012 Trinity Family Advance | 2012 Summer Sanctus 5 | 2011 Living As the Church Conference | 2010 Trinity Family Advance | 2009 Church of the King Family Conference | 2009 Trinity Family Advance | 2008 Ozark Theology Conference | 2007 Church of the King Family Conference | 2005 Christ Church Ministerial Conference | 2004 Auburn Avenue Pastors Conference
2019 Summer Sanctus Youth Conference (Athens, TX) — Mission and Maturity: How to Be a Cutting-Edge Old-Fashioned Christian
- The Beauty of Christian Kindness: Loving Others as God Has Loved Us (Ephesians 4:25–32)
- Do Not Judge: Crucifying Our Chronic Superiority Complex (Matthew 7:1-6)
- Reverent Awe: What Do You Fear the Most? (Proverbs 1:7; Ecclesiastes 12:13-14)
- It’s Good for Men to Be Masculine: Manhood in Christ vs Toxic Effeminacy (1 Kings 2:1-2; 1 Cor. 16:13)
- Smash the Matriarchy and Reclaim True Femininity: Womanhood in Christ vs the Sexual Revolution (Gen. 2:18-3:24)
- Question and Answer Sessions
2017 Spring Conference, Christ Church (Cary, NC): Amazing Grace and Absurd Self-Righteousness
- The Gospel vs. Common Sense: When God Goes Crazy (Luke 15)
- A Tale of Two Brothers: The Prodigal and the “Presbyterian" (Luke 15)
- Beating the Older Brother Syndrome: Creating a Church Culture of Scandalous Grace (Luke 15)
- Declaring Victory When All Is Lost: Wrath Released, Wrath Absorbed (Mark 14:53-65). For sermon notes, click here.
- The Kindness Revolution: Living Out What We’ve Been Given (Ephesians 4:25-32)
2016 Church of the King (Sacramento, CA) Summer Conference: The Gospel in the Gospels
- Talk 1: The Gospel According to Jesus’ Birth: Jesus as the Embodiment of Israel and Israel’s God (Matt. 2:1-23)
- Talk 2: The Gospel According to Jesus’ Meals: Jesus, Friend of Sinners (Luke 5:27-32)
- Talk 3: The Gospel According to Jesus’ Most Famous Parable: Growing Young (Luke 15:1-32)
- Talk 4: The Gospel According to Jesus’ Miracles: The Presence of the Absent Christ (John 9:1-41)
- Talk 5: The Gospel According to Jesus’ Garden Prayer: The Passion of the Impassible God — Or, "And Can It Be That Thou My God Should Die For Me" (Mark 14:32-42, 15:33-39; Heb. 5:7-10)
2016 Reformation Covenant Church Family Camp
Twin Rocks, Oregon—June 13–19, 2016
- Stop Making Jesus Boring! (Mark 4:21–22)
- Hideous Sin and Beautiful Grace (Mark 5:1–20)
- Jesus as a Model for Action: Patterns of Discipleship and Mission (Mark 1:16–20)
- Redefining Greatness: How Jesus Transforms Our Pursuit of Glory (Mark 10:35–45)
- What Does It Mean to Have a Baptized Wallet? Money, Mercy, and the Metropolis (1 Timothy 6:6–10, 17–19)
- Blind Bartimaeus: Crucial Lessons in Messiahship and Discipleship (Mark 10:46–52) Q & A Session forthcoming.
2015 Cornerstone Reformed Church Spring Conference: "Ancient Wisdom for Modern Life: Studies in Proverbs"
- The Art of Living With Wisdom: Going with the Grain of Creation
- Wisdom Comes Through Death: How Wisdom Masters and Matures Us
- When Wisdom Became Human: The Ultimate Revelation of God’s Wisdom
- Creating Wealth and Caring for the Poor: Money, Mercy, and Maturity
- Partying With Wisdom: Wisdom and the Good Life
- Wisdom and Dominion: The Liturgy of Vocation (abbreviated)
- Question and Answer Session
2011 St. Mark Reformed (Nashville, TN) "Living as the Church" Conference: Mission -- Its Meaning and Manifestation »
2010 Trinity Family Advance: Christian Education (Valparaiso, FL) »
The Rhythms and Routines of Parenting: The Education of a Covenant Child (Deut. 6:1-9, 20-25)
2008 Ozark Theology Conference: Children in the Household of Faith »
- Jesus and Our Children: Kids and the Kingdom
- Our Kids and the Sacraments: Where Faith Begins
- Paedotheology: Infant Faith, Infant Baptism, Infant Communion, Infant Salvation
- The Model Father: Raising Covenant Children to Maturity
- Parenting by Faith: What It Means to Be "Paeodeverything"
- The Missional Family: Raising Missional Children
2007 Church of the King (Sacramento, CA) Family Conference: "The Church" »
- The Visionary Church: Behold, the People of God!
- Living In and As God's New Creation -- The Church as the New Jerusalem
- Doing Church According to the Heavenly Blueprint: A Colony of Heaven on Earth
- The Gates of the Mountain City: You Can See Heaven From Here
- The Pentecostal Church: Life in the Spiritual Body
- The Community of the Spirit: A Gospel Formed People
- Reformed Catholicity -- A Project for Our Time
2005 Christ Church Ministerial Conference
2004 Auburn Avenue Pastors Conference
Off-Site Conference Audio
2018 Auburn Avenue Pastors Conference: From Altar to Alter:
- Video: Genesis and the Culture Wars
- Video: Galatians and the Culture Wars
- PDF: America’s War on God and Sexual Orthodoxy: The Inevitability and Implications of Obergefell, and the Invincibility of Biblical Law
2014 Auburn Avenue Pastor's Conference: Equipping the Saints
2009 Auburn Avenue Pastor’s Conference: The Church and Her Rivals [For lecture notes, click here.]
2008 Mercy Ministry Conference, Christ Church, Searcy, AR (notes)
2006 Auburn Avenue Pastor's Conference: The Glorious Body of Christ - The Church in the 21st Century (Click here for lecture notes in .pdf.)
2004 Auburn Avenue Pastor's Conference: Reformed Catholicity
Bible Study Audio
2014–2015 Knowing the Lord Through Israel's History | Spring-Summer 2014 Growing in Wisdom (Pt 2) | Summer-Fall 2013 Growing in Wisdom Series | Bible and Bones Bible Study (2013)
2014–2015 Knowing the Lord Through Israel's History
College/Young Adult Study
Spring-Summer 2014 Growing in Wisdom, Part 2
College/Young Adult Bible Study
Summer-Fall 2013 Growing in Wisdom Series
College/Young Adult Bible Study
- What is Wisdom?
- The Worth of Wisdom
- Sexual Wisdom
- The Seductress, Lady Folly
- Pursuing Lady Wisdom
- Wisdom and Character Formation
- Song of Songs, Part 1 (Peter Leithart)
- Song of Songs, Part 2 (Peter Leithart)
- Song of Songs, Part 3 (Peter Leithart)
- Wisdom and Work
- Wisdom at Work: Wisdom, Dominion and the Common Good
- Designed for Work: Serving and Being Served Through Our Daily Vocations (Handout: "Some Quotations on Work: Glorifying God on the Job")
- Wise Words, Powerful Words
- The War of Words: The Folly of Gossip
- Words that Curse
- Words that Bless
Bible and Bones Bible Study
Seminars
Also in this column: miscellaneous audio.
2019 Pornography and the Power of the Gospel Seminar | 2019 Marriage Seminar | 2016 Parenting Workshop | Fall 2013 Parenting Seminar | Spring 2013 Parenting Seminar | Spring 2010 Parenting Seminar
[TPC 2019 Seminar] The Truth About Lies: Pornography and the Power of the Gospel
Speaker: Eric Venable
TPC 2019 Marriage Seminar: The Joys and Struggles of Christian Marriage
- Sexual Design Basics (Rich Lusk)
- Communication (Eric Venable)
- Conflict (Eric Venable)
- The Dance of Headship and Submission (Rich Lusk)
- Sex (Eric Venable)
- Question and Answer
- The Roles of a Lifetime: The Gospel Scripted-Marriage (Rich Lusk)
2016 Parenting Workshop
Parenting Workshop 101: Raising Children in the Discipline and Instruction of the Lord
Fall 2013 TPC Parenting Seminar
Shepherding Teens: An Interview with Phillip and Debbie Woods
Miscellaneous Audio
October 20, 2019 The Message in Our Misfortune: How to Become an Antifragile Believer (Romans 5:3-5)
September 15, 2019 Pluck and Cut: How to Defeat Lust (Matthew 5:27-32)
January 24, 2019 The Paradoxes of Wisdom (Prov. 3:1-12)
November 12 2018 Practicing Forgivness (Grace Community School Teacher Training Seminar
September 12, 2017 Laying the Foundation: God’s Good Creation (Genesis 1) [Theopolis Institute Lecture]
November 11, 2014 Grace Community School Teacher Training: The Cruciform Classroom [Version A] [Version B]
August 25, 2014 Jesus' Kingdom Agenda: The Servanthood Theme in Mark's Gospel
April 26, 2012 Constantine, Public Theology, and "Where Do We Go From Here?" (delivered to the men's group of Redeemer Church [FORC] in Huntsville, AL)
February 13, 2012 Towards a Trinitarian Doctrine of Initial and Final Justification (this is a slightly more polished version of the "Theology on Tap" talk)
February 7, 2012 "Theology on Tap" Presentation: Justification Now and Then