UPCOMING LECTURES | PAST LECTURES

The Henry Center sponsors the Scripture & Ministry lectures, which feature distinguished Christian speakers addressing issues of crucial importance for relating Scripture and ministry. This series brings together Trinity Evangelical Divinity School faculty members, pastors and community members for a time of learning and fellowship. The relationship between theologians and practitioners calls for earnest efforts to bridge the gap that all too often divides them and to encourage mutually enriching collaboration in the gospel.

All 2010-2011 lectures will be held at 1pm.  They are free and open to everyone.

UPCOMING LECTURES

This lecture describes the story of how one ministry (Youth for Christ/Sri Lanka) attempted to have all its ministry spring from the Bible. It will demonstrate how Scripture can guide in the developing of strategy, in the choosing of methods in ministry, at team meetings, when deciding what to speak or teach on, when developing the priorities of a ministry, and in the developing of the principles to govern community life and leadership.

October 27, 2010 | Dallas Willard | Professor of Philosophy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California | “Transformed by the Renewing of the Mind: The Use of Scripture in ‘Spiritual Formation’”

The Apostle Paul tells us to “not be conformed to the world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” (Rom. 12:2) But how are we to go about renewing our mind? We will explain the role of scripture in the renewing of the mind, and the role of the pastor and the congregation in this process. We will also discuss the ways in which use of scripture fails to renew the mind-as often seems to be the case in our “Bible based” churches. What can be done about that? The larger picture of Christian “spiritual formation” will be discussed. How does it relate to “growth in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ”? Does being saved have anything to do with transformation of character?

January 20, 2011 | Casely Essamuah and Angela Whakweya-Essamuah | Bay Area Community Church, Annapolis, Maryland | “Reverse Missions: Lessons from an African Perspective”

An African evangelical with almost two decades experience in American church leadership reflects on ministry in light of World Christianity. Global outreach, mission and evangelism efforts will be discussed from personal experience.

March 16, 2011 | Michael Glerup | Executive Director of the Center of Early Christianity at Eastern University, St. Davids, PA | “Visions & Veils: Reading Moses in the Early Church”

Moses, a pivotal figure in the story of salvation, was a friend of God, who God spoke to “face to face, clearly and not in riddles.”  He was the most humble man on earth and a powerful intercessor for Israel yet was rejected and maligned by his community. The early church-apostles and later interpreters– steeped in scripture, encouraged by Jesus words “If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me” mined Moses’ life for insight into the Christian life and faith. In this lecture we will investigate with the early exegetes, particularly those from the African continent, the key events of Moses’ life and explore their implications for pastoral ministry, Christian formation, and the mission of the church.

FUTURE LECTURES:

October 26, 2011 | Alistair Begg | Parkside Church, Cleveland, Ohio

September 12, 2012 | Michael Horton | Westminster Seminary California, Escondido, California

October 3, 2012 | Mark Labberton | Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California