This Christian in the Marketplace Conference explores how we can experience more unification in our fragmented areas of life

Paul Williams (BA, MA, MSc (Oxford), MCS (Regent College)) is David J Brown Family Associate Professor of Marketplace Theology and Leadership at Regent College.He is also a Director and Economic Advisor to DTZ Holdings, an international real estate consulting and investment banking group. He came to Regent from his most recent role as Chief Economist and Head of International Research for DTZ.

Ruth Elwood Martin is a family physician in Vancouver, teaches at the Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia, and is a poet.

Mary Landell is Principal of Landell Consulting, Ltd., which is a Vancouver based career and employment consulting service.

Paul's letter to the Romans has been one of the most important single documents in the history of the church, and indeed of the whole world. Most Christians have a nodding acquaintance with bits of it; few would claim to have mastered its complex arguments, its sudden changes of mood, or even the question of why Paul wrote it in the first place. This course begins with a bird's eye view of the letter, seeing it holistically before moving to the parts. Then Professor Wright focuses on the individual sections, assessing their contribution to that whole. He examines some of the most controversial and difficult passages in detail (3:21-4:25, 7:7-8:11 and 9-11) before standing back and capturing a last awesome view of the breathtaking theological and missionary vision which Paul offers to his readers.

N. Thomas Wright is Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, and was formerly Bishop of Durham in England. His books include The Original Jesus, The Challenge of Jesus, Jesus and the Victory of God and The Millennium Myth.

When many first-century Jewish folk acclaim Jesus as a prophet, what did they mean? Rikk Watts explores the Old Testament idea of a prophet, what it meant for Jesus to be a prophet and finally what this might mean for us. Marva Dawn tells it as she sees it. She presents a series of lectures addressing candidly the need for the prophetic in the present world.

Rikk E. Watts is Associate Professor of New Testament at Regent College. He is author of a recently published book on the use of Isaiah in the Gospel of Mark entitled Isaiah's New Exodus and Mark.

Marva Dawn is Adjunct Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. She is also a prolific author, theologian and founder of Christians Equipped for Ministry. Her books include Keeping the Sabbath Wholly and Unfettered Hope: A Call to Faithful Living in an Affluent Society.

Margaret Visser's three presentations revolve around the concept of saints as Christian heroes. The first lecture. "Recognizing the Heroic" examines the concept of heroism in its original sense; the second, "Another Story" focuses on how the Christian revolution has redefined and affected the symbiotic relationship between the hero-saint and the society which admires such a person; and the third lecture, "Saints Now" looks at the modern understanding of the hero-saint within the context of contemporary culture

Canadian writer, radio and television broadcaster, and lecturer Margaret Visser examines how our understanding of heroism has revolutionized our world throughout the ages.

Regent College Professors Maxine Hancock and Loren Wilkinson provide responses to the lectures, with John G. Stackhouse, Jr. moderating.

In this lecture series, C. Baxter Kruger will examine whether Christians think Jesus is merely a potential Saviour, extending a really good offer, or do they really live out their belief that he is the King of Cosmos, calling us to believe the good news of our inclusion in the relationship of Father and the Son through the Spirit.

• Lecture 1: God vs. Father, Son and Spirit
• Lecture 2: Jesus
• Lecture 3: Secret
• Lecture 4: Education
• Lecture 5: Education (cont)
• Lecture 6: Service

Includes Notes

C. Baxter Kruger theologian, writer and lure designer, is the Director of Perichoresis ministry. A native of Prentiss, Mississippi, Baxter has a BA from the University of Mississippi, a M.Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. from Kings College, University of Aberdeen. He has worked as a minister to college students, as a lecturer in theology at the University of Aberdeen, and as an associate pastor.

The Story in the Story was given at the Good Shepherd Community Church in Toronto. The recording includes an informal talk and a conversation on the key themes found in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings

Ralph C. Wood is University Professsor of Theology and Literature at Baylor University. There he has taught award-winning courses that are devoted to the relation of Christian faith to imaginitive literature. He is the author of The Comedy of Redemption: Christian Faith and Comic Vision in Four American Novelists., Contending for the Faith: The Church’s Engagement with Culture, The Gospel According to Tolkien: Visions of the Kingdom in Middle-earth and Flannery O’Connor and the Christ-Haunted South.

Tolkien & Lewis was given at the Yorkminister Baptist Church in Toronto and explores the relationship between J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis

Ralph C. Wood is University Professsor of Theology and Literature at Baylor University. There he has taught award-winning courses that are devoted to the relation of Christian faith to imaginitive literature. He is the author of The Comedy of Redemption: Christian Faith and Comic Vision in Four American Novelists., Contending for the Faith: The Church’s Engagement with Culture, The Gospel According to Tolkien: Visions of the Kingdom in Middle-earth and Flannery O’Connor and the Christ-Haunted South.

We live in a postmodern, post-Christian and neo-pagan world. The clue to worship, spirituality and leadership in this new world is found in the way early Christians brought God's story to life in the ancient pre-modern, pre-Christian and pagan world of the Roman culture. Dr. Webber's three-part series will explore what we can learn from the ancient church that is formative for leadership in the new world.

Robert E. Webber is Professor of Theology at Wheaton College. The founder of the Institute for Worship Studies, he has written extensively on worship, including editing the eight-volume Complete Library of Christian Worship.

This is a public lecture given during Regent Summer School 2008.

Julie Canlis PhD (St. Andrews), MCS (Regent College), BA (University of Washington) is Children's Spiritual Formation Director for Methlick Parish Church, Scotland.

Our world is undergoing massive changes, many of which are associated with globalization. This course examines the concept of globalization, especially as it affects culture and religion. Two quite different religious trends are associated with globalization—the rise in religious extremism / religious violence and the tendency toward religious pluralism. The course will explore the nature of these trends and their implications for Christian mission. Participants in the course should gain increased understanding of some of the religious dynamics evident today and be challenged to consider what it means to be disciples of Jesus Christ in our globalizing world.

Harold Netland PhD (Claremont Graduate University), BA (Biola) is a Professor at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is the author of Dissonant Voices: Religious Pluralism and the Question of Truth.

The first Chapel of the Winter 2009 Term

Rod Wilson is President and Professor of Counselling and Psychology at Regent College. He is the author of Counseling and Community, Exploring Your Anger, Helping Angry People., How Do I Help a Hurting Friend?

A Conference to Mark the Opening of the Conway Research Collection.
By way of thanks to John Conway for his generous donation of extensive research materials, the Regent-Carey Library and the Regent Bookstore co-sponsored this conference focusing on Christian reflection about the Holocaust and Jewish-Christian relations since 1945.

John S. Conway is professor Emeritus of History at the University of British Columbia. He was a founding member of the Scholars' Conference on the German Church and the Holocaust, and has written a large number of articles dealing with the role of the European churches and the Vatican during the Holocaust, as well as on other topics of Christian-Jewish relations during the twentieth century. He is also the author of The Nazi Persecution of the Churches, 1933-1945, recently reprinted by Regent College Publishing. He is a member of the editorial boards of the journals Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte and the Journal of Holocaust and Genocide Studies.

David Gushee No Biographical Information available.

The world in which the apostle Paul lived and worked was very different from our own. Some of the differences are fairly obvious: Paul was a powerless subject of a transnational empire, not a citizen of a democracy, and the people around him worshiped many different gods, not a single almighty deity. Others are less apparent: the pervasive influence of Greek cultural values; the close link between religion and government; the rigid hierarchy that separated the wealthy elites from the rest of the population; the acceptability of slavery. Still others lie buried beneath the surface, operating at the level of cultural presuppositions: the image of a flat world covered by a starry dome; the idea that some people are inherently better than others; the view of women as “incomplete men.” Occasionally some of these differences bubble to the surface in one of Paul’s letters, but most of the time they are simply taken for granted. This course explores some of the major elements of the social world that lies behind Paul’s letters and evaluate its influence on Paul, his audiences and his letters.

Christopher Stanley is Professor of Theology at St. Bonaventure University in western New York. Stanley has published widely in the field of New Testament studies.

A chapel talk of the winter 2009 term. 'Now Jesus' mother and brothers came to see him, but they were not able to get near him because of the crowd. Someone told him, "Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you."
He replied, "My mother and brothers are those who hear God's word and put it into practice." (Luke 8:19-21)

Rod Wilson is President and Professor of Counselling and Psychology at Regent College. He is the author of Counseling and Community, Exploring Your Anger, Helping Angry People., How Do I Help a Hurting Friend?

A chapel talk from the winter 2009 term. Scripture is John 13:1-14.

This series attempts (1) to master the content of this epistle through sound exegetical methodology, (2) to place the letter within the historical and theological contexts of Paul and the early church, and (3) to wrestle with some of the hermeneutical issues raised by the letter.

Gordon D. Fee is Professor Emeritus of New Testament at Regent College. He has authored commentaries on 1 Corinthians, Philippians and the Pastoral Epistles, as well as books on exegesis, hermeneutics and the Holy Spirit.

Bruce Waltke presents an overview of and critical appraisal of the theological system known as dispensationalism. While acknowledging the great contribution dispensational teaching has made to theology in North America, he also critiques some assertions made by dispensationalists such as Charles Ryrie.

Bruce Waltke is Professor Emeritus in Old Testament Studies at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is the author of Genesis: A Commentary, Creation and Chaos, Finding the Will of God: A Pagan Notion?, An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax, and commentaries on Micah. He also served on the translation committee of the NIV Bible.

This is an Evening Public Lecture from the Spring / Summer of 2009.

Marva Dawn is Adjunct Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. She is also a prolific author, theologian and founder of Christians Equipped for Ministry. Her books include Keeping the Sabbath Wholly and Unfettered Hope: A Call to Faithful Living in an Affluent Society.

This is a chapel of Spring School 2009.

Rod Wilson is President and Professor of Counselling and Psychology at Regent College. He is the author of Counseling and Community, Exploring Your Anger, Helping Angry People., How Do I Help a Hurting Friend?

This is an Evening Public Lecture from the Spring / Summer of 2009.

James M. Houston is Board of Governors’ Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. He is author of I Believe in the Creator, In Search of Happiness, The Heart’s Desire: A Guide to Personal Fulfillment, The Transforming Power of Prayer: Deepening Your Friendship with God., Joyful Exiles, and Letters of Faith Through the Seasons: Vol. I.

This is a chapel of Spring School 2009.

R. Paul Stevens is Professor Emeritus of Marketplace Theology at Regent College. He is the author of Liberating the Laity, Disciplines of the Hungry Heart, The Other Six Days, Marriage Spirituality, Doing God's Business and co-editor (with Robert J. Banks) of The Complete Book of Everyday Christianity.

This is a chapel of Spring School 2009.

Marva Dawn is Adjunct Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. She is also a prolific author, theologian and founder of Christians Equipped for Ministry. Her books include Keeping the Sabbath Wholly and Unfettered Hope: A Call to Faithful Living in an Affluent Society.

This is an Evening Public Lecture from the Spring / Summer of 2009.

Krish Kandiah Executive Director, Churches in Mission; Evangelical Alliance Associate Research Fellow, London School of Theology. BSc (Warwick University), MA (Birmingham University), PhD (King's College, London). Previously, he served as Director of the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics and as Lecturer in the theology faculty of Oxford University. Krish is passionate about helping the church relate relevantly and faithfully to contemporary culture.

This is an Evening Public Lecture from the Spring / Summer of 2009.

Maxine Hancock is Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. Among her other books are several on family relationships, including Living on Less and Liking in More, Re-evaluating Your Commitments, and Creative, Confident, Children. And notably, her work on Bunyan in A Key in the Window: Marginal Notes in Bunyan's Narratives.

This is a chapel of Summer School 2009.

Susan S. Phillips is Executive Director and Professor of Sociology and Christianity at New College Berkely, California. Susan is keenly interested in the ways engaging the caring practices shape us spiritually. She is a certified spiritual director (Mercy Center, Burlingame, California) and has practised spiritual direction since the early 1990s. She edited (with Patricia Benner) The Crisis of Care.

This is a chapel of Summer School 2009.

Dr. Oliver Crisp served as an assistant minister in a Baptist church in England for three years before teaching at the University of St. Andrews. He is now the Frederick J. Crosson Research Fellow at the Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame and is currently writing a book on Christology entitled Christological Questions: Issues in the Metaphysics of Incarnation as well as a book on original sin entitled A Theory of Original Sin.

This is a chapel of Summer School 2009.

Paul Barnett was the Anglican Bishop of North Sydney in Australia and is Teaching Fellow, Biblical Studies, Regent College. Lecturer, Moore Theological College, Sydney. THL (Moore Theological College), MA (Sydney), BDS, ThSchol, PhD (University of London). He is author of Jesus and the Logic of History, as well as commentaries on Mark, Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians and Revelation

This is a chapel of Summer School 2009.

R. Paul Stevens is Professor Emeritus of Marketplace Theology at Regent College. He is the author of Liberating the Laity, Disciplines of the Hungry Heart, The Other Six Days, Marriage Spirituality, Doing God's Business and co-editor (with Robert J. Banks) of The Complete Book of Everyday Christianity.

This is a chapel of Summer School 2009.

James I. Packer is the Board of Govenors' Professor of Theology at Regent College. His many books include Knowing God and Rediscovering Holiness.

This is a chapel of Summer School 2009.

Rod Wilson is President and Professor of Counselling and Psychology at Regent College. He is the author of Counseling and Community, Exploring Your Anger, Helping Angry People., How Do I Help a Hurting Friend?

This is a chapel of Summer School 2009.

Bernd Wannenwetsch MA, Dr. theol., Dr. theol. Habil. (Universities of Munich and Erlangen, Germany). He is a University Lecturer in Ethics, University of Oxford, Harris Manchester College. Bernd’s research focuses on conceptual problems in Christian ethics, tradition and postmodernism, scriptural ethics, worship, politics, labour and work, the relationship of the sexes, and the theologies of Martin Luther and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bernd is an ordained minister of the Lutheran Church of Bavaria. His most recent book is Political Worship: Ethics for Christian Citizens.

This is a chapel of Summer School 2009.

John Barclay BA, MA, PhD (Cambridge), Lightfoot Professor of Divinity, Durham. John taught at the University of Glasgow for 16 years before taking up his current appointment as Lightfoot Professor of Divinity at the University of Durham. He writes and lectures on a number of topics in the New Testament and early Christianity including gospel passion narratives, Pauline theology, the social formation of the early church, and the history of interpretation of Paul.

This is a chapel of Summer School 2009.

Jennie McLaurin is Dean of Students at Regent College, a Medical Doctor and a Wife and Mother married to Andrew with five children.

This is a chapel of Summer School 2009.

Mark A. Noll is McManis Professor of Christian Thought and Professor of History at Wheaton College since 1979. He is Co-founder and present director of the Institute of American Evangelicals at Wheaton. He is a visiting teacher at Harvard Divinity School, University of Chicago Divinity School, Westminster Theological Seminary and Regent College. He is the author of numerous books including A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada (1992), The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind (1994), Is the Reformation Over? An Evangelical Assessment of Contemporary Roman Catholicism (2005). Phd (Vanderbilt University).

This is a chapel of Summer School 2009.

This is a chapel of Summer School 2009.

Cynthia Y. Aalders received her BSc from The King's University College, Edmonton, Canada, and her MCS and ThM from Regent College. She currently lives in Vancouver, and is Director of Admissions at Regent College, Vancouver, Canada.

This is a chapel of Summer School 2009.

Ross Hastings was Senior Pastor at Peace Portal Alliance Church in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada and now serves as Associate Professor of Mission Studies at Regent College.

This is a chapel of Summer School 2009.

John G. Stackhouse, Jr. is Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology and Culture at Regent College. He is the author of Can God Be Trusted? and Canadian Evangelicalism in the Twentieth Century: An Introduction to Its Character.

This is a chapel of Summer School 2009.

Quentin J. Schultze is a native Chicagoan who earned a Ph.D. in communication from the Institute of Communications Research at the University of Illinois. His scholarly publications have appeared in several dozen journals. He has also written over a hundred articles for general-interest and religious periodicals. Dr. Schultze has reviewed manuscripts for a dozen trade and university presses and several dozen scholarly journals. He is Professor of Communication Arts & Sciences at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

This is a chapel of Summer School 2009.

Michael Ward MA (Oxford), MA (Cambridge), PhD (St. Andrews), is a priest of the Church of England and a leading scholar of the works of C.S. Lewis. He served as Chaplain of Peterhouse in the University of Cambridge from 2004-2007. He was warden of C.S. Lewis’s Oxford home, The Kilns, 1996-1999. He is author of Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis (Oxford University Press, 2008) and the co-editor of Heresies and How to Avoid Them: Why It Matters What Christians Believe (Hendrickson, 2007). He is co-editing the forthcoming Cambridge Companion to C.S. Lewis.

This is a chapel of Summer School 2009.

Minho Song BA (UBC), Mdiv, ThM (Regent College), PhD (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School). Senior Pastor, Young Nak Korean Presbyterian Church of Toronto. Minho Song was a missionary to SE Asia with OMF International. He is currently senior pastor of Young Nak Korean Presbyterian Church of Toronto. He also serves as adjunct professor at Asian Theological Seminary in the Philippines, where he taught missions for many years.

This is the first chapel of the Fall 2009 term.

Rod Wilson is President and Professor of Counselling and Psychology at Regent College. He is the author of Counseling and Community, Exploring Your Anger, Helping Angry People., How Do I Help a Hurting Friend?

This is a chapel of the Fall 2009 term.

Jennie McLaurin is Dean of Students at Regent College, a Medical Doctor and a Wife and Mother married to Andrew with five children.

This is a chapel of the Fall 2009 term.

John G. Stackhouse, Jr. is Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology and Culture at Regent College. He is the author of Can God Be Trusted? and Canadian Evangelicalism in the Twentieth Century: An Introduction to Its Character.

This is a chapel of the Fall 2009 term.

Maxine Hancock is Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. Among her other books are several on family relationships, including Living on Less and Liking in More, Re-evaluating Your Commitments, and Creative, Confident, Children. And notably, her work on Bunyan in A Key in the Window: Marginal Notes in Bunyan's Narratives.

This is a chapel of the Fall 2009 term.

Duffy Lott Gibb (MPhil, St Andrews), (MCS, Regent), is Director of Summer School and Arts Co-ordinator at Regent College.

This series is a subset of the Pastors' Conference 2009 and includes the sermons of Fleming Rutledge. Includes:

1. Love Against the Odds
2. Imagine the Sojourner
3. The Bloody Passage Way

Fleming Rutledge BA (Sweet Briar College), Mdiv (Union Theological Seminary), DD (Hon.)(Virginia Theological Seminary) Madison NJ. An accomplished preacher throughout the US, Canada and the UK she has published five books of sermons including The Bible and the New York Times, Help My Unbelief, and Not Ashamed of the Gospel.

This is a chapel of the Fall 2009 term.

Paul Williams (BA, MA, MSc (Oxford), MCS (Regent College)) is David J Brown Family Associate Professor of Marketplace Theology and Leadership at Regent College.He is also a Director and Economic Advisor to DTZ Holdings, an international real estate consulting and investment banking group. He came to Regent from his most recent role as Chief Economist and Head of International Research for DTZ.

This is a chapel of the Fall 2009 term.

Hans Boersma sits in the J. I. Packer Chair of Theology at Regent College. He is the author or editor of several books, including A Hot Pepper Corn: Richard Baxter's Doctrine of Justification in Its Seventeenth-Century Context of Controversy and Violence, Hospitality and the Cross.

This is a chapel of the Fall 2009 term.

Rikk E. Watts is Professor of New Testament at Regent College. He is author of a recently published book on the use of Isaiah in the Gospel of Mark entitled Isaiah's New Exodus in Mark.

This is a conference designed for new entrepreneurs wanting to apply their faith to a start up business; or seasoned entrepreneurs wanting to experiment by applying their faith in existing businesses. Exploring business as a possible expression of God's inventive, risk-taking character, this conference will offer a Christian critique of current business practice and of social enterprises. Using research findings, case studies and current experimentation at Regent College, presenters will generate a dialogue between current practices and new and creative ways to apply the Christian faith in a business context. Since true knowing is more than head knowledge, facilitated breakout groups will engage participants in the design of Christian social enterprises. Participants will also devise methods of testing their designs, and those who wish will be given an opportunity to compete for the title of "Best Test Demonstrator," the winner of which will partner with the Marketplace Institute of Regent College to further develop their design's operation and evaluation.

Michael Hodson Ph.D. (University of Cambridge), B. Th. (University of Wales), BA, MA (Queen's) has worked extensively in business and academia integrating the theory and practice of his Christian Faith in the United Kingdom.

Mark Mayhew MEng (Nottingham), MCS (Regent College) is Head of Missional Communities, Marketplace Institute, Regent College. Mark has worked globally as a consultant on strategy, business improvement and design.

R. Paul Stevens is Professor Emeritus of Marketplace Theology at Regent College. He is the author of Liberating the Laity, Disciplines of the Hungry Heart, The Other Six Days, Marriage Spirituality, Doing God's Business and co-editor (with Robert J. Banks) of The Complete Book of Everyday Christianity.

Rikk E. Watts is Professor of New Testament at Regent College. He is author of a recently published book on the use of Isaiah in the Gospel of Mark entitled Isaiah's New Exodus in Mark.

Paul Williams (BA, MA, MSc (Oxford), MCS (Regent College)) is David J Brown Family Associate Professor of Marketplace Theology and Leadership at Regent College.He is also a Director and Economic Advisor to DTZ Holdings, an international real estate consulting and investment banking group. He came to Regent from his most recent role as Chief Economist and Head of International Research for DTZ.

This is a Chapel of the Winter 2010 term.

Maxine Hancock is Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. Among her other books are several on family relationships, including Living on Less and Liking in More, Re-evaluating Your Commitments, and Creative, Confident, Children. And notably, her work on Bunyan in A Key in the Window: Marginal Notes in Bunyan's Narratives.

Most people can answer why Jesus was born and why he died. But why did he live? This series examines Jesus' life and teachings against the backdrop of the first-century. Dr. Fee gives fresh insight into what Jesus said, how Jesus understood himself, and the implications of his life for us today.

Gordon D. Fee is Professor Emeritus of New Testament at Regent College. He has authored commentaries on 1 Corinthians, Philippians and the Pastoral Epistles, as well as books on exegesis, hermeneutics and the Holy Spirit.

Romans was hailed by the Reformers, as it has been by many since their days, as Paul's supreme masterpiece, and a key to the rest of the Bible. But it is a hard, heavy, close-packed theological argument, and studying it is as demanding in its own way as climbing Everest. This series aims to present at least the dimensions of the letter, in the manner of a helicopter flying around Everest, enabling one to view it from all angles. The important problems of interpretation will be noted, and the main lines of implication and will be drawn our in general terms. Lectures include:

1. Introduction
2. Chapter I
3. The Righteousness of God
4. Why Men Need Righteousness of God
5. Law-Breaking Jews
6. Man's Guilt, God's Grace
7. Believers' Confidence
8. Living in Assurance
9. Living in Holiness, Not in Sin
10. Living under Christ, Not under the Law
11. Living in Confident Hope, Not Paralyzing Fear
12. Righteousness of God

James I. Packer is the Board of Governors' Professor of Theology at Regent College. His many books include Knowing God and Rediscovering Holiness.

This set of 9 lectures by James S. Stewart explain various approaches to homiletic form while delivering powerful exhortations to the Church to be the people of God in the world today.

Rev. James S. Stewart James S. Stewart (1896-1990) was a minister of the Church of Scotland. He taught New Testament Language, Literature and Theology at the University of Edinburgh. In 1999, Preaching Magazine ranked James S. Stewart as the best preacher of the twentieth century, commenting that his books on preaching "have inspired tens of thousands of preachers to strive for greater effectiveness in their proclamation of God's Word."

This collection of 8 sermons by the late Scotish pastor James Stewart evidence his fiery passion for the Gospel and are full of Christ-centered exhortations for the people of God today. Titles Included: Christ & the City, No Abiding City, Lovest Thou Me?, The Rending of the Veil, Fools for Christ Sake, The Transfigural Cross, The Relevence of Worship, and The Ministry of Angels.

Rev. James S. Stewart James S. Stewart (1896-1990) was a minister of the Church of Scotland. He taught New Testament Language, Literature and Theology at the University of Edinburgh. In 1999, Preaching Magazine ranked James S. Stewart as the best preacher of the twentieth century, commenting that his books on preaching "have inspired tens of thousands of preachers to strive for greater effectiveness in their proclamation of God's Word."

This collection of 8 sermons by the late Scotish pastor James Stewart evidence his fiery passion for the Gospel and are full of Christ-centered exhortations for the people of God today. Titles Included: The Four Points of the Compass of Salvation, What it Means to Go to Church, Modernity in the Book of Daniel, The Christ of the Emmaus Road, The Fellowship of the Church at Worship, Recapturing the Lost Wonder of the Christian Faith, Our Ministry and the Prospect of Revival.

Rev. James S. Stewart James S. Stewart (1896-1990) was a minister of the Church of Scotland. He taught New Testament Language, Literature and Theology at the University of Edinburgh. In 1999, Preaching Magazine ranked James S. Stewart as the best preacher of the twentieth century, commenting that his books on preaching "have inspired tens of thousands of preachers to strive for greater effectiveness in their proclamation of God's Word."

This lecture was given during Summer School 2010 at Regent College as part of the Evening Public Lecture Series. James K.A. Smith outlines the steps needed to move toward developing a distinct Pentecostal philosophy of religion.

James K.A. Smith (PhD, Villanova University) is professor of philosophical theology at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is the author or editor of eight books, including Jacques Derrida: Live Theory (Continuum, 2005); Radical Orthodoxy and the Reformed Tradition (Baker Academic, 2005) and Who's Afraid of Postmodernism? Taking Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault to Church (Baker Academic, forthcoming).

This single lecture is a presentation of a scholarly paper examining the biblical basis and Pauline theology undergirding the charismatic phenomenon of glosolalia, also known as 'speaking in tongues.'

Gordon D. Fee is Professor Emeritus of New Testament at Regent College. He has authored commentaries on 1 Corinthians, Philippians and the Pastoral Epistles, as well as books on exegesis, hermeneutics and the Holy Spirit.

This seminar lecture focuses on embracing depression and anxiety as one of many mysterious aspects of the human condition, advocates honesty about the existence and incidence of cases, offers definitions and symptoms, and encourages thoughtful wholistic reflection on the 'why' question behind cases.

Rod Wilson is President and Professor of Counselling and Psychology at Regent College. He is the author of Counseling and Community, Exploring Your Anger, Helping Angry People., How Do I Help a Hurting Friend?

This is a message in the Regent Chapel talks Winter 2010 series.

Gordon T. Smith (PhD, Loyola School of Theology, Ateneo de Manila University) is President of Overseas Council Canada and former Academic Vice President/Dean and Associate Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. He is author of Essential Spirituality: Renewing Your Christian Faith through Classic Spiritual Disciplines, Listening to God in Times of Choice and Courage & Calling: Embracing Your God-given Potential.

This single lecture by Walter Wright advances a biblical ideology of leadership appropriate for the marketplace or any other sphere based on other-empowering service.

Walter Wright, Jr. is the former President of Regent College and Professor of Christian Leadership and Management. He was the founder and director of the Institute for Christian Organizational Development and author of Relational Leadership: A Biblical Model for Leadership Service.

This is a message in the series of 2010 Winter Chapel talks.

Bruce Hindmarsh is the James Houston Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. Dr. Hindmarsh was a Pew research fellow at Oxford University from 1995-1997. He is author of John Newton and the English Evangelical Tradition: Between the Conversion of Wesley and Wilberforce.

This is a message from the Winter 2010 series of Regent Chapel talks.

Rod Wilson is President and Professor of Counselling and Psychology at Regent College. He is the author of Counseling and Community, Exploring Your Anger, Helping Angry People., How Do I Help a Hurting Friend?

These lectures were given at the Regent College Open House on convocation weekend 2010. They include: Why God Didn't Make You More Beautiful Than You Are by John Stackhouse & What's the Use of Old Testament Studies Anyway? by Iain Provan.

This Evening Public Lecture was delivered during the week of the Pastor's Conference 2010. Model-building plays an important role in science, and we can use model-building in thinking about the relationship between Genesis 1-3 and evolutionary history. The models are human constructs, not the data itself - ways of helping different types of narrative to come into conversation with each other. This is not concordism, where attempts are made to (inappropriately) impose scientific meanings on to a theological text – more like a conversation between two disciplines: science and theology.

Dr. Denis Alexander is the Director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, St. Edmund’s College, Cambridge, UK. Dr Alexander is also a Senior Affiliated Scientist at The Babraham Institute, Cambridge, where he supervises a research group in cancer and immunology, and where for many years he was Chairman of the Molecular Immunology Programme and Head of the Laboratory of Lymphocyte Signalling and Development. Dr Alexander was previously at the Imperial Cancer Research Laboratories in London (now Cancer Research UK), and prior to that spent 15 years developing university departments and laboratories overseas, latterly as Associate Professor of Biochemistry in the Medical Faculty of the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. Dr Alexander was initially an Open Scholar at Oxford reading Biochemistry, before obtaining a PhD in Neurochemistry at the Institute of Psychiatry in London.

Dr Alexander writes, lectures and broadcasts widely in the field of science and religion. Since 1992 he has been Editor of the journal Science and Christian Belief, and currently serves on the UK Committee of Christians in Science and as one of the founding fellows of the International Society for Science and Religion. He is the author of Rebuilding the Matrix - Science and Faith in the 21st Century and of Can we be sure about anything? Science, faith, and postmodernism.

This sermon series delivered at Tenth Avenue Alliance Church in Vancouver in 2005.

This Evening Public Lecture was delivered during the first week of Spring School, 2010 at Regent College. Starting out with the question - what makes people competent in Christian communities - the lecture looks into confusion in Biblical and scientific understanding of ourselves that may have contributed to underestimation of the role of emotion in Christian communities, and looks ahead to more emphasis on emotional intelligence in the life of Christian communities.

Rod Wilson is President and Professor of Counselling and Psychology at Regent College. He is the author of Counseling and Community, Exploring Your Anger, Helping Angry People., How Do I Help a Hurting Friend?

This lecture was given during Spring School 2010 at Regent College as part of the Evening Public Lecture Series. The lecture addresses the decline of Film in terms of both viewership and content from the 'golden years' of the 1940s and postulates ways of how Christians can guard this art form as ways of telling narrative, and ultimately the Narrative, as part of our creative mandate.

Bruce Marchfelder is an award-winning screen writer and director. His first film, The Artist's Circle, was selected for the 53rd Cannes International Film Festival. Bruce sits on the Advisory Board of the Film Forum for the Vancouver International Film Festival and has chaired the feature jury for the Leo award. From 2001 to 2005 he ran the Directing Program at the Vancouver Film School.

In an age suspicious of the past it is all the more important for the Church to be aware of her tradition. It is through a loving connection with the Church of all times and places that today also God provides us with an identity in Christ through the Holy Spirit. This course, therefore, explores the history of the doctrine of the Church as it has taken shape both in the thoughts of individual theologians and through the Creeds, confessions, and decisions of councils and synods. The course not only presents an overview of the history of Christian doctrine, but also examines some of the most seminal theological writings that have shaped the Church throughout her history. Lectures include:

1. History of Doctrine: Detached objectivity or ecclesial propaganda?
2. Gnosticism: Escaping into difference
3. Irenaeus and the Quest for Unity
4. Christianity and Platonism: Combining cosmological unity with the goodness of creation
5. The filioque and the Great Schism (And why should I, like, care?)
6. The Rise of Nominalism, Or: How to replace sacraments with idols
7. Biblia Pauperum: Why we should go back to the Middle Ages
8. Forerunners of the Reformation? Oberman, McGrath, and Newman
9. The Reformation: Justification sola fide
10. Of Fountainheads and Federalism: Calvin and later Calvinism
11. Modern Theology: Christianity not mysterious?
12. Liberation Theology: God’s ‘preferential option’ for the poor

Hans Boersma sits in the J. I. Packer Chair of Theology at Regent College. He is the author or editor of several books, including A Hot Pepper Corn: Richard Baxter's Doctrine of Justification in Its Seventeenth-Century Context of Controversy and Violence, Hospitality and the Cross.

This series enables the listener to think critically and theologically about religious experience in general, but the focus is on the nature and character of conversion. Dr.Smith seeks to demonstrate that a comprehensive experience of conversion is essential for spiritual transformation and vital piety. A primary concern of the course is to help the listener to see how understanding one's own conversion can foster self-knowledge and personal transformation.

Gordon T. Smith (PhD, Loyola School of Theology, Ateneo de Manila University) is President of Overseas Council Canada and former Academic Vice President/Dean and Associate Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. He is author of Essential Spirituality: Renewing Your Christian Faith through Classic Spiritual Disciplines, Listening to God in Times of Choice and Courage & Calling: Embracing Your God-given Potential.

What does it mean to be biblical in ones' theology and in one's life? This series studies the diverse ways that recent theories of meaning and truth have a bearing on biblical authority and interpretation--on exegesis, theology and ethics alike. Listeners will learn how to approach Scripture as a norm for thought and action in an age when the very possibility of meaning and truth is disputed. Listeners also will come to appreciate both how modern and post-modern theories of meaning and truth affect theology and how they may themselves be transformed as a result of their encounter with the Bible and Christian doctrine. The purpose is to help the listener to formulate a strategy for articulating the meaningfulness and truthfulness of Scripture in a post-modern, pluralistic and public context.

Kevin J. Vanhoozer is Blanchard Professor of Theology at Wheaton College, Illinois. He is author of Is there a Meaning in this Text? The Bible, the Reader, and the Morality of Literary Knowledge and Biblical Narrative in the Philosophy of Paul Ricoeur: A Study in Hermeneutics and Theology.

Designed for pastors with all levels of familiarity in the realm of science, the 2010 Pastors’ Conference seeks to recover the sense of wonder and worship that emerges from the disciplines of scientific discovery, re-awakening the inquisitiveness and curiosity that ought to characterize us as persons made in the image of God the Creator —commissioned to continue his creative work. Be equipped to affirm the work of scientists as devotion, to invoke in our young people fearlessness about discovering all reality, and spur on our people to fulfill what it means to be humans fully alive, living out the first great mission given to all humans—the creation mandate. Engage the controversial matters, but above all, discover and begin to develop a way of thinking and being that is the heart of the Gospel, which calls us to live in creation and participate joyfully in the new creation.

Presented by Cardus and the Marketplace Institute, Regent College

“God and the Global Economy” was a two day conference that invited some of the best thinkers and practitioners in international political economy and theology to respond to the Pope’s encyclical Caritas in Veritate. These responses will continue to refine and expand on the dialogue that the Pope has created through this important document, and bring some of its critical insights—and problems—into Protestant focus. The conference featured an emphasis on both theological and theoretical reflection on the one hand, and policy development, institutional design and implementation on the other.

The papal encyclical Caritas in Veritate published in July 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI continues a tradition of sophisticated theological engagement of catholic social teaching with contemporary issues in political economy. The encyclical has aroused considerable interest and debate, especially amongst Catholics and evangelicals. The organisers of this conference were behind the publication in August of an open letter signed by many prominent evangelicals (see www.doingthetruth.org) and published in First Things and Books and Culture. The letter recognises the significance of the encyclical and calls on Christians, especially evangelicals, to engage and respond to it. This conference is part of that response.

Stephen Long is Professor of Systematic Theology at Marquette University and the author of The Divine Economy: Theology and Market, which details a Christian approach to economics based in the school of Radical orthodoxy.

Paul Mills is a Senior Economist in the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department.

Fr. Raymond de Souza is a trained economist, father within the Kingston Archdiocese and regular contributor to various Canadian publications.

Paul Oslington is professor at Australian Catholic University where his appointment is jointly in the School of Business and School of Theology. He was previously Professor of Economics and Finance at University of Notre Dame.

Ray Pennings is a Senior Fellow and Director of Research at Cardus and is one of Canada’s top authorities on industrial relations, public policy and political activism.

Mark Polet brings 33 years of experience as a professional biologist reconciling the tension between man-made and natural ecologies through environmental impact assessments, habitat restoration, and integrated environmental and occupational health systems in thirteen countries. As an entrepreneur, he has established three environmental firms, and currently works for Klohn Crippen Berger. Mark is also a liturgical poet.

Iain W. Provan is the E. Marshall Shepherd Professor of Biblical Studies (Old Testament) at Regent College. He has authored commentaries on 1 & 2 Kings, Ecclesiastes & Song of Songs, and Lamentations, as well as numerous scholarly articles.

Peter Stockland is the Executive Director of the Centre for Cultural Renewal. Mr. Stockland comes to the executive director’s position from Readers’ Digest Magazines Canada Ltd., where he was vice-president of English-language magazines. He currently runs his own media relations company, Prima Communication, in Montreal.

Gideon Strauss is president of the Center for Public Justice and editor of Comment. From 1999 to 2009, he was research and education director for the Christian Labour Association of Canada.

Paul Williams (BA, MA, MSc (Oxford), MCS (Regent College)) is David J Brown Family Associate Professor of Marketplace Theology and Leadership at Regent College.He is also a Director and Economic Advisor to DTZ Holdings, an international real estate consulting and investment banking group. He came to Regent from his most recent role as Chief Economist and Head of International Research for DTZ.

Jonathan Wellum is the current CEO and CIO of RockLinc Investment Partners and was formerly the CEO of AIC Limited.

Emile Van Velsen is Sector Manager on Policy, Communications and International Departments at CNV (National Federation of Christian Trade Unions in the Netherlands).

This series examines the theology of religious experience, with particular examination of the nature of Christian conversion and spiritual change. The lectures will demonstrate that a comprehensive experience of conversion is essential for spiritual transformation and a vital piety. Through this series listeners will be able to foster self-knowledge and personal transformation through understanding their own conversion theologically.

Gordon T. Smith (PhD, Loyola School of Theology, Ateneo de Manila University) is President of Overseas Council Canada and former Academic Vice President/Dean and Associate Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. He is author of Essential Spirituality: Renewing Your Christian Faith through Classic Spiritual Disciplines, Listening to God in Times of Choice and Courage & Calling: Embracing Your God-given Potential.

This lecture was given during Spring School 2010 at Regent College as part of the Evening Public Lecture Series.

Charles R. Ringma BD (Reformed Theological College, Australia), BA, MLitSt, PhD (University of Queensland). He has been teaching at Regent College since 1998. He has previously done mission work among the Aborigines in Australia, was the founder and director of the Good News Centre which worked with alcoholics in Brisbane, and was Australian founder and executive director of Teen Challenge, also in Brisbane. He is author of, among other books, Gadamer’s Dialogical Hermeneutic, Cry Liberation: With Voices from the Developing World, and Seek the Silences: With Thomas Merton.

This is a message from the Spring 2010 series of Regent Chapel talks.

Craig Gay is Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Regent College. He is author of With Liberty and Justice for Whom? The Recent Evangelical Debate Over Capitalism and The Way of the (Modern) World Or, Why It's Tempting to Live As If God Doesn't Exist.

This is a message from the Spring 2010 series of Regent Chapel talks.

Paul S. Helm is Teaching Fellow at Regent College. He has served as President of the British Society of the Philiosophy of Religion and authored numerous books including Eternal God: A Study of God without Time and Faith Understanding.

Regent College's XXXX convocation ceremony for students graduating in 2010. The Student Speaker was Keith Ganzer, Growing in the knowledge of Him. The Charge to Graduates was given by Darrell Johnson, The World Into Which We Bless You

Darrell W. Johnson is Senior Minister at First Baptist Church in Vancouver and former Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology at Regent College. Before coming to Regent he served for 30 years as Preaching Pastor for churches in the United States and the Philippines. He continues to teach as a sessional lecturer at Regent College.

This audio recording does not include the Conferring of Diplomas and Degrees.

This course is designed for those who are asking questions about identity, gender, sexuality and theology. As a class we will consider how one culture understood masculinity and femininity as social and relational categories, as ideas, and as cultural constructs. Our aim is to explore how themes such as gender roles, motherhood, fatherhood, singleness, gender stereotyping and authority were mapped in late-Georgian and Victorian church and society. Through a challenging and in-depth historical study of the period c1780-1900, this course seeks to shed fresh light on many of the issues which preoccupy us today.

Sarah Williams (BA,MA,Dphil (Oxford)) Is Associate Professor of History at Regent College in Vancouver, Canada. She is the author of Religious Belief and Popular Culture. She has written a number of articles and reviews for academic journals such as Past and Present, The Urban History Yearbook, The Journal of Victorian Culture, The Journal of the Oral History Society, Archives De Sciences Sociales Des Religions and The Journal of Nineteenth Century Studies. She has contributed to European Religion in the Age of Great Cities (Hugh McLeod ed.). More recently she has written The Shaming of the Strong.

This lecture was given as part of the UBC Graduate & Faculty Christian Forum Lecture Series in 2001. The lecture addresses environmental ethics and the religious nature of science.

Loren E. Wilkinson is Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and Philosophy at Regent College. Loren speaks frequently on Christianity and the environment. He is the editor of Earthkeeping in the '90's and the author of Caring for Creation in Your Own Backyard.

With the onset of the millennium, many are whipping up apocalyptic enthusiasm for a great God-given event. But is this what biblical apocalyptic is all about? When we consider what the millennium really means, there are much more deeply Christian ways of celebrating it than waiting for the end of the world.

N. Thomas Wright is Bishop of Durham and a respected New Testament scholar. His books include The Original Jesus, The Challenge of Jesus, Jesus and the Victory of God and The Millennium Myth.

This single lecture deals with the hermeneutical framework of the Book of revelation so that we may draw from the meaning of the book in its day and in ours.

F. F. Bruce was Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis at the University of Manchester. He authored numerous commentaries and was general editor of the New International Commentary of the New Testament from 1962 until his death in 1990. His books include Paul: Apostle of the Heart Set Free and New Testament History.

This is a message from the Spring 2010 series of Regent Chapel talks.

Jennie McLaurin is Dean of Students at Regent College, a Medical Doctor and a Wife and Mother married to Andrew with five children.

This is a message from the Spring 2010 series of Regent Chapel talks.

Peter Shaw MCS (Regent College), MSc (Bradford University), MSc (Durham University) is an executive coach, facilitator and writer. He is a partner in Praestra Partners and his books include The Four Vs of Leadership, Finding Your Future and Mirroring Jesus as Leader.

This is a message from the Spring 2010 series of Regent Chapel talks.

Sven K. Söderlund is Associate Professor in Biblical Studies. He is author of Greek Text of Jeremiah as well as editor of Romans and the People of God and The Way of Wisdom.

This is a message from the Spring 2010 series of Regent Chapel talks.

Cherith Fee Nordling is Adjunct Professor, Systematic and Contemporary Theology, Calvin College & Calvin Seminary; Co-Director of Christian Formation at Calvin College. BA(Wheaton College), MA(College of Notre Dame), MCS(Regent College), PhD(University of St. Andrews).

This is a message from the Spring 2010 series of Regent Chapel talks.

Charles R. Ringma BD (Reformed Theological College, Australia), BA, MLitSt, PhD (University of Queensland). He has been teaching at Regent College since 1998. He has previously done mission work among the Aborigines in Australia, was the founder and director of the Good News Centre which worked with alcoholics in Brisbane, and was Australian founder and executive director of Teen Challenge, also in Brisbane. He is author of, among other books, Gadamer’s Dialogical Hermeneutic, Cry Liberation: With Voices from the Developing World, and Seek the Silences: With Thomas Merton.

This lecture was Rikk Watt's inaugural lecture given at his installation as Full Professor of New Testament Studies at Regent College in April 2010. In this lecture he challenges the assumption that Christ's identification with Israel's God was only evident in the Godspel of John, not the synoptics. Instead Rikk takes cue from the way Mark uses Old Testament texts to suggest the high Christological awareness of Mark.

Rikk E. Watts is Professor of New Testament at Regent College. He is author of a recently published book on the use of Isaiah in the Gospel of Mark entitled Isaiah's New Exodus in Mark.

English Puritan Theology was rich in its treatment of Evangelical and devotional themes. The aim of these lectures is to explore the Puritan mind on matters that were of central interest to the Puritans themselves. Dr. Packer gives a historical and theological characterization of the Puritan movement and a survey of its literature.
Lecture titles are:

1. The Puritan Identity
2. The Bible in Puritan Theology
3. Salvation by Grace
4. Faith & Assurance
5. The Good Fight
6. The Pilgrim's Progress
7. Conscience
8. Reformed Monasticism
9. The Sabbath
10. Puritan Church Life
11. Puritan Theology for Today

James I. Packer is the Board of Govenors' Professor of Theology at Regent College. His many books include Knowing God and Rediscovering Holiness.

A maze of opinions confronts the church leader seeking the best way forward for the church in transition. This swirl of emphases suggests that congregations are being driven by the latest "flavour of the month" in church growth or congregational development. This series attempts to describe what kind of leadership it will take to guide congregations to understand and live out of their identity as the people of God. It also outlines what would happen in every area of the congregation's life if even the most basic descriptions of the church in Scripture were taken seriously.

Dallas Willard is a professor in the School of Philosophy at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. He is author of The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God, The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives, and Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God.

Linda Cannell is Associate Professor of Educational Ministries at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, IL. She is also currently director of Inter Comm, an agency that seeks to unite learning communities worldwide. Through EEQUIP Ministries she has served many congregations in Canada and the United States as an educational and organizational consultant.

This lecture was given as a part of the 2010 Regent College Evening Public Lecture Series.

Michael Buttrey B.Sc., Molecular Genetics, (University of Alberta) is currently completing a Master of Christian Studies in Interdisciplinary Studies at Regent College. His thesis explores how Christian theology and liturgy, in particular infant baptism, questions the present day practice of genetic screening.

This course will undertake a careful exegetical study of Matthew in an attempt to;

1. master the basic content of the gospel through the application of sound exegetical method,
2. note Matthew’s emphases vis-ŕ-vis the other Synoptics, and
3. address some of the hermeneutical issues concerning its significance in the modern world.

Given the sheer size of the book some selectivity will be necessary.

A secondary concern will be to acquaint students with a number of the critical issues relating to the scholarly study of Matthew. Some familiarity with NT Greek will prove advantageous but is not required.

Rikk E. Watts is Professor of New Testament at Regent College. He is author of a recently published book on the use of Isaiah in the Gospel of Mark entitled Isaiah's New Exodus in Mark.

This lecture was given during Summer School 2010 at Regent College as part of the Evening Public Lecture Series. David I. Smith challenges the view that one's own cultural setting is the norm and examines how we can be the most hospitable to the strangers we encounter in our everyday lives.

David I. Smith, BA (Oxford), PGCE (University of Nottingham), MPhilF (Institute for Christian Studies), PhD (University of London), is Director of the Kuyers Institute for Christian Teaching and Learning; Associate Professor of German, Calvin College.

Within the field of NT studies, the history of the study of Hebrews has been called a 'Cinderella story' - a bit of a mystery tome without clear origin or lucid purpose, overshadowed by study of Paul and the Gospels, yet with some admirers of its style, which is superior to other NT literature, its lofty Christology and its inspiring spirituality.

This course will seek to profile George Guthrie's major theological themes by means of exposition of key passages in a manner that will seek to prepare the way for her coronation in the pulpit. Investigating themes like Christ's essential deity and messiahship, his true and vicarious humanity, his Melchisedecan priesthood and his atonement will uncover their relevance to a number of debates in contemporary theology, as well as for pastoral matters like salvation, assurance, sanctification, earthy spirituality and restoring Christ to the centre of the church's worship and mission.

Ross Hastings was Senior Pastor at Peace Portal Alliance Church in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada and now serves as Associate Professor of Mission Studies at Regent College.

This Evening Public Lecture was given as a part of the 1999 Regent College Evening Public Lecture Series. The lecture will examine the significance of J.I. Packer as one of the century's most important evangelical thinkers. This lecture features comments from J.I.Packer at the end.

Alister E. McGrath MA, Dphil, DD (Oxford University). Professor, Historical Theology, Oxford University. Director of the Oxford Centre for Evangelism and Apologetics. Teaching Fellow, Regent College. Some of his more recent books are A Scientific Theology, a groundbreaking work of systematic theology in three volumes: Nature, Reality and Theory, The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World and Dawkins’ God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life.

This course surveys the whole range of Christian doctrine as set forth in the Bible, grappled with and fought over in history, and debated in our day. The aim throughout is to give resources for deciding at each point what theological assertions and “moves” in discussion express a truly biblical faith. The course is a natural follow-up to Biblical Theology, in so far as Systematic Theology represents a rethinking of biblical material so as to exhibit it as wisdom answering the folly of our time.

Alister E. McGrath MA, Dphil, DD (Oxford University). Professor, Historical Theology, Oxford University. Director of the Oxford Centre for Evangelism and Apologetics. Teaching Fellow, Regent College. Some of his more recent books are A Scientific Theology, a groundbreaking work of systematic theology in three volumes: Nature, Reality and Theory, The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World and Dawkins’ God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life.

This lecture was given during Summer School 2010 at Regent College as part of the Evening Public Lecture Series.

John Hare is Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology, Yale Divinity School. John's interests extend to ancient philosophy, medieval Franciscan philosophy, Kant, Kierkegaard, contemporary ethical theory, the theory of the atonement, medical ethics and international relations, and aesthetics. He is the authour of many books, including The Moral Gap; God's Call; and Why Bother Being Good?

This lecture was given during Summer School 2010 at Regent College as part of the Evening Public Lecture Series.

John G. Stackhouse, Jr. is Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology and Culture at Regent College. He is the author of Can God Be Trusted? and Canadian Evangelicalism in the Twentieth Century: An Introduction to Its Character.

This lecture was given during Summer School 2010 at Regent College as part of the Evening Public Lecture Series.

David A. Skeel Jr.BA (University of North Carolina), JD (University of Virginia School of Law), is S. Samuel Arsht Professor of Corporate Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Drawing on the work of a range of theologians, cultural commentators, scientists and artists, Dr. Begbie attempts to show something of how the Church must rediscover its Trinitarian heritage to engage the fundamental issues of our age. Crucial will be a rediscovery of the Holy Spirit as the promoter of unity and diversity.

Jeremy S. Begbie is Associate Principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge Affiliated Lecturer, Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge. Honorary Professor, University of St. Andrews. BA (Edinburgh), BD, PhD (Aberdeen), ARCM (Royal College of Music, London), LRAM (Royal Academy of Music, London).He is the author of Music in God’s Purposes, Voicing Creation’s Praise: Towards a Theology of the Arts, and Theology, Music and Time.

This series is a careful exegetical study of Mark in an attempt to master the basic content of his gospel through the application of sound exegetical method and to address some of the hermeneutical issues concerning its significance in the modern world. A secondary concern is to acquaint listeners with some of the critical issues relating to the scholarly study of Mark. Lectures includes:

1. Mark's Introduction and the Shape of His Gospel
2. The Question of Genre and a Brief History of Markan Scholarship
3. Prologue
4. Mighty Words and Mighty Deeds, Hostility and Conflict
5. Conflict and A New Family
6. New Heavens and New Earth
7. Rejection and Incomprehension
8. The Way of the New Exodus
9. Passion Predictions, Leaven, and True Holiness
10. On the Way: Torah for the New Humanity
11. Arrival in Jerusalem
12. The Trial and Demise of Jerusalem, Passion and Ressurection

Rikk E. Watts is Professor of New Testament at Regent College. He is author of a recently published book on the use of Isaiah in the Gospel of Mark entitled Isaiah's New Exodus in Mark.

This lecture was given as the convocation speech for the graduating class of 1995 of Regent College. This speech tells the story of the transportation of the Ark of the Covenant with the focus on what does it really mean to fear God in a proper sense.

Eugene H. Peterson is Professor Emeritus of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. He has written numerous books, authored a commentary on the books of 1 & 2 Samuel, and translated the Bible (The Message) into contemporary English.

This series explores the resources on which Christian theology is based, and provides an introduction to every major area of theology. Particular attention is paid to the way in which theology is grounded in, and makes use of Scripture. Listeners will be acquainted with the history of Christian theology and will engage directly with primary texts from leading Christian theologians.

1. Intro: Scripture & Theology; Tradition & Scripture
2. Revelation in Scripture & Nature
3. Talking about God; God as Creator
4. God as a Person
5. The Basics of Trinity; Models of the Trinity
6. The Holy Spirit
7. Christology: NT Foundations; Historical Development
8. Christology: Faith and History
9. Soteriology: NT Basics; Victory and Forgiveness
10. Soteriology: Victory and Forgiveness(con't); Love
11. The Pelagian Controversy; The Reformation
12. Grace: Predestination
13. Doctrine of the Church; Doctrine of Sacraments
14. Pluralism; Doctrine of the Last Things
15. In Greater Depth: Jesus Christ; Scripture
16. In Greater Depth: Modernism

Alister E. McGrath MA, Dphil, DD (Oxford University). Professor, Historical Theology, Oxford University. Director of the Oxford Centre for Evangelism and Apologetics. Teaching Fellow, Regent College. Some of his more recent books are A Scientific Theology, a groundbreaking work of systematic theology in three volumes: Nature, Reality and Theory, The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World and Dawkins’ God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life.

This series addresses the need for integrating personal spirituality, biblical revelation, and actual ministry as it is exercised primarily in either the workplace, in society or church/parachurch. The goal is to develop both understandings and disciplines that will be formational for an authentic Christ-honouring ministry over a lifetime. Lectures Include:

1. Introduction
2. Context of Salvation
3. Song of Songs: An Ascetic of Prayer and Scripture
4. The Context of Revelation
5. The Ministry of Story Telling
6. The Context of Suffering
7. The Ministry of Grief Sharing: Spiritual Direction
8. The Context of Culture
9. The Ministry of Nay-Saying
10. The Ministry of Community-Building
11. Book of Esther: Developing an Ascetic for Ministry

Eugene H. Peterson is Professor Emeritus of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. He has written numerous books, authored a commentary on the books of 1 & 2 Samuel, and translated the Bible (The Message) into contemporary English.

This is a Regent Chapel Talk from Summer School 2010

Keith Ganzer BA, MA (Wheaton), MDiv (Regent College) is a sessional lecturer at Regent College.

This course surveys Anglican history and the core convictions, contentions and concerns that have marked theology within it from the Reformation up to today. It includes readings from theologians in the Evangelical, Anglo-Catholic, and Broad Church traditions in their various forms and will conclude with discussion of Anglican identity today. It will thus serve as preparation for a teaching ministry in any Anglican context, and as a contribution to transdenominational understanding. Lectures include:

1. Varieties of Anglican Theology Today
2. The English Reformation
3. The English Puritans
4. The Work of Richard Hooker
5. The Caroline Divines
6. Rational Divinity
7. Revival Theology
8. The Oxford Movement, and Anglo-Catholicism
9. The Broad Church Movement and Anglican Modernism
10. The Twentieth Century
11. Evangelical Anglican Theology, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

James I. Packer is the Board of Govenors' Professor of Theology at Regent College. His many books include Knowing God and Rediscovering Holiness.

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Being Christian and being human are sometimes seen (or felt) to be at odds. So what does it mean to be human? How can we be our true selves? Do the roots of our authenticity lie within or – mysteriously – without? This course uses the doctrine of the Trinity as a springboard to understand issues of personhood, de-personalizing views of sin and salvation, and the modern desire for/addiction to uniqueness.

1. Prolegomena: The History of Thinking of the "Self" from Plato
2. A Tale of Two Augustinian Monks: Luther & Decartes
3. The Double Knowledge
4. The Trinity as the Ground of Our Being
5. The Jesus as the "True Human"
6. The Challenge of Becoming Persons
7. "The Pursuit of Personal" (Guest Lecture by James Houston)
8. Questions & Answers with Dr. James Houston

Julie Canlis PhD (St. Andrews), MCS (Regent College), BA (University of Washington) is Children's Spiritual Formation Director for Methlick Parish Church, Scotland.

This is a Regent Chapel Talk from Summer School 2010

John G. Stackhouse, Jr. is Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology and Culture at Regent College. He is the author of Can God Be Trusted? and Canadian Evangelicalism in the Twentieth Century: An Introduction to Its Character.

This series concentrates on the increasing knowledge of first-century Palestine from literary and archaeological sources, and how they throw light on the world in which Jesus lived and taught. Such information helps us to understand better Jesus' aims and methods, and how ordinary people might have been expected to respond to him. All in all, this series aims to enable the student to understand and present Jesus more effectively as a real figure of history.

Richard T. France has taught at London Bible College and was principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, from 1989 to 1995. He is the author of Matthew in the Tyndale New Testament Commentary Series, The Evidence of Jesus, and Jesus and the Old Testament

This course surveys the history of Christianity from its beginnings to about 1560. It will progress thematically, stressing the highlights of each given era. Students are encouraged to think in terms of broader issues and themes rather than specific chronology and specific events.

Sarah Williams (BA,MA,Dphil (Oxford)) Is Associate Professor of History at Regent College in Vancouver, Canada. She is the author of Religious Belief and Popular Culture. She has written a number of articles and reviews for academic journals such as Past and Present, The Urban History Yearbook, The Journal of Victorian Culture, The Journal of the Oral History Society, Archives De Sciences Sociales Des Religions and The Journal of Nineteenth Century Studies. She has contributed to European Religion in the Age of Great Cities (Hugh McLeod ed.). More recently she has written The Shaming of the Strong.

This lecture series was given as a part of Regent College History Workshop 2010, featuring Bill Svelmoe, Donald M. Lewis, George Marsden, and John G. Stackhouse Jr.The lectures includes:

Session 1:

Beyond Bracketing:
Why Accounting for the Supernatural Cannot Be Indefinitely Postponed
(by John Stackhouse)

Session 2:

The Protestant Ethos and the Spirit of Secular America:
The Rise of Worldview Naturalism in the Universities as a Case Study
(by George Marsden)

Session 3:

By the Shortest Possible Route:
The Education of a Fundamentalist Missionary at Moody Bible Institute in the 1920s
(by Bill Svelmoe)

Session 4:

Religion from Beneath Below:
From About as Below as You Can Get: The Manuscript Diary of a Lay Evangelist in a Victorian Slum (by Don Lewis)

Bill Svelmoe, Mdiv (Talbot Theological Seminary) MA, PhD (University of Notre Dame), is Associate Professor of History, St. Mary's College, Indiana.

Donald M. Lewis is Professor of Church History and former Academic Dean at Regent College. He is the editor of Christianity Re-born: The Global Expansion of Evangelicalism in the 20th Century and The Blackwell Dictionary of Evangelical Biography 1730-1860 and author of Lighten Their Darkness: The Evangelical Mission to Working-class London, 1828-1860.

George Marsden is the Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at University of Notre Dame. His books include Fundamentalism and American Culture, Reforming Fundamentalism: Fuller Seminary and the New Evangelicalism, The Soul of the American University, The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship, and Jonthan Edwards: A Life.

John G. Stackhouse, Jr. is Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology and Culture at Regent College. He is the author of Can God Be Trusted? and Canadian Evangelicalism in the Twentieth Century: An Introduction to Its Character.

By focusing on the person and work of Jesus Christ, these lectures introduce students to the biblical foundations of an understanding of Jesus' identity. The series explores his significance for the salvation of humanity and the consolidation of this understanding in theology.

Alister E. McGrath MA, Dphil, DD (Oxford University). Professor, Historical Theology, Oxford University. Director of the Oxford Centre for Evangelism and Apologetics. Teaching Fellow, Regent College. Some of his more recent books are A Scientific Theology, a groundbreaking work of systematic theology in three volumes: Nature, Reality and Theory, The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World and Dawkins’ God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life.

All Christians think, but not all Christians think always as Christians. Yet when Christian A meets issue X and determines to think about it in a Christian way, what is he or she actually to do? What resources should he or she consult, and how should he or she coordinate them with each other? What spiritual factors are involved? And what, finally, is the point of Christian thinking? This course attempts to answer these questions particularly in the context of cultural pluralism and postmodernity.

John G. Stackhouse, Jr. is Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology and Culture at Regent College. He is the author of Can God Be Trusted? and Canadian Evangelicalism in the Twentieth Century: An Introduction to Its Character.

If someone were to be banished to a desert island and could take only one of the epistles in the New Testament as a companion, 1 Peter is perhaps a natural choice to make. Comprehensive in its theological understanding of Jesus and his work, practical in its application of Christian principles for a positive way of life in a hostile world, and full of warmth and encouragement for strangers and pilgrims who live by faith and hope, it contains a remarkable amount of basic Christian teaching in a highly compact form. This course takes listeners through the text of the letter, discussing the problems of interpretation and paying particular attention to the question of the relevance of its teaching for Christians today.

I. Howard Marshall is Emeritus Professor of New Testament Exegesis and Honorary Research Professor at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. He is the author of Last Supper and Lord’s Supper, I Believe in the Historical Jesus, as well as commentaries on Luke (NIGTC), Acts (TNTC) and The Epistles of John (NICNT).

This is a Regent Chapel Talk from Summer School 2010

George Marsden is the Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at University of Notre Dame. His books include Fundamentalism and American Culture, Reforming Fundamentalism: Fuller Seminary and the New Evangelicalism, The Soul of the American University, The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship, and Jonathan Edwards: A Life.

Eugene Peterson challenges the common practice of reading the Gospels in isolation from each other. The consensus of the early Christian community was that the Church needed all four Gospels which were written with the authors' distinct voices. All four voices were needed in order to get the complete story. This lecture looks into how the four Gospels should be read in harmony with each other.

Eugene H. Peterson is Professor Emeritus of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. He has written numerous books, authored a commentary on the books of 1 & 2 Samuel, and translated the Bible (The Message) into contemporary English.

John Stackhouse delivered three sermons during the 2010 Regent College Retreat at Warm Beach Camp and Conference Center which delved into the amazing Christian "secret" of Christ's power perfected in human weakness. The titles were:

1. How I Achieved Weakness
2. Power-Full: The Optimal Mode of Human Functioning
3. The Secret of Perpetual Power

*Please note that audio drop out occurred during the recording.

John G. Stackhouse, Jr. is Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology and Culture at Regent College. He is the author of Can God Be Trusted? and Canadian Evangelicalism in the Twentieth Century: An Introduction to Its Character.

A special lecture with David Smith designed for Christian educators in all fields of Higher Education, from professors to pastors, bible teachers and preachers, as well as others whose work involves any aspect of teaching and learning.

David I. Smith, BA (Oxford), PGCE (University of Nottingham), MPhilF (Institute for Christian Studies), PhD (University of London), is Director of the Kuyers Institute for Christian Teaching and Learning; Associate Professor of German, Calvin College.

In this lecture, given as part of the Summer Evening Public Lecture Series at Regent College in 2001, McGrath seeks to explain how the King James Version of the Bible came to being, why was it so important, and also to help understand how it was a massive impact in the shaping of both the English language, and the way Christians think.

Alister E. McGrath MA, Dphil, DD (Oxford University). Professor, Historical Theology, Oxford University. Director of the Oxford Centre for Evangelism and Apologetics. Teaching Fellow, Regent College. Some of his more recent books are A Scientific Theology, a groundbreaking work of systematic theology in three volumes: Nature, Reality and Theory, The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World and Dawkins’ God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life.

This lecture was given as part of the public lecture series of Fall 2010 at Regent College. Hoffmeier carefully examines excavated archaeological data with written records and artwork to trace the route of the Exodus before the Red Sea. Please note that this lecture was given with a slideshow presentation, which is not included with this recording.

James K. Hoffmeier is professor of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern History and Archaeology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He has published Ancient Israel in Sinai: The Evidence for the Authenticity of the Wilderness Tradition and The Archaeology of the Bible.

This lecture was given as part of the Fall 2010 evening public lecture series at Regent College. Steven Bouma-Prediger examines the many forms of "homelessness" created by the present day culture of displacement. He then looks at what it means for followers of Christ to live as sojourners in an individualistic, consumer-driven society.

Steven Bouma-Prediger Ph.D. (Chicago), M. Div. (Fuller), M.Phil.F. (Institue for Christian Studies, Ontario), A.B. (Hope College), is a Professor of Religion and Chair of the Religion Department Theology and Ethics. He wrote Evocations of Grace: The Writings of Joseph Sittler on Ecology, Theology and Ethics (Eerdmans, 2000). His book For the Beauty of the Earth (Baker Academic, 2001) won an "Award of Merit" from Christianity Today in the magazine's "2002 Book Awards" program. Prof. Bouma-Prediger also directs and teaches in the Environmental Studies program.

This is a Regent Chapel Talk from Summer School 2010

Julie Canlis PhD (St. Andrews), MCS (Regent College), BA (University of Washington) is Children's Spiritual Formation Director for Methlick Parish Church, Scotland.

In this lecture Peterson describes his experience of teaching an adult Bible study class on Galatians as he started to paraphrase the passages in "street language" so that it came alive to the participants. He makes the case that this "street language" usage is in sync with the type of Greek language used in the New Testament. Peterson also shares a reading of some passages from his work which was later published as "The Message".

Eugene H. Peterson is Professor Emeritus of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. He has written numerous books, authored a commentary on the books of 1 & 2 Samuel, and translated the Bible (The Message) into contemporary English.

People have a need for relationships. Historically these relationships have been developed by natural associations. In the last few decades these natural associations have been lost, largely due to the proliferation of individualism. Consequently we have created relationships to fill this void through counselors, therapists, spiritual mentors, disciplers, and so on. Jan and Eugene Peterson challenge this view and suggest the need to learn how to develop the natural but very difficult task of being a 'friend'.

Eugene H. Peterson is Professor Emeritus of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. He has written numerous books, authored a commentary on the books of 1 & 2 Samuel, and translated the Bible (The Message) into contemporary English.

In this lecture, Peterson presents the book of Revelation as a paradigm for approaching the third millennium. Peterson points to the common theme of trivializing and trouble present in both the turn of the first century and the turn of the third millennium. He then looks at how the author of the book of Revelation calls Christians in both contexts to the worship of God as an acknowledgment of the sovereignty of God.

Eugene H. Peterson is Professor Emeritus of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. He has written numerous books, authored a commentary on the books of 1 & 2 Samuel, and translated the Bible (The Message) into contemporary English.

This is a Regent Chapel Talk from Summer School 2010

Bruce Kuhn is an actor previously on Broadway in Les Miserables, and now tours his one-person performances to universities, churches and conferences across North America and Europe.

This course examines the history of Protestant evangelicalism and fundamentalism as they have been manifested in North America and then exported abroad through missionary movements, the spread of Pentecostalism, evangelistic crusades, and the like. Most of the emphasis will be on the era since the late nineteenth century when dispensationalism arose in American Protestantism, followed by the fundamentalist controversies of the early twentieth century, the mid-century division between “neo-evangelicals” associated with Billy Graham and separatist fundamentalists, the late-century emergence of political fundamentalistic evangelicalism, the spread and influence of pentecostal and charismatic Christianity especially in new styles of worship, and issues of how much recent evangelicalism reflects or challenges contemporary commercial culture and gospels of success. The lectures include:

1. Definitions, Varieties, and 18th Century Origins of Evangelicalism; Early missionary work to the Indians
2. The Revolutionary Era and the Rise of Evangelicalism as a Cultural Force in the 19th Century
3. The Rise of Classic Fundamentalism from the Late 19th Century Through the 1920s
4. The Rise of Faith Missions and the Turn of the Century Missionary Impulse
5. The New Evangelicalism and Separatist Fundamentalism of the Mid-twentieth Century
6. The Education of the Missionary Enterprise
7. The Southernization and Politicization of American Evangelicalism
8. Evangelicals, Science, and the Evolution Issue
9. Popular Evangelicalism from the 60s to the End of the Century
10. World Christianity and Current Missionary Trends

George Marsden is the Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at University of Notre Dame. His books include Fundamentalism and American Culture, Reforming Fundamentalism: Fuller Seminary and the New Evangelicalism, The Soul of the American University, The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship, and Jonthan Edwards: A Life.

Bill Svelmoe, Mdiv (Talbot Theological Seminary) MA, PhD (University of Notre Dame), is Associate Professor of History, St. Mary's College, Indiana.

First Timothy is probably one of the later epistles of the New Testament. It is particularly concerned with giving guidance to church leaders faced with problems of heresy and disorder. The letter has sometimes been undervalued and some of its teaching has aroused controversy among Christians. These lectures deal with the text of the letter and examine topics such as the place of women in the church and the nature of ministry.

I. Howard Marshall is Emeritus Professor of New Testament Exegesis and Honorary Research Professor at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. He is the author of Last Supper and Lord’s Supper, I Believe in the Historical Jesus, as well as commentaries on Luke (NIGTC), Acts (TNTC) and The Epistles of John (NICNT).

This lecture was given during the Lausanne Conference at Regent College, hosted by the RCSA (Regent College Student Accosiation).

James I. Packer is the Board of Govenors' Professor of Theology at Regent College. His many books include Knowing God and Rediscovering Holiness.

This course will introduce students to a range of models of intentional Christian community from the Early Church, Monasticism, the Anabaptists, Moravians, and contemporary Christian communities such as Catholic Covenant Communities, L'Arche, Sojourners, House Churches, and the Base Ecclesial Communities. It will explore the way these communities have related to the church and the way they have sought to impact society. It will provide perspectives for evaluation and determining general applicability and will identify ways in which Christian communities are developed and maintained. Lectures include:

1. Introduction to Christian Communities
2. Sociological Perspectives on Christian Communities
3. Theological Perspectives on Christian Communities
4. Early Christianity
5. Monasticism
6. Anabaptist Communities
7. Moravian Communities
8. Methodist Small Groups & Wesley's Classes
9. Contemporary Forms of Christian Community
10. Small Christian Communities

Charles R. Ringma BD (Reformed Theological College, Australia), BA, MLitSt, PhD (University of Queensland). He has been teaching at Regent College since 1998. He has previously done mission work among the Aborigines in Australia, was the founder and director of the Good News Centre which worked with alcoholics in Brisbane, and was Australian founder and executive director of Teen Challenge, also in Brisbane. He is author of, among other books, Gadamer’s Dialogical Hermeneutic, Cry Liberation: With Voices from the Developing World, and Seek the Silences: With Thomas Merton.

This collection of lectures from the Christian Thought and Culture I course presents three perspectives on the state of Christianity during the turbulent times that followed the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. This lecture series will fill important gaps in the history of Christianity between the Fall of Rome and the early medieval periods.

1. How the Byzantines Saved Civilization by Fr. Lawrence Farley
2. How the Irish Saved Civilization by Loren Wilkinson
3. How the 'Italians' Saved Civilization by Bruce Hindmarsh

Father Lawrence Farley is pastor of Saint Herman of Alaska Orthodox Mission in Surrey, B.C. Canada. He lives there with his wife, Donna, and their two daughters. He is the author of The Orthodox Bible Study Companion Series published by Conciliar Press.

Loren E. Wilkinson is Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and Philosophy at Regent College. Loren speaks frequently on Christianity and the environment. He is the editor of Earthkeeping in the '90's and the coauthor of Caring for Creation in Your Own Backyard.

Bruce Hindmarsh is the James Houston Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. Dr. Hindmarsh was a Pew research fellow at Oxford University from 1995-1997. He is author of John Newton and the English Evangelical Tradition: Between the Conversion of Wesley and Wilberforce.

In this series Eugene Peterson uses the Psalms to provide basic structure for the task of recovering the centrality of prayer in the life of ministry. He challenges listeners to acquire an ascetic (a customized discipline) that is appropriate to the particular personality and vocational circumstances of each person. Lectures include:

1. Maps of Prayer
2. Pilgrimage
3. The Ability to Be
4. Recovering the Psalms
5. Stories
6. Organic Spirituality
7. Psalms 3-4
8. Body and Spirit
9. Spiritual Direction
10. Anger and Eschatology

Eugene H. Peterson is Professor Emeritus of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. He has written numerous books, authored a commentary on the books of 1 & 2 Samuel, and translated the Bible (The Message) into contemporary English.

Ever since the Enlightenment, philosophers and even some theologians have claimed that Christian belief is at best intellectually third-rate. This series considers this claim and such questions as these: Have Kant and Hume (or Hick and Kaufmann) given any good reasons for thinking we cannot talk and think about God? How are faith and reason related? Does Christian belief have such epistemic virtues as justification, rationality, and warrant? Are any of the three kinds of defeaters (evil, pluralism, and post-modern “unmaskings”) that have been proposed for Christian belief successful? The purpose is to help the listener to understand these challenges and see that they can easily be met. Lectures include:

1. Introduction
2. Our Concepts do not Apply to God: Kant
3. John Hick
4. Justification in the Classical Picture
5. Warrant & Rationality
6. Warrant & the Freud/Marx Complaint
7. Warranted Belief in God
8. Extended A/C Model
9. Warrant & Probability
10. Conclusion

Alvin Plantinga is John A. O'Brien Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of Essays in Ontology; Warrant: The Current Debate; God, Freedom, and Evil; God and Other Minds; Warranted Christian Belief (2000) and the coauthor of Faith and Rationality: Reason and Belief in God; Knowledge of God (2008); Science and Religion (2010).

This is a Regent Chapel Talk from Summer School 2010

Bruce Waltke is Professor Emeritus in Old Testament Studies at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is the author of Genesis: A Commentary, Creation and Chaos, Finding the Will of God: A Pagan Notion?, An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax, and commentaries on Micah. He also served on the translation committee of the NIV Bible.

Spirituality requires embodiment in personal history. Using 1-2 Samuel as a text, this series will provide an extensive demonstration of how the Christian Living, lived from the inside out, is embedded in personal relationships and vocation. With the context set by the Hannah, Samuel, and Saul stories, the David story will provide the focus for the personal/vocational particularities in the life of prayer and spirituality that achieve completion in Jesus, the Son of David.

Eugene H. Peterson is Professor Emeritus of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. He has written numerous books, authored a commentary on the books of 1 & 2 Samuel, and translated the Bible (The Message) into contemporary English.

This is a Chapel Talk given during the Fall of 2010.

Rod Wilson is President and Professor of Counselling and Psychology at Regent College. He is the author of Counseling and Community, Exploring Your Anger, Helping Angry People., How Do I Help a Hurting Friend?

Words: threatened with extinction by an image-based culture, wielded as weapons, used as tools of manipulation. The last few decades have seen an enormous shift in the way words are used and spread. How should we respond? Should we continue to fight against the encroachment of other media on the territory of the book? How do we argue in the Internet age, when a debate can balloon overnight into an argument shared by thousands? And how do we respond to the attempts of politicians and celebrities to spin their actions through speech? Dr. Bauer explores the contemporary realm of words and consideration of the way through these questions. This lecture series also features two respondents: Maxine Hancock and John G. Stackhouse, Jr. The lectures include:

1. Disappearing Words: People of the Book in a Multimedia Age
2. Fighting Words: Right and Wrong-headed Ways to Argue
3. Shameful Words: Public Confession and Private Sins

Susan Wise Bauer Ph.D (College of William & Mary), is a historian and writer. She is the author of The Well-Trained Mind, The History of the Ancient World, The History of Medieval World, and The Art of the Public Grovel: Sexual Sin and Confession in America. She is a member of the faculty at the College of William & Mary in Virginia.

Maxine Hancock is Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. Among her other books are several on family relationships, including Living on Less and Liking in More, Re-evaluating Your Commitments, and Creative, Confident, Children. And notably, her work on Bunyan in A Key in the Window: Marginal Notes in Bunyan's Narratives.

John G. Stackhouse, Jr. is Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology and Culture at Regent College. He is the author of Can God Be Trusted? and Canadian Evangelicalism in the Twentieth Century: An Introduction to Its Character.

This series presents six in-depth theological expositions on the letter to the Ephesians, connecting 'who we are in Christ and what we are living for' with a generation seeking spiritual identity and fulfillment. The course seeks to inspire the modern Christian communicator with the profound message of Ephesians and will provide theological understanding for connecting the Word of God to a culturally-mixed and spiritually hungry generation.

James I. Packer is the Board of Govenors' Professor of Theology at Regent College. His many books include Knowing God and Rediscovering Holiness.

This is a Chapel Talk given during the Fall of 2010.

Paul Williams (BA, MA, MSc (Oxford), MCS (Regent College)) is David J Brown Family Associate Professor of Marketplace Theology and Leadership at Regent College.He is also a Director and Economic Advisor to DTZ Holdings, an international real estate consulting and investment banking group. He came to Regent from his most recent role as Chief Economist and Head of International Research for DTZ.

This series presents a Christian response to the current cultural situation by offering a vision for the discipleship of today's youth.

Tony Campolo is professor emeritus of sociology at Eastern College in St. David's, Pennsylvania, and is a regular guest on programs such as Nightline, Crossfire, Politically Incorrect, and CNN News. He is the founder and president of the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education. Author of the popular Following Jesus without Embarrassing God, he has also authored twenty-seven other books.

Expand your understanding of the literature that acts as charter for the church by familiarizing yourself with the first-century world. Dr. Fee investigates the story of Jesus and the early church as reflected in the twenty-seven documents of the New Testament. Each book is surveyed with an eye toward its meaning and contributions to the Christian story.

Gordon D. Fee is Professor Emeritus of New Testament at Regent College. He has authored commentaries on 1 Corinthians, Philippians and the Pastoral Epistles, as well as books on exegesis, hermeneutics and the Holy Spirit.

In this lecture Peterson points to the everyday-ness of the language of the New Testament as paradigm for our spirituality. WHy not be a saint? Why just settle for a mediocre Christianity? Peterson asserts that a Saint is not an exalted state of spirituality to aspire for, but something to enter into.

Eugene H. Peterson is Professor Emeritus of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. He has written numerous books, authored a commentary on the books of 1 & 2 Samuel, and translated the Bible (The Message) into contemporary English.

This series aims to lay a solid psychological and biblical foundation for Christian thinking about self-esteem. Listeners will learn to think about self-esteem, learn how to develop their ministry within the family and church community, and gain insight into their own struggle for personal humility.

Alister E. McGrath MA, Dphil, DD (Oxford University). Professor, Historical Theology, Oxford University. Director of the Oxford Centre for Evangelism and Apologetics. Teaching Fellow, Regent College. Some of his more recent books are A Scientific Theology, a groundbreaking work of systematic theology in three volumes: Nature, Reality and Theory, The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World and Dawkins’ God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life.

This is a message given by Bruce Waltke at First Baptist Church in Vancouver in 1993

Bruce Waltke is Professor Emeritus in Old Testament Studies at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is the author of Genesis: A Commentary, Creation and Chaos, Finding the Will of God: A Pagan Notion?, An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax, and commentaries on Micah. He also served on the translation committee of the NIV Bible.

This is a Chapel Talk given during the Fall of 2010.

Hans Boersma sits in the J. I. Packer Chair of Theology at Regent College. He is the author or editor of several books, including A Hot Pepper Corn: Richard Baxter's Doctrine of Justification in Its Seventeenth-Century Context of Controversy and Violence, Hospitality and the Cross.

This series is a theological examination of the sacraments and their place in the life, worship and witness of the church. The listeners will be urged to appreciate more fully the sacraments within their own theological and spiritual tradition, as well as the heritage and sacramental practices of other traditions.

Gordon T. Smith (PhD, Loyola School of Theology, Ateneo de Manila University) is President of Overseas Council Canada and former Academic Vice President/Dean and Associate Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. He is author of Essential Spirituality: Renewing Your Christian Faith through Classic Spiritual Disciplines, Listening to God in Times of Choice and Courage & Calling: Embracing Your God-given Potential.

This series begins by examining two different views of worship, asking the question: Is our worship really Trinitarian or too often in practice “unitarian”? Three main themes will be developed: Worship and the doctrine of God; Worship and grace; and Worship and the doctrine of man. Each of these is expounded in the light of the Incarnation and place of Jesus Christ and the Spirit in Christian worship and prayer, showing how historically Christian dogmatics has unfolded from doxology.

James B. Torrance is the Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology at the University of Aberdeen and an ordained minister of the Church of Scotland. The author of Worship, Community and the Triune God of Grace, he was also the Joint Chairman of the British Council of Churches Commission on the Doctrine of the Trinity.

This is a Chapel Talk given during the Fall of 2010.

Rikk E. Watts is Professor of New Testament at Regent College. He is author of a recently published book on the use of Isaiah in the Gospel of Mark entitled Isaiah's New Exodus in Mark.

This single lecture by Eugene Peterson examines various elements of the Gospel of Mark that serve as foundational springboards for discipleship and personal spiritual growth.

Eugene H. Peterson is Professor Emeritus of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. He has written numerous books, authored a commentary on the books of 1 & 2 Samuel, and translated the Bible (The Message) into contemporary English.

This is special collection of all 2009 Evening Public Lectures given at Regent College. Lectures include:

1. Michael Goheen: Is Worldview Important for the Local Congregation?
2. John Stackhouse: Luther's Strange Advice: How Running Away from God Solves the Problem of Evil
3. Cherith Fee Nordling: Teaching and Admonishing One Another Through Worship in the Spirit
4. Marva Dawn: The Church's Gift for the Millenials
5. James Houston: The Loss of the Psalter; The Loss of Christian Devotion?
6. Krish Kandiah: Engaging Atheism: Taking Atheists to Church or Taking the Church to Atheists
7. Maxine Hancock: After You Have Done Everything To Stand: Recasting Ageing Within the Pilgrimage of Faith
8. Darrell Johnson: The Glory of Preaching: Participating in God's Transformation of the World
9. Oliver Crisp: What is the Point of Prayer?
10. Susan Philips: Spiritual Direction as a Navigational Aid in Sanctification
11. Paul Helm: Translating the Faith into Other Cultures: Where is the Limit?
12. Paul Barnett: Paul's Conversion and Pastoral Ministry Today
13. Mark Noll: Saints from the Non-Western World
14. Bruce Waltke: Who Are You? An Exposition of Psalm 8
15. Bernd Wannenwetsch: Angels With Broken Wings: What the Disabled Teach Us About Our Common Humanity
16. John Barclay: Food, Culture, and the Formation of Christian Identity
17. Minho Song: You Are The Rock Of My Salvation: The Story of Rev. Kil Sun Joo and the Great Revival of 1907
18. Michael Ward: C.S. Lewis, Narnia, and the Baptised Imagination
19. Ralph C. Wood: Flannery O'Connor on the Culture of Life and the Culture of Death
20. Jonathan Chaplain: Has Multiculturalism Reached a Dead-end?

• MP3 CD SET & Each of these lectures are available as an individual CDs at Regent College Bookstore.

This series is a devotional study of a selection of Psalms. The goal for the course is to enrich our public worship, our personal faith, and our vicarious experiences of life.

Derek Kidner is former Warden of Tyndale House, Cambridge. He is the author of volumes in the Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries (Genesis, Ezra and Nehemiah, Psalms, and Proverbs) and the Bible Speaks Today series (Ecclesiastes, Jeremiah, and Hosea), as well as The Wisdom of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes: An Introduction to Wisdom Literature.

This series is an exposition of the book of Exodus that considers its events as history, as a revelation of the being, the will and the glorious deeds of God, and as offering practical examples and warnings for us, both as those who lead and those who are led.

Derek Kidner is former Warden of Tyndale House, Cambridge. He is the author of volumes in the Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries (Genesis, Ezra and Nehemiah, Psalms, and Proverbs) and the Bible Speaks Today series (Ecclesiastes, Jeremiah, and Hosea), as well as The Wisdom of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes: An Introduction to Wisdom Literature.

Dr. Wilkinson looks at some of this century's most influential writers as they deal with the consequences of trying to live without God.

Lectures Include:

Introduction to Modern Literature
Friedrich Nietzche: Thus Spake Zarathustra
James Joyce: Portrait of the Artist
Rilke, Stevens, and the Task of Modern Poetry
Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot
T.S. Elliot: The Wasteland
T.S. Elliot: The Four Quartets
C.S. Lewis & Modernity
C.S. Lewis: That Hideous Strength
Walker Percy: Lost in the Cosmos
Walker Percy: The Thanatos Syndrome

Loren E. Wilkinson is Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and Philosophy at Regent College. Loren speaks frequently on Christianity and the environment. He is the editor of Earthkeeping in the '90's and the coauthor of Caring for Creation in Your Own Backyard.

This is special collection of all 2010 Evening Public Lectures given at Regent College. Lectures include:

1. Rikk Watts: History, Hermeneutics, and talk about God from the Greeks to the Gospels
2. Don Lewis: Understanding Evangelical Support for a Jewish Homeland
3. Denis Alexander: Creation and Evolution: The Difficult Questions
4. Rod Wilson: Why is Emotional Intelligence Missing in So Many Churches and Christian Institutions?
5. Bruce Marchfelder: The End of Feature Film as We Know It
6. Michael Buttrey: Welcoming Strangers: The Ethics of Genetic Screening
7. Charles Ringma: God's Concern for the Poor: Liberation Theology's Challege to Evangelicals
8. Maxine Hancock: Remembering Margaret Avison: Margaret Avison Remebering
9. David I. Smith: Learning From the Stranger: Christians and Other Cultures
10. James K. A. Smith: Thinking in Tongues: Pentecostal Contributions to Christian Philosophy
11. Mark Buchanan: Your Church is Too Safe: Becoming Those Who Turn the World Upside Down
12. Simon Gathercole: Who were the Gnostics?
13. Susan Phillips: Friendship Matters: Attending to a Neglected Discipline
14. John Hare: Can We be Good Without God?
15. John Stackhouse: Beyond Bracketing: Why Accounting for the Supernatural Cannot Be Indefinitely Postponed
16. David Skeel: The Sermon on the Mount for Lawyers and Other Sinners
17. James K. Hoffmeier: The Exodus from Egypt in Light of Recent Archaeological Work in Sinai
18. Steven Bouma-Prediger: Sojourners in a Time of Homelessness

This course seeks to explicate in the context of modern discussion the historic Christian belief that the sole source of reliable knowledge of God the Creator and Savior is Holy Scripture. Different elements in this conviction and different interpretations of it, will be explored, and the course as a whole will constitute a full-scale introduction to systematic theology from the standpoint of its method. Lectures are:

1. Christianity and Philosophy
2. Knowledge and Truth
3. Revelation I & II
4. Inspiration and Interpretation
5. Canonicity
6. Hermeneutics I, II, III
7. Clarity and Sufficiency
8. Doctrinal Tradition & Development
9. Development of Doctrine
10. Biblical Authority
11. Reasoning Faith
12. Questions and Discussion

James I. Packer is the Board of Govenors' Professor of Theology at Regent College. His many books include Knowing God and Rediscovering Holiness.

The purpose of this series is to enable the listener to know God through the wisdom literature of Scripture and to introduce the listener to the scope, historical context, literary content, and theology of the wisdom books. In the course Dr. Waltke gives exposition on Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes, considering the contribution of each book to biblical wisdom.

Bruce Waltke is Professor Emeritus in Old Testament Studies at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is the author of Genesis: A Commentary, Creation and Chaos, Finding the Will of God: A Pagan Notion?, An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax, and commentaries on Micah. He also served on the translation committee of the NIV Bible.

This is a Chapel Talk given during the Fall of 2010.

Bruce Hindmarsh is the James Houston Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. Dr. Hindmarsh was a Pew research fellow at Oxford University from 1995-1997. He is author of John Newton and the English Evangelical Tradition: Between the Conversion of Wesley and Wilberforce.

This is a Chapel Talk given during the Fall of 2010.

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Bruce Hindmarsh is the James Houston Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. Dr. Hindmarsh was a Pew research fellow at Oxford University from 1995-1997. He is author of John Newton and the English Evangelical Tradition: Between the Conversion of Wesley and Wilberforce.

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the winter of 2011

Rod Wilson is President and Professor of Counselling and Psychology at Regent College. He is the author of Counseling and Community, Exploring Your Anger, Helping Angry People., How Do I Help a Hurting Friend?

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the winter of 2011

V. Philips Long joined Regent College in the Fall of 2000 after teaching at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri for 15 years years. After receiving his MDiv from Gordon-Conwell, Phil served for four years with Greater Europe Mission in Germany as a lecturer in Biblical Languages and Old Testament Exegesis. He obtained his PhD at Cambridge and has also studied at the University of Heidelberg and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He is the author of many books including The Art of Biblical History.

In light of the shortcomings of secular leadership, John Stott issues a call to all Christians by outlining the five major ingredients necessary for true Christian leadership.

John R. W. Stott was Rector at All Souls Anglican Church in London. He was known worldwide as a gifted evangelist, preacher, scholar, and Christian statesman. He was also the author of many books and commentaries including Basic Christianity, Decisive Issues Facing Christians Today and Acts (Bible Speaks Today series).

The purpose of this series is to explore the use of Old Testament history and archaeology in our Christian lives and ministry.

Donald J. Wiseman is Professor Emeritus of Assyriology, London University, England. He is the author of Archaeology and the Old Testament.

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the winter of 2011

Kent Annan is author of After Shock ( 2011) and of Following Jesus through the Eye of the Needle (2009) and co-director of Haiti Partners, a nonprofit focused on education in Haiti. He is a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary.

Rikk Watts outlines some of the main categories of Biblical Theology which are essential for thinking through the Bible. He begins by looking at the implications of understanding creation as God's temple. He then addresses the question of what it means for humanity to be created in God's image. Next he examines the nature of the God in whose image we are made and finally he looks at Israel's and Jesus' calling as God's new humanity.

Rikk E. Watts is Professor of New Testament at Regent College. He is author of a recently published book on the use of Isaiah in the Gospel of Mark entitled Isaiah's New Exodus in Mark.

In light of the discussion surrounding Rob Bell's book Love Wins, John Stackhouse presents material useful for those working through issues raised by the book. In this lecture, given as part of Systematic Theology B, John examines the Biblical portrayal of Hell in light of the character of God and what this means for how we live our lives.

John G. Stackhouse, Jr. is Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology and Culture at Regent College. He is the author of Can God Be Trusted? and Canadian Evangelicalism in the Twentieth Century: An Introduction to Its Character.

A message on 1 Corinthians 1-3, given in 2000 by Harry Robinson.

The Rev. Dr. Harry S.D. Robinson was Rector of St. John's Anglican Church in the Shaughnessy area of Vancouver from 1978 to 1992. From 1996 to 2004 he served as the first chaplain to the Anglican Studies Program at Regent College.

A Missional Church Seminar with Alan Hirsch, Ross Hastings, Anthony Brown and Cam Roxburgh.

Alan Hirsch is the founding director of Forge Mission Training Network and author of Right Here Right Now: Making Missional Disciples and The Forgotten Ways.

This lecture was given at Dr. James Houston's installation as Professor of Spiritual Theology in 1990. Dr. Houston stresses the importance of shading the application of Spiritual Theology to every subject and discipline of Christian studies. This he says is reflective of the paradigmatic shift in mindset and culture in the postmodern culture around us. For this Dr. Houston poses two questions. First, why is there this contemporary interest in Spiritual Theology? And second, What is the nature and legitimacy of Spiritual Theology?

James M. Houston is Board of Governors’ Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. He is author of I Believe in the Creator, In Search of Happiness, The Heart’s Desire: A Guide to Personal Fulfillment, The Transforming Power of Prayer: Deepening Your Friendship with God., Joyful Exiles, and Letters of Faith Through the Seasons: Vol. I.

Owen Chadwick presents an historical overview of the Evangelical mindset by focusing on five leading ideas and practices of the Evangelical Movement.

The Revd. William Owen Chadwick , OM, KBE, FBA, FRSE is a former Master of Selwyn College. From 1958-68, he held the Dixie Professorship of Ecclesiastical History, and from 1968-83 was Regius Professor of Modern History. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1969–1971, and Chancellor of the University of East Anglia 1985–1994. He has written many books, including The Reformation, The Victorian Church, and The Popes and European Revolution.

Oliver O'Donovan demonstrates that the authentic gladness of the Church is the gladness of the Lord's Day (the Day of Resurrection) and that all other joys are authentic insofar as they recall that joy to us.

Oliver O'Donovan is Professor of Christian Ethics and Practical Theology at The University of Edinburgh. He is the author of The Desire of the Nations, Common Objects of Love, and The Ways of Judgment.

In this lecture Iwan Russell-Jones examines the nature of the sacred in contemporary culture: what does the sacred look like, what does it mean, and how does it manifest itself? He suggests that we find the sacred in all kinds of forms which we normally wouldn't associate with religion.

Dr. Iwan Russell-Jones is Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and Head of Christianity and the Arts Program at Regent College. Dr. Russell-Jones holds a BA (Hons.) in Theology from the London School of Theology, a Master of Theology from the University of Aberdeen, and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Oxford. For four years, he taught at Columbia Theological Seminary in Atlanta, where he set up a new department to explore the interaction between faith, media, and contemporary culture. He has over 25 years of experience as a producer and director for the BBC, in both television and radio, and is a founding co-editor of the Ship of Fools website.

John Stackhouse presents a view on the often complex and vexed matter of homosexuality. He offers resources to help navigate the issue in light of the society we live in.

John G. Stackhouse, Jr. is Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology and Culture at Regent College. He is the author of Can God Be Trusted? and Canadian Evangelicalism in the Twentieth Century: An Introduction to Its Character.

This series has as its primary concern the working through of selected portions of the text of 1 & 2 Samuel in an exegetical fashion. Throughout this process the historical, literary, and theological concerns are elucidated, thus providing the listener with an introduction to the methods of Old Testament exegesis which are applicable to Old Testament narrative. Emphasis is placed on the application of the results of this exegesis to various larger biblical-theological issues of concern to the church and to the world.

Rikk E. Watts is Professor of New Testament at Regent College. He is author of a recently published book on the use of Isaiah in the Gospel of Mark entitled Isaiah's New Exodus in Mark.

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the winter of 2011

Ross Hastings was Senior Pastor at Peace Portal Alliance Church in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada and now serves as Associate Professor of Mission Studies at Regent College.

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the winter of 2011

John G. Stackhouse, Jr. is Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology and Culture at Regent College. He is the author of Can God Be Trusted? and Canadian Evangelicalism in the Twentieth Century: An Introduction to Its Character.

This series offers a descriptive and analytical study of sixteenth-century Anabaptist history and theology within the context of other sixteenth-century developments. It also explores the relevance of this heritage for contemporary doctrinal, congregational and personal life. Lectures include:

1. The Reformation Setting
2. Ulrich Zwingli
3. Felix Mantz
4. Sattler and Schleitheim
5. Jakob Hutter & the Hutterian Brethren
6. Hutterian Community of Goods
7. Balthasar Hubmaier
8. Thomas Muentzer and the Peasants War
9. Anabaptist Backgrounds in the Netherlands
10. Melchior Hoffmann & the Muensterite Episode
11. Menno Simons
12. Aspects of 16th Century Dutch Anabaptism
13. Anabaptist Martyrdom: the Martyr's Mirror
14. Women in Anabaptism
15. Anabaptist Concept of the Church
16. The Lord's Supper and Baptism in Anabaptism

John B. Toews is Professor emeritus (formerly Anabaptist Professor of Church History) at Regent College. He is the author of Czars, Soviets and Mennonites, Perilous Journey: The Mennonite Brethren in Russia, 1860-1910, Lost Fatherland: The Story of the Mennonite Emigration from Soviet Russia, 1921-1927, and Journeys: Mennonite Stories of Faith and Survival in Stalin's Russia.

This is series of lectures given as part of Regent College Convocation & Open House Weekend 2011. Lectures include:

1. Sarah Williams - Charge to Graduates: Loving Knowledge
2. Rod Wilson - Welcome and a Brief History of Regent
3. Ross Hastings - When Can We Know We are Saved? Answers From Edwards, Barth, and N.T. Wright
4. Paul Williams - Curing Capitalism: Can We Avoid Another Crisis?
5. Craig Gay - After Post-Modernity... What?
6. Rikk Watts - Paul, Jesus, and Following the Rock (1 Cor. 1:10): Why Guessing and God Do Not Go Together
7. Iain Provan - What's the Use of Old Testament Studies Anyway?
8. Patti Towler - Regent College Inn

This Evening Public Lecture was given during the Regent College Winter 2011 term. Stephen Long argues for the existence of first principles, their importance for the Christian faith, and their presence in economics. He maintains that these presuppostions which also underlie the political, cultural, social, and metaphysical aspects of life need to be received as a gift rather than used as objects for critical observation.

Stephen Long is Professor of Systematic Theology at Marquette University and the author of The Divine Economy: Theology and Market, which details a Christian approach to economics based in the school of Radical orthodoxy.

Paul Stevens discusses his new book Taking Your Soul to Work: Overcoming the Nine Deadly Sins of the Workplace in this 2011 Regent College Evening Public Lecture.

R. Paul Stevens is Professor Emeritus of Marketplace Theology at Regent College. He is the author of Liberating the Laity, Disciplines of the Hungry Heart, The Other Six Days, Marriage Spirituality, Doing God's Business and co-editor (with Robert J. Banks) of The Complete Book of Everyday Christianity.

In this Spring 2011 Evening Public Lecture David Taylor argues that the excesses which we experience in the arts function as a sign of the Spirit's work in the world. He begins by reflecting on the excesses that characterize God's creation (such as fig trees) and then seeks to show how artists invite us into God's economy of abundance.

W. David O. Taylor was the Arts Minister at Hope Chapel in Austin, Texas, for 12 years. Born and raised in Guatemala City, he studied at the University of Texas, Georgetown University, the University of Würzburg and Regent College in Canada, where he received degrees in theology (MCS) and biblical studies (ThM). He edited the book For the Beauty of the Church: Casting a Vision for the Arts (Baker Books, 2010). He has written for Books & Culture, CIVA Seen, Christianity Today, Q, The Living Church and The Christian Vision Project. His artistic interests include playwriting, modern dance and film. He and his wife Phaedra currently live in North Carolina, where he is pursuing doctoral studies at Duke University.

In this Winter 2011 Evening Public Lecture Kent Annan recounts his experience living and ministering in Haiti before and after the catastrophic earthquake in 2010.

Kent Annanis author of After Shock (January, 2011) and of Following Jesus through the Eye of the Needle (2009) and co-director of Haiti Partners, a nonprofit focused on education in Haiti. He is a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary.

Is the existence of evil incompatible with the existence of an omnipotent and loving God? If God is sovereign and evil still exists, is God still good? Is it right, even good for Christians to cry out to God in light of the suffering that is faced in the hardships of life? In this lecture Christopher Wright establishes a Biblical, theological perspective on these questions and more.

Christopher J. H. Wright is Principal at All Nations Christian College, Easneye, England. He is author of numerous books including God’s People in God’s Land, Knowing Jesus through the Old Testament, Walking in the Ways of the Lord, What’s So Unique about Jesus, as well as a commentary on Deuteronomy.

Hans Boersma presents the main ideas found in his book Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry. As he does so, Hans challenges Evangelicals to see the modern barriers which have been erected between the natural and supernatural and argues for the recovery of a sacramental mindset as the best way to break down these barriers.

Hans Boersma sits in the J. I. Packer Chair of Theology at Regent College. He is the author or editor of several books, including A Hot Pepper Corn: Richard Baxter's Doctrine of Justification in Its Seventeenth-Century Context of Controversy and Violence, Hospitality and the Cross.

Eugene H. Peterson is Professor Emeritus of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. He has written numerous books, authored a commentary on the books of 1 & 2 Samuel, and translated the Bible (The Message) into contemporary English.

(special edition for Vanguard College)

Pastors, lay ministers, missionaries and anyone interested in healing will benefit from these talks given by Darrell Johnson during the 2003 Pastors' Conference at Regent College. Drawing from Scripture and his personal experience Johnson encourages his listeners to enter wholeheartedly into Jesus' healing presence.

Note: This series is also available in complimentary subset of Rod Wilson's lectures and as a complete set with both Darrell Johnson's lectures and Rod Wilson's lectures

This 2011 Regent College Pastor's Conference presents the liberating understanding of leadership as participation in the life of the missional triune God, living out our union with Christ and his work in the world. While challenging the pastor to live contemplatively towards God and in participation with his life and love, this understanding also invites the pastor into community with other leaders, and the body of Christ of which he or she is a part. The presenters call us to consider what it means to live in union with Christ and his ministry; to think carefully about the character formation and communal orientation of the pastor; to probe the function of apostolic, prophetic, evangelistic leadership in and beyond the church; and finally, by way of illustration, to empower leadership of the arts in and beyond the church.

W. David O. Taylor was the Arts Minister at Hope Chapel in Austin, Texas, for 12 years. Born and raised in Guatemala City, he studied at the University of Texas, Georgetown University, the University of Würzburg and Regent College in Canada, where he received degrees in theology (MCS) and biblical studies (ThM). He edited the book For the Beauty of the Church: Casting a Vision for the Arts (Baker Books, 2010). He has written for Books & Culture, CIVA Seen, Christianity Today, Q, The Living Church and The Christian Vision Project. His artistic interests include playwriting, modern dance and film. He and his wife Phaedra currently live in North Carolina, where he is pursuing doctoral studies at Duke University.

Paul Williams (BA, MA, MSc (Oxford), MCS (Regent College)) is David J Brown Family Associate Professor of Marketplace Theology and Leadership at Regent College.He is also a Director and Economic Advisor to DTZ Holdings, an international real estate consulting and investment banking group. He came to Regent from his most recent role as Chief Economist and Head of International Research for DTZ.

Rod Wilson is President and Professor of Counselling and Psychology at Regent College. He is the author of Counseling and Community, Exploring Your Anger, Helping Angry People., How Do I Help a Hurting Friend?

Ross Hastings was Senior Pastor at Peace Portal Alliance Church in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada and now serves as Associate Professor of Mission Studies at Regent College.

What are the current issues in Biblical Interpretation today? Sven Soderlund, Rikk Watts, and Christopher Wright offer their insights.

Rikk E. Watts is Professor of New Testament at Regent College. He is author of a recently published book on the use of Isaiah in the Gospel of Mark entitled Isaiah's New Exodus in Mark.

Sven K. Söderlund is Associate Professor in Biblical Studies. He is author of Greek Text of Jeremiah as well as editor of Romans and the People of God and The Way of Wisdom.

Christopher J. H. Wright is Principal at All Nations Christian College, Easneye, England. He is author of numerous books including God’s People in God’s Land, Knowing Jesus through the Old Testament, Walking in the Ways of the Lord, What’s So Unique about Jesus, as well as a commentary on Deuteronomy.

The tools we use have the capacity to change us. What we need to know is how to determine what the right kind of tool is for the right context. In this 2011 Evening Public Lecture Krish Kandiah addresses the issue of Christian digital engagement with the world around us by proposing four metaphors for understanding digital media: as a tool, an ecology, a language, and a culture.

Krish Kandiah Executive Director, Churches in Mission; Evangelical Alliance Associate Research Fellow, London School of Theology. BSc (Warwick University), MA (Birmingham University), PhD (King's College, London). Previously, he served as Director of the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics and as Lecturer in the theology faculty of Oxford University. Krish is passionate about helping the church relate relevantly and faithfully to contemporary culture.

Who should be ordained for ministry? Everybody? Nobody? Craig Gay moderates a discussion between Paul Stevens and Gray Poehnell.

R. Paul Stevens is Professor Emeritus of Marketplace Theology at Regent College. He is the author of Liberating the Laity, Disciplines of the Hungry Heart, The Other Six Days, Marriage Spirituality, Doing God's Business and co-editor (with Robert J. Banks) of The Complete Book of Everyday Christianity.

Gray Poehnell BSS (UBC), MA (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School), is a Career Consultant for Ergon Communications.

Private moral decisions have profound public implications. In this Spring 2011 Evening Public Lecture Sarah Williams argues that what goes on in the private arena of the bedroom is as deeply significant and formative as what goes on in the public square. Furthermore the private and public spheres cannot be viewed as separate because each establishes the ground rules for the other. Sarah goes on to outline the sexual ethics of society and then suggests ways to reconnect the two spheres.

Sarah Williams (BA,MA,Dphil (Oxford)) Is Associate Professor of History at Regent College in Vancouver, Canada. She is the author of Religious Belief and Popular Culture. She has written a number of articles and reviews for academic journals such as Past and Present, The Urban History Yearbook, The Journal of Victorian Culture, The Journal of the Oral History Society, Archives De Sciences Sociales Des Religions and The Journal of Nineteenth Century Studies. She has contributed to European Religion in the Age of Great Cities (Hugh McLeod ed.). More recently she has written The Shaming of the Strong.

Maxine Hancock, Gordon Smith and Mariam Kamell offer their insights on what it takes to survive and thrive in the church and the world of academia.

Maxine Hancock is Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. Among her other books are several on family relationships, including Living on Less and Liking in More, Re-evaluating Your Commitments, and Creative, Confident, Children. And notably, her work on Bunyan in A Key in the Window: Marginal Notes in Bunyan's Narratives.

Gordon T. Smith (PhD, Loyola School of Theology, Ateneo de Manila University) is President of Overseas Council Canada and former Academic Vice President/Dean and Associate Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. He is author of Essential Spirituality: Renewing Your Christian Faith through Classic Spiritual Disciplines, Listening to God in Times of Choice and Courage & Calling: Embracing Your God-given Potential.

Mariam Kamell BA (Davidson College), MA (Denver Seminary), PhD (St. Andrews), is a Post Doctoral Fellow at Regent College.

The penal element of the atonement offers some significant insights into the ways we should act in our everyday social, economic and political realities. Hans, Michael and Russell discuss the implications of this statement from Hans' book Violence, Hospitality, and the Cross.

Hans Boersma sits in the J. I. Packer Chair of Theology at Regent College. He is the author or editor of several books, including A Hot Pepper Corn: Richard Baxter's Doctrine of Justification in Its Seventeenth-Century Context of Controversy and Violence, Hospitality and the Cross.

Michael Hodson Ph.D. (University of Cambridge), B. Th. (University of Wales), BA, MA (Queen's) has worked extensively in business and academia integrating the theory and practice of his Christian Faith in the United Kingdom. He currently heads up the Social Enterprise Incubator at Regent College's Marketplace Institute.

Russell Pinson is the Head of Operations for the Marketplace Institute at Regent College.

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the winter of 2011

Donald M. Lewis is Professor of Church History and former Academic Dean at Regent College. He is the editor of Christianity Re-born: The Global Expansion of Evangelicalism in the 20th Century and The Blackwell Dictionary of Evangelical Biography 1730-1860 and author of Lighten Their Darkness: The Evangelical Mission to Working-class London, 1828-1860.

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the winter of 2011

Rod Wilson is President and Professor of Counselling and Psychology at Regent College. He is the author of Counseling and Community, Exploring Your Anger, Helping Angry People., How Do I Help a Hurting Friend?

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the spring of 2011

Rod Wilson is President and Professor of Counselling and Psychology at Regent College. He is the author of Counseling and Community, Exploring Your Anger, Helping Angry People., How Do I Help a Hurting Friend?

As the aging of society is now progressing, the role or lack of role of its 'seniors' will become a serious burden for church and society alike. Biblically, the church should see the role of 'elders' as the dynamic of its spiritual health; instead our hope lies in a youth culture. Facing the medical consequences of advancing bodily health, are churches prepared for the rapid increase of 'seniors' who have never been equipped to be 'elders'? Such is the challenge of this course.

James M. Houston is Board of Governors’ Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. He is author of I Believe in the Creator, In Search of Happiness, The Heart’s Desire: A Guide to Personal Fulfillment, The Transforming Power of Prayer: Deepening Your Friendship with God., Joyful Exiles, and Letters of Faith Through the Seasons: Vol. I.

J.I. Packer, Clark Pinnock and Anthony Thiselton present their views on the issues of Biblical Authority and Inerrancy by responding to questions pertaining to the truthfulness and reliability of Scripture.

James I. Packer is the Board of Governors' Professor of Theology at Regent College. His many books include Knowing God and Rediscovering Holiness.

Clark Pinnock was Professor of Theology at McMaster Divinity College. He was author of numerous books including Biblical Revelation, The Scripture Principle, A Wideness in God's Mercy and Reason Enough.

Anthony Thiselton is Professor of Christian Theology and Head of Department in the University of Nottingham, and Canon Theologian of Leicester Cathedral. He is author of The Two Horizons, New Horizons in Hermeneutics, and Interpreting God and the Postmodern Self.

In this 2011 Regent College Evening Public Lecture Susan Phillips examines what it means to respond to God's call for us to stop and embrace sabbath-keeping. Sabbath-keeping is a radical practice which, rooted and grounded in the Christian faith, challenges the prevailing attitude of work in today's culture and challenges our own engagement with that culture.

Susan S. Phillips is Executive Director and Professor of Christianity and Sociology at New College Berkeley (an affiliate of the Graduate Theological Union in California). Susan is keenly interested in how engaging the caring practices will shape us spiritually. She is a certified spiritual director (Mercy Center, Burlingame, California) and has practised spiritual direction since the early 1990s. She edited (with Patricia Benner) The Crisis of Care and her most recent book is Candlelight: Illuminating the Art of Spiritual Direction.

Few works in Western literature have impressed the imagination as has the Gospel of John. Long noted for its distinctive character compared to the Synoptics - Clement of Alexandria called it a "spiritual gospel" - it is unique among the gospels for its fascinating, even poetic, tapestry of images and complex intertwined argument. While there are many themes and emphases to John, this course works its way through the Gospel from the perspective that Jesus has come primarily to bring the life of the one true creator God into the world he loved.

Rikk E. Watts is Professor of New Testament at Regent College. He is author of a recently published book on the use of Isaiah in the Gospel of Mark entitled Isaiah's New Exodus in Mark.

What is the proper Christian response to the recent proliferation of "misery literature" which focuses on the depressing and morose, self pity and misery? What do the redemptive themes found in works by authors such as C.S. Lewis and Jane Austen offer that the gritty, realistic tales of "mis lit" lack? What does theology have to say to this dark trend which has grown in popularity? Sharon Jebb Smith examines three key theological concepts which characterize a Christian response: Joy, Laughter and Joviality.

Sharon Jebb-Smith is a sessional Lecturer, Regent College. BA (Queen’s University, Belfast), MCS (Regent College), PhD (University of St. Andrews). Sharon recently earned a PhD from The Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts, in St. Andrews, Scotland. This course comes out of that doctoral work.

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the spring of 2011

Krish Kandiah Executive Director, Churches in Mission; Evangelical Alliance Associate Research Fellow, London School of Theology. BSc (Warwick University), MA (Birmingham University), PhD (King's College, London). Previously, he served as Director of the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics and as Lecturer in the theology faculty of Oxford University. Krish is passionate about helping the church relate relevantly and faithfully to contemporary culture.

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the spring of 2011

Marva Dawn is Adjunct Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. She is also a prolific author, theologian and founder of Christians Equipped for Ministry. Her books include Keeping the Sabbath Wholly and Unfettered Hope: A Call to Faithful Living in an Affluent Society.

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the spring of 2011

Rikk E. Watts is Professor of New Testament at Regent College. He is author of a recently published book on the use of Isaiah in the Gospel of Mark entitled Isaiah's New Exodus in Mark.

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the spring of 2011

Paul S. Helm is Teaching Fellow at Regent College. He has served as President of the British Society of the Philiosophy of Religion and authored numerous books including Eternal God: A Study of God without Time and Faith Understanding.

This series demonstrates that intentional and thoughtful evangelism is necessary for the growth of the church. David Watson shares insights on the important role of evangelism from both the Scripture and his own experience.

Lectures Include:

A Principles of Evangelism
B Evangelism and the Body of Christ
C Evangelism and the Simple Lifestyle
D Evangelistic Preaching
E Evangelism and the Holy Spirit
F Spiritual Warfare

David Watson is the late Canon Provincial of York and Public Preacher in the Diocese of London, England. He is the author of I Believe in Evangelism.

In light of the 5th anniversary of the publication of Richard Dawkins' book The God Delusion, Alister McGrath reflects on where the "New Atheism" is now and what responses might be made to the issues being raised. Alister's lecture addresses what he sees as the three most significant criticisms the "New Atheism" makes: Religion intrinsically leads to violence, Religious belief is intrinsically irrational, and Science destroys religious belief.

Alister E. McGrath MA, Dphil, DD (Oxford University). Professor of Theology, Ministry and Education and Head of the Centre for Theology, Religion and Culture, King's College, London. Teaching Fellow, Regent College. Some of his more recent books are A Scientific Theology, a groundbreaking work of systematic theology in three volumes: Nature, Reality and Theory, The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World and Dawkins’ God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life.

In this Summer 2011 Evening Public Lecture Bill Edgar examines the life and thought of philosopher Albert Camus and contrasts Camus' "hard realism" with the message of hope revealed in the Bible through Jesus.

Bill Edgar is Professor of Apologetics, Westminster Theological Seminary. He is a member of the American Musicological Society, The Evangelical Theological Society, The American Historical Association, and The Society for Ethnomusicology. He has contributed to many books including Finding God at Harvard and Faith Comes By Hearing: A Response to Inclusivism.

Is the mystery of the Trinity a logical puzzle to be solved? Christopher Hall argues that the mystery and beauty of God is nowhere seen more clearly than in the doctrine of the Trinity. He contends that the doctrine of the Trinity is not a puzzle whose solution eliminates mystery, but a plenitude whose revelation makes known the mystery.

Christopher A. Hall is dean of the Templeton Honors College at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvannia where he has been teaching in the biblical and theological studies program. He is also associate editor of the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: The Gospel of Mark (with Thomas C. Oden), Reading the Scriptures with the Fathers, and Studying Theology with the Church Fathers.

Biography can illuminate the Church's past and provide guidance for the Church's present and future. With this in mind Mark Noll presents a look at the lives of three Indian Christians from the late 19th century: Pandita Ramabai, V.S. Azariah, and Sundar Singh.

Mark A. Noll is McManis Professor of Christian Thought and Professor of History at Wheaton College since 1979. He is Co-founder and present director of the Institute of American Evangelicals at Wheaton. He is a visiting teacher at Harvard Divinity School, University of Chicago Divinity School, Westminster Theological Seminary and Regent College. He is the author of numerous books including A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada (1992), The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind (1994), Is the Reformation Over? An Evangelical Assessment of Contemporary Roman Catholicism (2005). Phd (Vanderbilt University).

Early Evangelical devotion emerged on the cusp of the modern world and in the context of 18th century philosophical debates. Given this context, how did early Evangelical leaders think about the relationship between nature and grace? Bruce Hindmarsh examines this by looking at the thought of Charles Wesley and Jonathan Edwards.

Bruce Hindmarsh is the James Houston Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. Dr. Hindmarsh was a Pew research fellow at Oxford University from 1995-1997. He is author of John Newton and the English Evangelical Tradition: Between the Conversion of Wesley and Wilberforce.

Roger Lundin examines the 60 year history of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Letters and Papers from Prison. As he does so he challenges us to think through some of the central assertions of the book, especially "the Lordship of Christ in a religionless world come of age".

Roger Lundin is Clyde S. Kilby Professor of English at Wheaton College. He is the author of The Culture of Interpretation: Christian Faith and the Postmodern World, Emily Dickinson and the Art of Belief, and The Promise of Hermeneutics (with Anthony C. Thiselton and Clarence Walhout).

This course aims to reassure, encourage, and resource all those engaged in apologetic ministries, including parish clergy, parachurch workers, Christian academics, and lay people with workplace ministries. It explores how we can use reason, emotions, and the imagination to convey rationality, reliability, and delight of the Christian faith in the contemporary cultural situation. Topics considered include the challenges posed by the New Atheism; how to use words, images, and stories effectively; apologetic resources; how to construct apologetic addresses; and how to engage questions about faith winsmely and effectively. This course is ideal for those engaging in apologetic ministry, but will also be helpful to any who want to deepen their own grasp and appreciation of their faith. No prior knowledge of apologetics is required or assumed.

Alister E. McGrath MA, Dphil, DD (Oxford University). Professor of Theology, Ministry and Education, and Head of the Centre for Theology, Religion and Culture, King's College London. Teaching Fellow, Regent College. Some of his more recent books are A Scientific Theology, a groundbreaking work of systematic theology in three volumes: Nature, Reality and Theory, The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World and Dawkins’ God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life.

The Minor Prophets are "minor" in name only. They contain some of the most powerful sermons in the Old Testament. This series combines a thematic and exegetical approach while looking at Micah, interpreting the oracles in their pre-literary form, in their literary form, in their canonical form and in their significance to the Church. This course seeks to help the listener know God through His revelation in the book of Micah and to show the significance of its message to the contemporary world. It is a companion set to Robert Gordon's series on the Prophet Amos.

Bruce Waltke is Professor Emeritus in Old Testament Studies at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is the author of Genesis: A Commentary, Creation and Chaos, Finding the Will of God: A Pagan Notion?, An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax, and commentaries on Micah. He also served on the translation committee of the NIV Bible.

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the spring of 2011

Maxine Hancock is Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. Among her other books are several on family relationships, including Living on Less and Liking in More, Re-evaluating Your Commitments, and Creative, Confident, Children. And notably, her work on Bunyan in A Key in the Window: Marginal Notes in Bunyan's Narratives.

The Minor Prophets are "minor" in name only. They contain some of the most powerful sermons in the Old Testament. This series is a study of the life, times and message of the prophet Amos, a shepherd from Tekoa. It is a companion set to Bruce Waltke's series on the prophet Micah.

Robert P. Gordon is Regius Professor of Hebrew, St. Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge, England. His recent publications include Studies in the Targum to the Twelve Prophets, The Peshitta Version of the Old Testament: Chronicles and Hebrews: A Commentary.

This series is an intensive study of Pauline thought in light of historical background, exegesis of the epistles and modern biblical research.

Lectures include:

1. The Shaping of Pauline Thought
2. Paul's Career: Chronological Problems
2. Paul and Corinth
3. The Holy Spirit
4. Paul's View of Man
5. The Resurrection of the Body
6. The Work of Christ
7. Justification by Faith
8. Paul's View of Sin
9. The Sacraments
10. Paul and Hebrews

Anthony Thiselton is Professor of Christian Theology and Head of Department in the University of Nottingham, and Canon Theologian of Leicester Cathedral. He is author of The Two Horizons, New Horizons in Hermeneutics, and Interpreting God and the Postmodern Self.

From inauspicious beginnings in the religious and cultural backwater of Roman Galilee and Judea, Christianity has gone on to encircle the globe. In our time of decline and secular attrition, at least in the Western church, it is worth asking what factors contributed to the church's rise and vitality in the first place. This series, then, explores the social, political and religious setting of first-century Palestine. Against that background, Dr. Bockmuehl examines the message and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth, his lasting significance for the early church, and the dynamic complex of theology and praxis which launched Christianity on it conquest of the Roman Empire.

Markus Bockmuehl is Lecturer in Divinity at Cambridge University and a Fellow and Tutor at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. He is author of This Jesus: Martyr, Lord, Messiah and Revelation and Mystery in Ancient Judaism and Pauline Christianity.

This series explores the creative cultural atmosphere of the twentieth century. It deals specifically with modern visual arts, rock music, jazz, blues and Afro-american gospel music in their current situation and historical development. Emphasis is given to the search for the proper orientation of a Christian in this cultural setting, as well as to the discernment of God's hand in history.

Hans R. Rookmaaker was Professor in Art History at the Free University of Amsterdam and a member of L'Abri Fellowship up until his death in 1977. He authored many books including The Creative Gift: The Arts and the Christian Life, Art and the Public Today, Modern Art and the Death of a Culture, and Art Needs No Justification.

This series explores the biblical doctrine of the atonement. Dr. Morris begins with a look at the Old Testament preparation for the New Testament teaching on the cross. He then teases out the doctrine of the atonement as it is developed in the individual New Testament books. He also discusses the contribution of various important concepts such as salvation, redemption, covenant, justification, reconciliation, and blood. Modern discussions of the significance of the cross are also addressed.

Leon L. Morris was Principal of Ridley College, Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of numerous books and commentaries including The Cross in the New Testament, The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross, John (NICNT), and First and Second Thessalonians (NICNT).

This series explores of the origins and relationship of Wesleyan and Calvinist Evangelicals in North America. The lectures concern these three topics: 1) George Whitefield and John Wesley; 2) Protestant Pluralism in Early America; and 3) A Shared Evangelical Heritage: 19th Century Social Concern.

Timothy L. Smith was the Director of the Program in American Religious History and Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. He is author of Revivalism and Social Reform: American Protestantism on the Eve of the Civil War and Whitefield and Wesley on the New Birth.

When C.S. Lewis turned his pen to fiction, he did not cease to be Lewis the Christian philosopher, Lewis the medieval scholar, or Lewis the literary critic. Lewis's fiction also bears the mark of his early years - the loss of his mother, the nightmare of World War I combat, as well as intense experiences of Sehnsucht, the longing ache for paradise. The many layers of Lewis's fiction are explored by looking at The Pilgrim's Regress, Out of the Silent Planet, The Great Divorce, and The Silver Chair.

David C. Downing is R.W. Schlosser Professor of English, Elizabethtown College, PA. He has written Looking for the King: An Inklings Novel, A South Divided: Portraits of Dissent in the Confederacy, Into the Region of Awe: Mysticism in C. S. Lewis, and Into the Wardrobe: C. S. Lewis and the Narnia Chronicles.

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the spring of 2011

Hans Boersma sits in the J. I. Packer Chair of Theology at Regent College. He is the author or editor of several books, including A Hot Pepper Corn: Richard Baxter's Doctrine of Justification in Its Seventeenth-Century Context of Controversy and Violence, Hospitality and the Cross.

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the summer of 2011

Donald M. Lewis is Professor of Church History and former Academic Dean at Regent College. He is the editor of Christianity Re-born: The Global Expansion of Evangelicalism in the 20th Century and The Blackwell Dictionary of Evangelical Biography 1730-1860 and author of Lighten Their Darkness: The Evangelical Mission to Working-class London, 1828-1860.

The intent of this course is to mine the riches of the monastic tradition that began with Benedict of Nursia 1500 years ago and to explore the ways in which it continues to nurture and deepen the lives of disciples of Jesus and the communities in which they live. With guidance from the Rule of Benedict and those who have sought to apply it to everyday life, the ways in which Benedict's legacy enhances our devotional practices, friendships, work, family life, churches, and communities will be explored.

Dennis Okholm is Professor of Theology at Azusa Pacific University, as well as a part-time lecturer at Fuller Seminary. He is ordained in the Presbyterian Church and is a Parish Associate at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach, California. He is the author and editor of several publications including his most recent book, Monk Habits for Everyday People.

This course explores two related questions: "what is the meaning of sport in western culture?" and, "how should Christians seek to engage with it?" Tracing the interactions between Christianity and sport from classical times to the present, the course develops historical and theological perspectives on an often troubled relationship. Is sport a gift from God or a form of idolatry? Do sports build character? Are there models of Christian engagement which avoid the extremes we often find in professional sports? Is it possible to love God and love sport at the same time? Can sport be used in ministry without losing its distinctive quality of "play"? Examining individual case studies as varied as Augustine of Hippo and Lance Armstrong, the course aims to throw fresh light on an important area of popular culture. Ultimately it seeks to unite Christian reflection with Christian action, taking sport out of the trivial and into the sacred.

Dominic Erdozain BA (Oxford) Mphil, PhD (Cambridge), Postgraduate Certificate of Academic Practice (King's College London) is Lecturer in the History of Christianity, Kings College London. He is the author of The Problem of Pleasure: Sport, Recreation and the Crisis of Victorian Religion.

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the summer of 2011

Bill Edgar is Professor of Apologetics, Westminster Theological Seminary. He is a member of the American Musicological Society, The Evangelical Theological Society, The American Historical Association, and The Society for Ethnomusicology. He has contributed to many books including Finding God at Harvard and Faith Comes By Hearing: A Response to Inclusivism.

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the summer of 2011

David W. Gill is the President of the International Jacques Ellul Society and served as Carl I. Lindberg Professor of Apllied Ethics at North Park University in Chicago. His publications include The Word of God in Ethics of Jacques Ellul, Peter the Rock: Extraordinary Insights from an Ordinary Man, and The Opening of the Christian Mind.
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This is a Regent chapel talk given during the summer of 2011

Alister E. McGrath MA, Dphil, DD (Oxford University). Professor of Theology, Ministry and Education, and Head of the Centre for Theology, Religion and Culture, King's College London. Teaching Fellow, Regent College. Some of his more recent books are A Scientific Theology, a groundbreaking work of systematic theology in three volumes: Nature, Reality and Theory, The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World and Dawkins’ God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life.

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the summer of 2011.

Christopher A. Hall is dean of the Templeton Honors College at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvannia where he has been teaching in the biblical and theological studies program. He is also associate editor of the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: The Gospel of Mark (with Thomas C. Oden), Reading the Scriptures with the Fathers, and Studying Theology with the Church Fathers.

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the summer of 2011.

Dayna Vreeken is a student at Regent College.

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the summer of 2011.

Paul Barnett was the Anglican Bishop of North Sydney in Australia and is Teaching Fellow, Biblical Studies, Regent College. Lecturer, Moore Theological College, Sydney. THL (Moore Theological College), MA (Sydney), BDS, ThSchol, PhD (University of London). He is author of Jesus and the Logic of History, as well as commentaries on Mark, Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians and Revelation

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the summer of 2011.

Theran Knighton-Fitt is a student at Regent College

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the summer of 2011.

V. Philips Long joined Regent College in the Fall of 2000 after teaching at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri for 15 years years. After receiving his MDiv from Gordon-Conwell, Phil served for four years with Greater Europe Mission in Germany as a lecturer in Biblical Languages and Old Testament Exegesis. He obtained his PhD at Cambridge and has also studied at the University of Heidelberg and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He is the author of many books including The Art of Biblical History.

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the summer of 2011.

Larry Hurtadois Professor of New Testament Language, Literature and Theology at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of God in New Testament Theology, The Earliest Christian Artifacts: Manuscripts and Christian Origins, and How on Earth did Jesus Become a God? Historical Questions about Earliest Devotion to Jesus.

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the summer of 2011.

Roger Lundin is Clyde S. Kilby Professor of English at Wheaton College. He is the author of The Culture of Interpretation: Christian Faith and the Postmodern World, Emily Dickinson and the Art of Belief, and The Promise of Hermeneutics (with Anthony C. Thiselton and Clarence Walhout).

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the summer of 2011.

Chelle Stearns is Assistant Professor of Theology at Mars Hill Graduate School.

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the summer of 2011.

David N. Livingstone is professor of Geography and Intellectual History at The Queen's University in Belfast, North Ireland. His publications include Darwin's Forgotten Defenders and Evangelicals and Science in Historical Perspective.

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the summer of 2011.

Immanuel Koks is a student at Regent College

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the summer of 2011.

Bruce Hindmarsh is the James Houston Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. Dr. Hindmarsh was a Pew research fellow at Oxford University from 1995-1997. He is author of John Newton and the English Evangelical Tradition: Between the Conversion of Wesley and Wilberforce.

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the summer of 2011.

Bernd Wannenwetsch MA, Dr. theol., Dr. theol. Habil. (Universities of Munich and Erlangen, Germany). He is a University Lecturer in Ethics, University of Oxford, Harris Manchester College. Bernd’s research focuses on conceptual problems in Christian ethics, tradition and postmodernism, scriptural ethics, worship, politics, labour and work, the relationship of the sexes, and the theologies of Martin Luther and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bernd is an ordained minister of the Lutheran Church of Bavaria. His most recent book is Political Worship: Ethics for Christian Citizens.

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the summer of 2011.

Mark A. Noll is McManis Professor of Christian Thought and Professor of History at Wheaton College since 1979. He is Co-founder and present director of the Institute of American Evangelicals at Wheaton. He is a visiting teacher at Harvard Divinity School, University of Chicago Divinity School, Westminster Theological Seminary and Regent College. He is the author of numerous books including A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada (1992), The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind (1994), Is the Reformation Over? An Evangelical Assessment of Contemporary Roman Catholicism (2005). Phd (Vanderbilt University).

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the summer of 2011.

Dennis Okholm is Professor of Theology at Azusa Pacific University, as well as a part-time lecturer at Fuller Seminary. He is ordained in the Presbyterian Church and is a Parish Associate at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach, California. He is the author and editor of several publications including his most recent book, Monk Habits for Everyday People.

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the summer of 2011.

Rod Wilson is President and Professor of Counselling and Psychology at Regent College. He is the author of Counseling and Community, Exploring Your Anger, Helping Angry People., How Do I Help a Hurting Friend?

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the summer of 2011.

David C. Downing is R.W. Schlosser Professor of English, Elizabethtown College, PA. He has written Looking for the King: An Inklings Novel, A South Divided: Portraits of Dissent in the Confederacy, Into the Region of Awe: Mysticism in C. S. Lewis, and Into the Wardrobe: C. S. Lewis and the Narnia Chronicles.

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the summer of 2011.

Scott Cairns PhD (Utah), MFA (Bowling Green State University), MA (Hollins College), BA (Western Washington) is a Professor, Director of Creative Writing and Director of the Center for Literary Arts at the University of Missouri. He is the author of six volumes of poetry and a memoir.

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the summer of 2011.

Miriam Adeney has a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Washington State University and is associate professor of Global and Urban Ministries at Seattle Pacific University. She has also been a research professor at Regent College and has coordinated a bookwriting program for Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Her most recent book is Daughters of Islam.

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the summer of 2011.

Bruce Waltke is Professor Emeritus in Old Testament Studies at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is the author of Genesis: A Commentary, Creation and Chaos, Finding the Will of God: A Pagan Notion?, An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax, and commentaries on Micah. He also served on the translation committee of the NIV Bible.

The purpose of this series is to further our understanding of the creative gift and process specifically within the light of the life of Jesus Christ. Listeners are challenged to enlarge their understanding of the origin, purpose, function and completion of the creative process, and that not specifically in regards to "Christian" art and music but to the arts as a whole. It is hoped that listeners—whether or not they actively participate in the creative arts—will develop a more biblical understanding of the creative endeavour in all its vast and various forms.

Michael Card is a singer and songwriter, and is also the author of The Parable of Joy, a devotional commentary on the gospel of John. Michael is a graduate of Western Kentucky University, where he earned his bachelors and master degrees in biblical studies. Michael has also received honorary PhD’s in music and Christian education from Whitefield Seminary and Philadelphia Biblical University.

Larry Hurtado examines the earliest physical records of a Christian attempt to express their faith and identify themselves in ways that leave physical and visual artifacts. Focusing primarily on the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, Larry concentrates on the Christian preference for the codex over the scroll and early Christian scribal practices to shed light on early Christian piety and devotion.

Larry Hurtadois Professor of New Testament Language, Literature and Theology at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of God in New Testament Theology, The Earliest Christian Artifacts: Manuscripts and Christian Origins, and How on Earth did Jesus Become a God? Historical Questions about Earliest Devotion to Jesus.

Many powerful writers in the 19th century came to long and search for a personal God who could heal their wounds, bring meaning to their lives, and break their bondage to death. These hungry, visionary poets sought the face of a "gracious, condescending God" which is what many of the greatest theologians of the 20th century would proclaim in calling for a vigorous renewal of Trinitarian theology and the doctrine of Christ. Roger Lundin explores this through the works of Emily Dickinson, Friedrich Richter, Flannery O'Connor, Karl Barth, and Roland Hayes.

Roger Lundin is Clyde S. Kilby Professor of English at Wheaton College. He is the author of The Culture of Interpretation: Christian Faith and the Postmodern World, Emily Dickinson and the Art of Belief, and The Promise of Hermeneutics (with Anthony C. Thiselton and Clarence Walhout).

This course articulates beliefs and convictions about Jesus' significance, and the religious practices in which Jesus featured so centrally. In this course, "Earliest Christianity" refers to Jesus-believers of the first few generations (to mid-second century). The earliest Christian texts are probed with an eye for how Jesus features in beliefs and devotional practices, with a special focus on practices in gathered worship settings. The continuing body of recent scholarship and controversies on these matters is also engaged.

Larry Hurtadois Professor of New Testament Language, Literature and Theology at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of God in New Testament Theology, The Earliest Christian Artifacts: Manuscripts and Christian Origins, and How on Earth did Jesus Become a God? Historical Questions about Earliest Devotion to Jesus.

Crystal Downing presents an informative introduction to postmodernism though a historical description of the faults inherent in much of modernist thinking. The main thrust of this lecture is to show that rather than being a threat to the Christian story, postmodernism validates the importance of differing stories in the search for relative truth.

Crystal Downing is Professor of English and Film Studies, Messiah College. She is the author of Writing Performances: The Stages of Dorothy L. Sayers, and How Postmodernism Serves (my) Faith.

Genesis 1-2 presents the beginning of God's creation, Revelation shows us God's final creation, and everything in between is "creation in the middle". Eugene Peterson presents an overview of the Gospel of John, which is the New Testament Equivalent of Genesis 1-2. Here he examines what God is doing now and what our involvement in creation is. This is an individual lecture from the course Biblical Spirituality.

Eugene H. Peterson is Professor Emeritus of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. He has written numerous books, authored a commentary on the books of 1 & 2 Samuel, and translated the Bible (The Message) into contemporary English.

James Houston presents his reflections on the spiritual reading of Scripture. This message was given as part of the 2011 Regent College Theology Conference, Heaven on Earth: The Future of Spiritual Interpretation.

James M. Houston is Board of Governors’ Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. He is author of I Believe in the Creator, In Search of Happiness, The Heart’s Desire: A Guide to Personal Fulfillment, The Transforming Power of Prayer: Deepening Your Friendship with God., Joyful Exiles, and Letters of Faith Through the Seasons: Vol. I.

Economist Anthony Waterman gives an engrossing historical perspective of the Catholic Church’s varied responses to capitalism through a discussion of papal edicts. The lecture traces how the responses have changed from a more socialist perspective, arguably in line with gospel teaching, to a view that gives greater support for economic liberalism which is the free market perspective we live with today. The lecture is followed by a lively discussion.

Anthony M. C. Waterman is Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Manitoba, Retired Fellow St John‟s College, Winnipeg, and Senior Member Bye Fellow of Robinson College, Cambridge. He is the recipient of numerous post-doctoral awards and author of Revolution, Economics and Religion: Christian Political Economy, 1798-1833, and Political Economy and Christian Theology since the Enlightenment: Essays in Intellectual History, and co-editor of “Are Economists Basically Immoral?” And Other Essays on Economics, Ethics, and Religion by Paul Heyne.

Ross Hastings speaks on the role of Jesus in Hebrews 9:23-28. These 3 talks were given at the annual 2011 Regent College student retreat at Warm Beach:

1. The Priest and His Sacrificial Appearing: Participating as Wounded Healers
2. The Priest and the Ascension: Participating as Praying Priests
3. The Priest, His Session, Intercession and Consummation: Participating as Kingly Priests

Ross Hastings was Senior Pastor at Peace Portal Alliance Church in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada and now serves as Associate Professor of Mission Studies at Regent College.

Regent grad and registered nurse Meera Bai worked in Vancouver at InSite, Canada's first safe-injection facility. Now she and Regent professor John Stackhouse team up for an Evening Public Lecture to explore the harm-reduction approach to Christian ethics.

Meera Bai is a registered nurse and a former worker at InSite. She is a graduate of the University of Calgary School of Nursing and a graduate of Regent College with a Master's degree in Christian Studies.

John G. Stackhouse, Jr. is Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology and Culture at Regent College. He is the author of Can God Be Trusted? and Canadian Evangelicalism in the Twentieth Century: An Introduction to Its Character.

John Stott and John Shelby Spong present their views on human sexuality, the Bible, and the corresponding implications for Christians in the modern world, in an Evening Public Lecture. Moderated by Maxine Hancock with a Question and Answer session.

John R. W. Stott was Rector at All Souls Anglican Church in London. He was known worldwide as a gifted evangelist, preacher, scholar, and Christian statesman. He was also the author of many books and commentaries including Basic Christianity, Decisive Issues Facing Christians Today and Acts (Bible Speaks Today series).

John Shelby Spong was the Episcopal Bishop of Newark, New Jersey for twenty-four years before his retirement in 2000. He is the author of numerous books including Eternal Life: A New Vision: Beyond Religion, Beyond Theism, Beyond Heaven and Hell.

What does it really mean when Christians seek the Kingdom of God? Dr. Michael Pucci explores what the Kingdom is like and how it distinguishes us from the rest of the world by taking a close look at the nature of the "signs" of the Kingdom. In particular, what does the sign of poverty reveal to us about the Kingdom?

Michael Pucci PhD (University of Nottingham), BA (California State University, Chico) is International Director of Educational Programs, Food for the Hungry.

Theological interpretation of Scripture is becoming a common practice, both among Catholics and evangelicals. For some, this may seem like the arrival of heaven on earth. Others, however, have critiqued the recent trend toward theological interpretation for being too theologically or heavenly minded and for not doing justice to the historical, earthly realities of which the text speaks.

This conference, hosted by Regent College in cooperation with the Center for Catholic-Evangelical Dialogue (CCED), brings together numerous renowned Catholic and evangelical scholars to ask the question: what are the implications if we read the historical, earthly text in the light of spiritual or heavenly realities? Answering this question raises a multitude of sub-questions for the laity, pastors, and scholars in the Church. Is Scripture primarily a historical, earthy text, or is it a sacramental vessel for spiritual truths, or both perhaps? Is there an exegetical posture that Catholics and evangelicals can share? How are we to read both critically and devotionally?

Presentations include:

• God Speaks "In Many and Various Ways" Towards a Theology of Theological Exegesis - Dr. Brian Daley (Keynote Address)
• Christological Literalism: Reading Job in the Company of Gregory the Great - Jason Byassee
• Pursuing Wisdom: Toward Evangelical Spiritual Exegesis - Dan Treier
• Apocalypse and Mystagogy - Scott Hahn
• Hagar and Sarah in the (Exegetical) Afterlife: How the Practice of Theological Interpretation Complicates Theory - John Thompson
• On Not Separating the Spiritual and Literal Senses - Lewis Ayres
• Heaven on Earth: Book Discussion - Todd Billings and Iain Provan
• Ascending the Mountain, Singing the Rock: Biblical Interpretation Earthed, Typed, and Transfigured - Kevin Vanhoozer (Keynote Address)
• Spiritual Interpretation and the Future of Scripture Translation - David Jeffrey
• New Testament Typology and New Testament Exegesis - Matthew Levering
• Spiritual Interpretation in the Letter to the Hebrews - Mary Healy
• Imperial Lover: The Unveiling of Jesus in Revelation 1:9-20 - Peter Leithart
• Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Christological Exegesis - Jens Zimmermann
• Following the Letter to the Spirit - R.R. Reno
• "This Is the Day Which the Lord Has Made": scripture, Theology, and Manumission in Saint Gregory of Nyssa - Hans Boersma
• Profiling the Psalms - Francesca Murphy

Brian Daley. Catherine F. Huisking Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame. Prof. Daley is a historical theologian, who specializes in the study of the early Church, particularly the development of Christian doctrine from the fourth to the eighth centuries. He has prepared a critical edition of the works of the sixth-century Greek theologian Leontius of Byzantium, which is to appear in the series "Corpus Christionorum, " and has written a number of articles for scholarly journals on ancient Christology, Trinitarian theology and eschatology.

Kevin J. Vanhoozer is a Blanchard Professor of Theology at Wheaton College, Illinois. He is author of Is there a Meaning in this Text? The Bible, the Reader, and the Morality of Literary Knowledge and Biblical Narrative in the Philosophy of Paul Ricoeur: A Study in Hermeneutics and Theology.

Today, as a result of renewed interest in early Christian biblical interpretation, and of the widely shared sense that the historical-critical study of the Scriptures cannot, by itself, nourish the spiritual hunger of Christian disciples, many people who read the Bible as the norm of their faith and life are convinced that the only kind of interpretation that can do justice to the biblical text must be theological: a style of interpretation that takes God and God's work in the world seriously, as the true shaper of the text and as its final meaning. Here, with the help of some of the Church Fathers, Brian Daley sets out to ask what "theological interpretation of Scripture" might mean.

This lecture is the first of two keynote addresses given at the 2011 Regent College Theology Conference, Heaven on Earth: The Future of Spiritual Interpretation, and includes a devotional by Bruce Hindmarsh, an introductory message by James Houston, and a response by Dr. Peter Leithart.

This address is also available as part of the complete set of presentations from the conference.

Brian Daley. Catherine F. Huisking Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame. Prof. Daley is a historical theologian, who specializes in the study of the early Church, particularly the development of Christian doctrine from the fourth to the eighth centuries. He has prepared a critical edition of the works of the sixth-century Greek theologian Leontius of Byzantium, which is to appear in the series "Corpus Christionorum, " and has written a number of articles for scholarly journals on ancient Christology, Trinitarian theology and eschatology.

Any genuinely Evangelical resourcement -- any attempt to renew Evangelical theology and biblical interpretation by retrieving earlier sources -- must include the Reformers and their hermeneutical concerns. In this paper Prof. Vanhoozer examines three "earthy" biblical texts - texts that speak of rocks, mountains, and sexual intimacy -- and offer typological and transfigural readings. He then proceeds to indicate the kind of ontology that such readings, and Scripture itself, both presuppose and prescribe. A response if given by Lewis Ayers.

This lecture is the first of two keynote addresses given at the 2011 Regent College Theology Conference, Heaven on Earth: The Future of Spiritual Interpretation

This address is also available as part of the complete set of presentations from the conference.

Kevin J. Vanhoozer is a Blanchard Professor of Theology at Wheaton College, Illinois. He is author of Is there a Meaning in this Text? The Bible, the Reader, and the Morality of Literary Knowledge and Biblical Narrative in the Philosophy of Paul Ricoeur: A Study in Hermeneutics and Theology.

"Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets" (Hebrews 1:1). Haggai and Zechariah ministered during the time when a remnant of Israel had returned from exile in Babylon and when the Temple of the Lord needed to be rebuilt. Haggai challenged his contemporaries to tune their ears to the conversation that God was having with them through the circumstances of their lives, and to recommit themselves to put God first by rebuilding his Temple. Zechariah's intriguing visions and ringing pronouncements burst the bounds of his own time to lay a conceptual and theological foundation for the Coming One who would forever surpass the Temple. This course will explore the original meanings and on-going significance of these books for Christians today.

V. Philips Long joined Regent College in the Fall of 2000 after teaching at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri for 15 years years. After receiving his MDiv from Gordon-Conwell, Phil served for four years with Greater Europe Mission in Germany as a lecturer in Biblical Languages and Old Testament Exegesis. He obtained his PhD at Cambridge and has also studied at the University of Heidelberg and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He is the author of many books including The Art of Biblical History.

Dr. Packer looks at the important aspects of the nature and ministry of Jesus. The mystery of the incarnation, which challenges the human mind to comprehend that the Creator became a creature, is examined along with the crucifixion and its significance. Finally, the nature and meaning of the crucifixion and ascension are presented.

James I. Packer is the Board of Governors' Professor of Theology at Regent College. His many books include Knowing God and Rediscovering Holiness.

The Gospel of Mark is both a profound theological statement and a work of art. The aims of this series is to appreciate its dramatic power and share its author's perception of the significance of Jesus, of the coming Kingdom of God, and of the call to discipleship. Moreover, the concern here is to tackle Mark as a whole, and not just as a collection of unconnected fragments.This series is 10 lectures.

Richard T. (Dick) France is Rector of the United Benefice of Wentnor, Ratlinghope, Myndtown, Norbury, More, Lydham and Snead (diocese of Hereford, England). He is also the author of several books and articles on the New Testament.

Some people think that mission began with the Great Commission or on the day of Pentecost. But can we read the whole Bible from a missional perspective? What happens when we do? This course will explore the biblical roots of Christian mission, seeing especially how the Old Testament vision for the people of God and the future of the nations shaped the New Testament concept and practice of mission. We will appreciate the missional relevance of unexpected parts of the Bible and gain fresh perspectives on God’s purpose for God’s world through God’s people.

Christopher J. H. Wright is Principal at All Nations Christian College, Easneye, England. He is author of numerous books including God’s People in God’s Land, Knowing Jesus through the Old Testament, Walking in the Ways of the Lord, What’s So Unique about Jesus, as well as a commentary on Deuteronomy.

This course on the book of Psalms aims to edify the listener by exegeting selected psalms and by providing the listener with background information to guide them into a lifetime of enriching their appreciation of the Psalms and, for some, to use the Psalms to edify others. The background information focuses on the various methods of interpreting the Psalms.

Bruce Waltke is Professor Emeritus in Old Testament Studies at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is the author of Genesis: A Commentary, Creation and Chaos, Finding the Will of God: A Pagan Notion?, An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax, and commentaries on Micah. He also served on the translation committee of the NIV Bible.

These two lectures given by Andy Crouch include:

LIVE MORE MUSICALLY: CLUES FROM THE ARTS FOR THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
Music and the shape of experience: Bach, black gospel, improvisation and structure, tension and resolution, simplicity and complexity, harmony and dissonance. The difference between playing a CD and playing a violin; the role of disciplines; the difficulty of sustaining discipline and creativity in a consumer culture; the difference between consumer religion and Christian faith.

PLAYING GOD: CHRISTIAN REFLECTIONS ON THE USE AND MISUSE OF POWER
Christians have wrestled for centuries with how they should relate to power—especially the coercive power of the state and the use of force. But another kind of power comes not from coercion, but creativity, and creative power may be even more risky and potentially corrupting than coercive power. It emerges from our original human commission to bear the image of the divine Creator, yet it is also the source of our tendency to make idols and play gods. In our exercise of power, how can we play the true God rather than a false god? How can we restore human image-bearing of the true God rather than make graven images of untrue gods? We will use art and music to focus our reflections on the oldest human temptation and the highest human calling.

Andy Crouch is the author of Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling, winner of Christianity Today's 2009 Book Award for Christianity and Culture and named one of the best books of 2008 by Publishers Weekly, Relevant, Outreach and Leadership. In 2011 he became special assistant to the president at Christianity Today International, where he has served as executive producer of the documentary films Where Faith and Culture Meet and Round Trip. He is a member of the editorial board of Books & Culture, a senior fellow of the International Justice Mission's IJM Institute, and a member of the Board of Advisors for the John Templeton Foundation. He lives with his family in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.

From 1998 to 2003, Andy was the editor-in-chief of re:generation quarterly, a magazine for an emerging generation of culturally creative Christians. For ten years he was a campus minister with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at Harvard University. He studied classics at Cornell University and received an M.Div. summa cum laude from Boston University School of Theology. A classically trained musician who draws on pop, folk, rock, jazz, and gospel, he has led musical worship for congregations of 5 to 20,000.

Why did people in 16th-century England blacken their teeth with pitch, whereas today they spend millions on teeth-whitening strips? Why did early Christians leave forty-one images of Noah's Ark in the catacombs but fail to sketch a single cross? These questions and many more are addressed in this course which provides an introduction to semiotics, "the science of signs". The course focuses on the way signs of Christianity have changed through the millenia - signs such as celibacy, atonement, and Eucharist - and discusses how semiotics and its heirs (structuralism, deconstruction, and cultural materialism) explain such changes. The course explores the question: resigned to the unalterable truth of salvation through Christ, how do we know when to re-sign Christian doctrine in order to communicate that Jesus is as relevant to someone with a twenty-first century aesthetic as he was to a third-century ascetic?

Crystal Downing is Professor of English and Film Studies, Messiah College. She is the author of Writing Performances: The Stages of Dorothy L. Sayers, and How Postmodernism Serves (my) Faith.

What are words? What do they do? What do they mean? In contrast to the often stated "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me", Colin Gunton maintains that words are powerful. This is drawn out as Gunton explores how the Biblical doctrines of Creation, Incarnation, and Divine Revelation challenge both the Rationalist and Postmodern understandings of language.

Colin Gunton is former Professor of Christian Doctrine, King's College, University of London. His writing has been devoted to the central themes of Christian theology: Christology, the doctrine of God, and the atonement. He is author of The One, the Three, and the Many and The Promise of Trinitarian Theology, as well as editor of The Doctrine of Creation.

This series from the 1997 Theology Conference focuses on various challenges affecting the evangelical community at the close of the twentieth century. Lectures include:

• The Gospel and the Coming Conflict of Civilizations
• Effective Persuasion in a Pluralistic Culture and the Recovery of the Christian Dynamic of Vocation
• Panel Discussion with James Houston, Charles Ringma & Paul Stevens
• A Special Lecture on Philanthropy

Os Guinness is a lecturer, author and the Senior Fellow of the Trinity Forum, a seminar-style forum for senior executives and political leaders that engages the leading ideas of culture in the context of faith. His books include The Dust of Death, The Gravedigger File, Fit Bodies, Fat Minds: Why Evangelicals Don't Think, Dining with the Devil: The Megachurch Movement Flirts with Modernity, and The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life.

James Emery White examines some real issues which pastors have gone through upon entering ministry after graduating from seminary.

James Emery White is the founding and senior pastor of Mecklenburg Community Church in Charlotte, North Carolina; President of Serious Times, a ministry which explores the intersection of faith and culture and hosts churchandculture.org; ranked adjunctive professor of theology and culture on the Charlotte campus of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, which he also served as their fourth president; and author of over a dozen books which have been translated into ten languages.

This series is a guided walk through what is most people's favorite letter of Paul. Friendship is being threatened by external forces in Philippi and internal ones in the church. Here is an opportunity to listen carefully to what God would say to the contemporary church through these words written in part to thank the Philippians for their gift while Paul is in prison awaiting trial.

Gordon D. Fee is Professor Emeritus of New Testament at Regent College. He has authored commentaries on 1 Corinthians, Philippians and the Pastoral Epistles, as well as books on exegesis, hermeneutics and the Holy Spirit.

This is a Regent chapel talk given during the Fall of 2011

Dr. Iwan Russell-Jonesis Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and Head of Christianity and the Arts Program at Regent College. Dr. Russell-Jones holds a BA (Hons.) in Theology from the London School of Theology, a Master of Theology from the University of Aberdeen, and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Oxford. For four years, he taught at Columbia Theological Seminary in Atlanta, where he set up a new department to explore the interaction between faith, media, and contemporary culture. He has over 25 years of experience as a producer and director for the BBC, in both television and radio, and is a founding co-editor of the Ship of Fools website.

This one day preaching workshop hosted by First Baptist Church in Vancouver includes:

• Preaching John 15:1-11: Some Observations - Darrell Johnson
• Union With Christ, Spiritual Formation, and the the Practices of the Christian Life - Gordon Smith
• A Conversation Between Darrell and Gordon with Q&A

Darrell W. Johnson is Senior Minister at First Baptist Church in Vancouver and former Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology at Regent College. Before coming to Regent he served for 30 years as Preaching Pastor for churches in the United States and the Philippines. He continues to teach as a sessional lecturer at Regent College.

Gordon T. Smith (PhD, Loyola School of Theology, Ateneo de Manila University) is President of Overseas Council Canada and former Academic Vice President/Dean and Associate Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. He is author of Essential Spirituality: Renewing Your Christian Faith through Classic Spiritual Disciplines, Listening to God in Times of Choice and Courage & Calling: Embracing Your God-given Potential.

Alan Torrance reflects on the relationship between Christ's suffering and the suffering that those who commit suicide experience.

Alan Torrance is Professor of Divinity at St. Mary's College, University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He is the author of Christ and Context and Persons in Communion.

John Stott presents a Biblical understanding of death and life. By looking at examples from Scripture he demonstrates how death gives way to life.

John R. W. Stott was Rector at All Souls Anglican Church in London. He was known worldwide as a gifted evangelist, preacher, scholar, and Christian statesman. He was also the author of many books and commentaries including Basic Christianity, Decisive Issues Facing Christians Today and Acts (Bible Speaks Today series).

Os Guinness examines the crisis of giving, caring, and volunteering in North America and presents a Christian understanding of wealth and philanthropy.

Os Guinness is a lecturer, author and the Senior Fellow of the Trinity Forum, a seminar-style forum for senior executives and political leaders that engages the leading ideas of culture in the context of faith. His books include The Dust of Death, The Gravedigger File, Fit Bodies, Fat Minds: Why Evangelicals Don't Think, Dining with the Devil: The Megachurch Movement Flirts with Modernity, and The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life.

This series provides the listener with an exposition of the Ten Commandments. After considering the historic and systematic place of the Decalogue, attention is given to each of the Ten Commandments individually, both in their negative (prohibitive) and positive (exhortative) meanings.

Klaus Bockmuehl was professor of theology and ethics at Regent College until his death in 1989. He was a contributing editor to Christianity Today and a long time member of the Theological Commission of the World Evangelical Fellowship. His many writings have been published in both German and English and include Living by the Gospel, Listening to the God Who Speaks and The Christian Way of Living: An Ethics of the Ten Commandments.

This series is a discussion of New Testament themes such as possessions, power, the enemy, sexuality, authority, decision-making in the community, problems in the history of interpretation and contemporary concerns.

John Howard Yoder was Professor of Christian Ethics in the Department of Theology and Teaching Fellow at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Among his numerous works are The Politics of Jesus, For the Nations: Essays Public and Evangelical, The Royal Priesthood: Essays Ecclesiological and Ecumenical, Nevertheless: Varieties of Religious Pacifism and When War is Unjust: Being Honest in Just-War Thinking

Throughout his political career, Preston Manning has endeavoured to move beyond the application of faith as an intellectual exercise alone. In this public lecture, Manning examines what a Christian faith perspective brings to such issues as rebooting the economy, conserving the environment, and the legal treatment of physician-assisted suicide. Drawing on his experience as a parliamentarian, Manning also proposes qualities and disciplines that a Christian in public life needs to cultivate in order to relate positively and effectively to his or her colleagues, foes, and constituents.

The Honourable Mary Polak, MLA, Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation gives a formal response to Preston Manning’s lecture on behalf of BC Premier Christy Clark.

Preston Manning is a Senior Fellow of Regent College's Marketplace Institute. He was one of the principal founders of the Reform Party of Canada and the Canadian Alliance, serving as Leader of the Official Opposition in the Canadian Parliament from 1997-2000. He has spoken extensively on faith and politics.

The letters to the Thessalonians open an exciting and challenging door into a newly-planted church in the mid-first century. Depending consciously on the same Spirit who inspired these letters we aim to expound carefully and thoughtfully through the text, keeping to its many points of interface with our time.... What does an authentic church look like? Who is Jesus? What can happen when the Gospel really gets released?