John Dickson is the Senior Research Fellow of the Department of Ancient History, Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia). He is also Co-Director (with Simon Smart) of the Centre for Public Christianity (CPX), an independent research and media company promoting informed discussion about social, ethical and religious issues in modern life. He is the author of The Christ Files: How Historians Know what they Know about Jesus, A Spectator's Guide to World Religions, and Investigating Jesus.
Changing the World: Effective Witness in a Secular World
Speaker(s): John Dickson, Rikk Watts
Date: July 20-21, 2012
Length: 3h49min
Product ID: RGDL4215S
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Description
John Dickson presents and Rikk Watts responds on how Christians can engage the world "for the better" - both as individuals and as a community of believers. John Dickson gives two lectures, as well as interacting with Rikk Watts in a wide-ranging conversation regarding the shape of Christian witness in contemporary society. Lectures include:
- How Humility Changes the World
- How the Church Changes the World
See All Audio by John Dickson Rikk Watts
Rikk E. Watts is Professor of New Testament at Regent College. Previously, he served as an instructor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Wycliffe Hall at Oxford University, La Trobe University, and the Bible College of Victoria (now the Melbourne School of Theology). He is author of Isaiah's New Exodus in Mark, as well as a founding member of On Being, an Australian Christian magazine.
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