Seminars
Ephesians Seminar:
Friday, October 8th, 7-9pm & Saturday, October 9th, 9am-Noon
Taught by Dr. Doug Webster
Professor of Pastoral Theology and Preaching at Beeson Divinity School, and author of more than a dozen books, including Soundtrack for the Soul.
Doug teaches pastoral theology and preaching at Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama. He served as the senior pastor at Evangelical Community Church in Bloomington as well as churches in Denver, Colorado, California, and Canada. Before becoming a pastor, he taught at Tyndale Seminary in Toronto for seven years. He has a BA in Biblical Studies and an MA in New Testament from Wheaton College. His PhD is from the University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto.
Ephesians begins with benediction followed by jubilation. Paul is filled with joy over the meaning of the gospel and the magnitude of Christ’s work. He expects a thoughtful church to own their identity, embrace their mission and grasp their power in Christ. He leads us in authentic praise and prayer. This is how we should worship the Lord and this is how we should pray for one another. There is an organic flow to Paul’s preaching that moves from worship to salvation to church to mission. He has all the reason and logic of a systematic theology without compartmentalizing these crucial truths into lifeless abstractions. The order and integration of these truths is essential to the gospel. Paul weaves together this full-orbed theology of Christ in an integrated sequence that by the power of God’s grace we were meant to embrace holistically. When churches hunger for vision, let them turn to Paul’s Christ letter and hear the preaching that was meant to shape and transform.
Reading: The Message of Ephesians: God’s New Society. John Stott. IVP: 1979. Available at Amazon.com for $13.
Cost is $10 for students, $20 for nonstudents.
Registration is required. Call the ECC office, email Dan Waugh at dlwaugh@indiana.edu or sign up in the church gathering space in September.
Spring Seminar:
Also, Feb. 4th and 5th, 2011, Dr. Steven C. Roy from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School will lead a seminar on the Doctrine of God. Dr. Roy received his PhD from TEDS. Prior to teaching, Dr. Roy served on staff with InterVarsity, on the pastoral staff of Bethlehem Baptist Church and as teh senior pastor of Temple Baptist Church in Portland, OR. He authored How Much Does God Foreknow: A Comprehensive Biblical Study (InterVarsity Press, 2006).
We're excited about these two seminars and others in the works. Keep you eyes and ears open for more details!
Past Seminars:
New Testament Seminar
John Erickson led the NT Seminar on April 8th and 9th. The seminar was a concerned with the 'big picture' and especially how we deal with the ancient text. The notes, recommended reading and audio are all below.
Here are the fairly comprehensive notes for the seminar.
Here is the Recommended Reading List.
Audio for Session 1, Session, 2, Session 3, and Session 4.
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