Annual Conference

The Holy Spirit and Preaching

January 20, 2016

This session addresses the conviction that the Holy Spirit is absolutely necessary for both the one preaching the sermon and the one hearing it.

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The Holy Spirit at Pentecost

January 20, 2016

Now in the new covenant the Spirit of God (who empowered Israel’s kings, prophets, and priests) distributes to all believers his diverse gifts, to enable every member of Christ’s body to serve others and foster the growth of the whole church.

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The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament

January 20, 2016

Dr. Estelle discusses the role of the Holy Spirit in the Hebrew Bible: creating and recreating, writing, testifying to, and guiding the Hebrews

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The Holy Spirit in our Confessions

January 20, 2016

Not only is the Spirit present in our confessions, but we have overlooked a number of insights regarding the person and work of the Spirit as it appears in the confessions.

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Montanus, Topeka, and Sister

January 20, 2016

Montanus to Joachim of Fiore to Aimme Semple McPherson, Christians have been challenged to expect more from the Spirit. What does church history teach about such expectations and how should we react to them today?

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Who Is the Holy Spirit?

January 6, 2016

The WSC faculty briefly describe who the Holy Spirit is in preparation for the 2016 Annual Conference.

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2016 Annual Conference Preview: Montanus, Topeka, and Sister

January 4, 2016

“I will be looking particularly at those moments in the church when the Holy Spirit was viewed as doing extraordinary work.”

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2016 Annual Conference Preview: Sanctification

December 16, 2015

“The Holy Spirit works throughout scripture not only in ordinary ways, but through ordinary means both in providence and in saving grace.”

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2016 Annual Conference Preview: The Holy Spirit and Preaching

December 2, 2015

“The Holy Spirit is absolutely necessary for understanding, for applying, and especially for the transforming of people into more Christ-likeness.”

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2016 Annual Conference Preview: The Holy Spirit at Pentecost

November 11, 2015

“In every age the Holy Spirit has done his life giving work bringing spiritually dead people to life.”

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2016 Annual Conference Preview: The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament

November 4, 2015

Dr. Bryan D. Estelle gives a short preview of his Annual Conference 2016 lecture, “The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament.”

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2016 Annual Conference Preview: The Holy Spirit in our Confession

October 21, 2015

Dr. J.V. Fesko gives a short preview of his Annual Conference 2016 lecture, “The Holy Spirit in our Confessions.”

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Annual Conference 2016 Invitation

October 14, 2015

Who is the Holy Spirit? We invite you to join us January 15-16, 2016 at our Annual Conference here on campus as we explore this exact question.

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Wisdom in Dialogue

January 21, 2015

Dr. Bryan Estelle explains how life here on this earth is to stay gray, and that is what we find when we bring the wisdom books of the Bible into dialogue. 

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Christ Our Wisdom

January 21, 2015

Dr. W. Robert Godfrey explains that for all the importance of thinking through wisely the struggles of our lives, we are also to look up and see God.

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Wisdom and the Christian Life

January 21, 2015

Dr. David VanDrunen explains how to understand God's law as a holistic moral order and as a comprehensive call to obey God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. 

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Wisdom and Theology

January 21, 2015

Dr. Michael Horton explains that we are all theologians and that theology is the highest wisdom.

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The Wisdom of God or of the World?

January 21, 2015

Dr. Dennis Johnson shows that there is often overlap in the wisdom of non-Christians and the wisdom revealed in Scripture, but God's wisdom prevails over all. 

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Why Do We Need Wisdom?

January 21, 2015

Dr. Joshua Van Ee helps us to categorize what wisdom is, and shows how the book of Proverbs induces us to follow after wisdom.

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