January 20, 2016
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This session addresses the conviction that the Holy Spirit is absolutely necessary for both the one preaching the sermon and the one hearing it.
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.
Dr. Estelle discusses the role of the Holy Spirit in the Hebrew Bible: creating and recreating, writing, testifying to, and guiding the Hebrews
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.
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?
January 6, 2016
The WSC faculty briefly describe who the Holy Spirit is in preparation for the 2016 Annual Conference.
January 4, 2016
“I will be looking particularly at those moments in the church when the Holy Spirit was viewed as doing extraordinary work.”
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.”
December 2, 2015
“The Holy Spirit is absolutely necessary for understanding, for applying, and especially for the transforming of people into more Christ-likeness.”
November 11, 2015
“In every age the Holy Spirit has done his life giving work bringing spiritually dead people to life.”
November 4, 2015
Dr. Bryan D. Estelle gives a short preview of his Annual Conference 2016 lecture, “The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament.”
October 21, 2015
Dr. J.V. Fesko gives a short preview of his Annual Conference 2016 lecture, “The Holy Spirit in our Confessions.”
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.
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.
Q & A session of the 2015 faculty Conference
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.
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.
Dr. Michael Horton explains that we are all theologians and that theology is the highest wisdom.
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.
Dr. Joshua Van Ee helps us to categorize what wisdom is, and shows how the book of Proverbs induces us to follow after wisdom.