Resources tagged with “Faculty Conference”

The Rev. Dr. Kim Riddlebarger delivers the final lecture of a three lecture series entitled, "The Pastor as Apologist, Theologian, and Bible Scholar: How What You Learn in Seminary Can Inform Your Preaching" at the 2021 WSC Den Dulk Lectures.

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In this episode, Office Hours talks with the faculty presenting at the 2021 WSC Faculty conference for a preview of their lecture. 

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Where can we find hope in the midst of the often hopeless experiences of life?  

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Israel’s redemption from her former slavery never drifted far from her corporate memory. 

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It might surprise Christians that the book of Hebrews discusses topics such as creation/new creation and the first Adam/Last Adam. 

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In Genesis chapter 1, we read of the so-called “creation mandate” that was given as a command to Adam and Eve. Much of the language from that mandate is repeated after the flood in Genesis 9. 

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Many Christians don’t realize that their union with Christ at salvation actually presupposes their union with Adam in sin. 

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What distinguishes us from chimpanzees? In addition to identifying the obvious physical differences, we usually make the case that this difference lies with something within us, that is, the rational soul. 

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The Synod of Dort is a model of the church at work, expressing the mind and hearts of the saints as they reflected deeply on the Word of God. 

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A pastoral concern for the well-being of Christ’s sheep motivated the Synod of Dort from its inception to the final formulation of its statements.  

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One of the first points the orthodox Reformed reaffirmed years before the Great Synod of Dort is that God freely offers salvation to all in the “serious” and “promiscuous” or free and well-meant offer of the gospel.  

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We will consider the historical and theological background to the synod, examining particularly the role of Arminius.

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We will consider the historical and theological background to the synod, examining particularly the role of Arminius. 

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Scripture’s narratives present preachers with pitfalls and privilege. Pitfalls include abstracting timeless life-lessons from the drama experienced by fleshand-blood people, and putting ourselves in the spotlight, leaving Christ in the shadow. Yet narratives offer the privilege to introduce multidimensional, broken people to the real Hero of the Big Story, the multidimensional, allsufficient Lord and Savior.

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