KLC’s Scripture and Hermeneutics Seminar recently held this the second of their four-part exploration of Leviticus: How do We Read Leviticus as Christian Scripture: Intertextual Reflections. Scripture comes to us in various contexts, and for this event our speakers guide us in considering the place of Leviticus within its context in the canon of the […]
Saturday, 23 November 2024, from 18:30 | Morton’s, The Steakhouse, San Diego, California
The second day of our First Things First conference featured an excellent series of presentations under the banner of the arts and spirituality, hosted by Otto Bam and including presentations from acclaimed violaist Rachel Yonan, poet and composer Fr Dominic White, co-editor of The Artistic Sphere Roger Henderson, and Q&A with award-winning playwright Murray Watts. […]
Our first annual Jon Hyde Lecture took place on 11 June, the first evening of our First Things First conference and was delivered by Rev Dr Craig Bartholomew. It centred on the main theme of our conference: the essential connection between public theology and spirituality. Our apologies for the low-quality audio and video. https://youtu.be/i2fuj19rAG4
KLC’s Economics Hub hosted Dr Glenn Butner, author of Work Out Your Salvation: A Theology of Markets and Moral Formation, to discuss his book and the vital nexus of economics, theology, and discipleship. Glenn Butner’s book makes the provocative argument that such connections run deep—our participation in markets influences our moral development, perceptions, and actions. […]
In May we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Lausanne Movement, in advance of the 4th Lausanne Congress to be held in Seoul, Korea, later this year. We were joined by Dr Chris Wright, Dr David Larson, Dr Andrew Kirk, and Dr Cas Monaco who gave global and historical perspectives on the movement and its […]
Jonathan Prosser and an intercontinental team of his colleagues from Compassion International join us to talk about the publication of a provocative article. It asks nations to consider what they would have to do to create a nation that is truly hospitable to its own children. It is based on research that was deeply involved […]
This event launched a multi-year project titled “Reading Difficult Texts as Christian Scripture”. The text chosen for 2024 is Leviticus, and AJ Culp and Dru Johnson discuss the function of Leviticus and some of the obstacles to reading it as Christian Scripture. https://youtu.be/9kB1ZKInsGI
In the second of our series of discussions in conjunction with the World Evangelical Alliance, we ask the question, “Should we distinguish evangelicalism as it is theologically defined from any other forms of evangelicalism abroad in the world today?”
Craig Bartholomew discusses what Old Testament wisdom literature has to say to our understanding of faith and politics today. https://youtu.be/4tUcJcZTDDk
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