In 2019 the Scripture and the University Seminar initiated a multi-year project to explore the issue of the relationship between Scripture and the University.
While theology used to be considered the ‘queen of the sciences’, and theology was inextricably tied to the explication of Scripture, the role of the study of Scripture and theology in the university is in a very different place today. Given that the university has been traditionally committed to the reality and acquisition and passing on of knowledge and wisdom, and given that Scripture is likewise committed to the twin realities of knowledge and wisdom, the study of the relationship of Scripture and the university is fitting and holds great promise.
This study group will consider both ‘meta’ or foundational issues concerning the relationship of Scripture and the university, as well as more specialized and particular studies which focus on particular academic disciplines and their relationship to the reality and truth of Scripture. The goal of these sessions is to produce thoughtful and insightful essays which meaningfully explore and explicate the relationship between Scripture and the university.
Chairperson:
Jonathan Arnold, Cedarville University
Committee:
For enquiries regarding the Scripture and the University Seminar, contact the Seminar Chair Dr. Jonathan Arnold.
No active projects at this time.
Fri, November 21 | 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM | St. George AB, 3rd Floor, Westin Copley Place
Sat, November 22 | 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Essex South, 3rd Floor, Westin Copley Place
Fri, November 21 | 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Essex South, 3rd Floor, Westin Copley Place
Fri, November 21 | 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Essex South, 3rd Floor, Westin Copley Place
22 November 2024 | 09:00 – 11:15 | Hilton Bayfront (2nd Level), Indigo Room D, San Diego, CA
Scripture-Based Models for Preaching
What can Scripture itself teach us about preaching? How did biblical authors appropriate Scripture in their own preaching? What can we learn from portions of Scripture that were intended to urge certain ways of thinking to lead to right ways of living, such as Proverbs? This seminar explores these questions and others. The focus is not on homiletics per se, but rather models for preaching that emerge organically from Scripture itself.
Welcome
Bill DeJong, Redeemer University, (5 min)
Opening Liturgy
William Olhausen, Minister, Church of Ireland, Presiding (5 min)
Presentations
Dana Harris (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)
Title: “Hebrews: Preaching to the People of God from the Word of God” (25 min)Steve Walton (Trinity College, Bristol, UK)
Title: “This is that”: Scripture-based proclamation in Acts” (25 min)
Break (10 min)
Brent Strawn (Duke Divinity School)
Title: “613 Points (or So) and a Poem (or Two): Watching Moses Preaching (in) Deuteronomy”
Discussion (35 min)
Closing Liturgy
William Olhausen, Minister, Church of Ireland, Presiding (5 min)
