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Scripture-Ministry BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THE ACADEMY AND THE CHURCH — TABLE OF CONTENTS — ABOUT HCTU one | SCRIPTURE— TABLE & MINISTRY OF LECTURE CON SERIETS EN twoT | FSac —ULTY-LED INITIATIVES four ABOUT HCTU oneKANTZER | SCRIP LECTTUREURE S& IN MINIS REVETARYLED LEC THTEOLOGYURE SERIES six |three TRINITY | F ACULDEBATETY-ledS nine INI TIATIVES four INTERNKANTZERATION LECALT PURESARTNER IN shREVEALEDIP CONFEREN THEOLOGYCES WITH seven MAJORITY | TRINI chURTYch DEBA LEATDERES Sseven ten CHRIST ON caMPUS INITIATIVE twelve | TRINITY SYMPOSIA fourteen | TIMOTHY SERIES seventeen INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP CONFERENCES WITH MAJORITY CHURCH LEADERS eight DEERFIELD DIALOGUE GROUP seventeen | PUBLICATIONS eighteen henrycenter.org CHRIST ON CAMPUS INITIATIVE CAMPUS MINISTRY DAY AT TEDS TIMOTHY SERIES THE JONaThaN EDWtenARD| S AND THE chURch LECTURE SERIES ten twenty | ten G. WaLTER haNSEN FELLOWDEERFIELDshIPS DIALOGUEtwenty-three GROUP | HC elevenTU STAFF | T RINItwenty-fourTY SYMPOSIA | PURPO elevenSE inside| PUBLICA backTIONS cover twelve | MIss ION back cover G. WALTER HANSEN FELLOWSHIPS fifteen| HCTU STAFF sixteen | PURPOSE inside back cover | MISSION back cover heologians often comment on the low levels of Christian literacy in our pews as well as our pulpits. Likewise, ministry Tleaders complain about the irrelevance of seminaries. We at the Henry Center are bent on addressing these concerns and the problems they represent. We are committed to bridging the gap between the academy and the church. Gospel labors are too important to be shouldered on one’s own. What is needed is a center for evangelical collaboration, where “experts” of all kinds can work together to engage culture—in the U.S. and around the world. The Henry Center is such a place. It houses a cluster of initiatives, each of which is aimed at applying practical Christian wisdom to important kingdom issues—in the church, the academy, and the world. It seeks to ground each of these initiatives in Scripture, interpreted theologically as the Word of God. And it pursues these goals collaboratively, bringing ministry practitioners and academics together in creative kingdom partnerships. We exist to glorify our Lord by advancing Christian wisdom in all areas of life and thought, enabling others to apply the knowledge of God and themselves in the rough and tumble of life. Our work will be much poorer without your help. Won’t you consider praying for the Center and participating with us in its various ministries? We will be grateful for your partnership in the gospel. Douglas A. Sweeney Director — one — scripture and ministry lecture series henrycenter.org/scripture-ministry/ The Henry Center sponsors the Scripture & Ministry lectures, which feature distinguished Christian obstacle. After considering several ways in which divine silence might actually be beneficial to human speakers addressing issues of crucial importance for relating Scripture and ministry. This series beings, he argues that perhaps silence is nothing more or less than God’s preferred mode of interaction brings together Trinity Evangelical Divinity School faculty members, pastors, and community with creatures like us. Perhaps God simply desires communion rather than overt communication with human beings, and perhaps God has provided ways for us to experience God’s presence richly even members for a time of learning and fellowship. All Scripture & Ministry lectures will be held at amidst the silence. Rea concludes that it is plausible to think that Biblical narratives and the liturgies of 1pm in the TEDS chapel. the church are the vehicles by which God’s presence is mediated to us. Upcoming lectures September 12, 2012 Michael Horton, Westminster Seminary California, Escondido, California September 14, 2011 | Shepherds After My Own Heart: The Enduring Challenge of Pastoral Identity October 3, 2012 Timothy Laniak, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Charlotte, North Carolina Mark Labberton, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California The most consistent biblical metaphor for leaders among the people of God is the shepherd. But what, really, is a spiritual shepherd? Beyond the specific job descriptions and role expectations of others, what does God expect of us? How does God see us? In this illustrated presentation, Dr. Laniak will take us into the world of Bedouin shepherds for unique perspectives on Scripture’s challenge to shepherd God’s flock. Come renew your pastoral calling with images and insights designed to keep you on course as you serve the Chief Shepherd. Let God reset your identity as his shepherd. Past lectures Available at henrycenter.org/programs/scripture- ministry/ October 26, 2011 | Inadequacy: The Surprising Secret to Being Useful to God Alistair Begg, Parkside Church, Cleveland, Ohio October 6, 2010 | Scripture as the Base for The NBA champions this year was a team made up of fewer stars and less glitz than their opponents. Ministry We might say that humility triumphed over hubris. There are lessons aplenty in this for an evangelical Ajith Fernando, Youth for Christ, Sri Lanka church that routinely produces all-stars. Such an approach endangers the recipients of such adulation and discourages those who are by-passed in the process. In this lecture, Alistair Begg will consider God’s pattern of using unlikely and ordinary characters and address the possibility that what we October 27, 2010 | Transformed by the regard as a hindrance may be the key to usefulness in God’s service. Renewing of the Mind: The Use of Scripture in Scriptural Formation February 22, 2012 | The Spirit and the Scripture: Transforming People and Cultures Dallas Willard, University of Southern California, Jo Anne Lyon, The Wesleyan Church World Headquarters, Fishers, Indiana Los Angeles, California The Wesleyan Quadrilateral is a lens for viewing the world as it relates to the role of the church in bringing about Justice. Wesley’s view of Sanctification is an integral part of doing justice. The results continue to live with us today. This view of Social Justice and Sanctification became the embodiment January 20, 2011 | Reverse Missions: Lessons of the beginnings of the American Holiness Movement. Structural Evil was identified and advocacy from an African Perspective was also a part of one’s faith life. Today the Spirit is calling through the Scriptures and empowering His people to do Kingdom work in this second decade of the 21st century. Only through the power of the Casely Essamuah & Angela Wakhweya- Holy Spirit can redeeming work be done. It is happening! Essamuah, Bay Area Community Church, Annapolis, Maryland March 14, 2012 | Divine Hiddenness, Divine Silence Michael Rea, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame Divine silence—or, as many think of it, divine hiddenness—is the source of one of the two most March 16, 2011 | Visions & Veils: Reading important and widely discussed objections to belief in God. It is also one of the most important sources Moses in the Early Church of doubt and spiritual distress for religious believers. Many people seem to be utterly broken by divine Michael Glerup, The Center for Early African silence in the midst of their own suffering or the suffering of others, or simply by the ongoing and Christianity, Eastern University unsatisfied longing for the presence of God. In this talk, Michael Rea explains why divine silence poses a serious intellectual obstacle to belief in God, and then goes on to consider ways of overcoming that — two — — three — faculty-led initiatives henrycenter.org/faculty-initiatives/ The Henry Center funds annual conferences and workshops, led by teams of scholars and ministry leaders based on the TEDS campus, for the sake of promoting biblical and theological wisdom beyond the walls of the academy. Upcoming initiatives 2012 | The Scripture Project | Trinity Evangelical Divinity School The Scripture Project was the original title of a two-volume set of advanced essays on the doctrine of Scripture. A group of 38 scholars have agreed to contribute, writing in the heritage of informed confessionalism on a wide range of topics designed to address contemporary discussion on the nature of the Bible. The first draft of the essays was discussed at a special working-group gathering in June 2010. The papers are now being edited and will be published in two volumes by Eerdmans with this new title, "But My Words Will Never Pass Away": The Enduring Authority of the Christian Scriptures. The target date for publication is 2012. The editor is D. A. Carson. 2011 | Globalizing Theological Education: Developing Pedagogical Practices to Enhance Teaching and Learning in the Multicultural Learning Environment of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School In what ways are teaching and learning in classrooms at Trinity affected by the presence of Recent initiatives international students? What challenges does their presence present to their professors, to their Available at henrycenter.org/programs/faculty-initiatives/ American students and to the internationals themselves? What benefits accrue, as a result, to all parties involved? What resources would help faculty, not only at Trinity but in theological schools around July 30–August 1, 2009 | Being There: Short Term Missions and Human Need | the world, to more effectively teach and manage such learning environments? These are some of the Trinity Evangelical Divinity School questions that motivate the present project. Through a series of workshops involving faculty, students, In July 2009, building on the momentum of the Henry Center’s Lima, Peru, conference
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