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Developing Leaders - Three Ways transcript

Developing Leaders - Three Ways

Lecture given Monday, February 20, 2006, 2:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Leadership development should occupy the attention of all churches. These sessions focus on helping church leaders develop maturity and leadership among men and women in the local congregation."
Date: February 20, 2006
Creator: Fair, Ian & Mitchell, Mitch
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Unfinished Business of Baptism transcript

The Unfinished Business of Baptism

Lecture given Monday, February 21, 2000, 11:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "What will become of our understanding and practice of baptism in the new century? What can we do to rediscover the deeper significance of a cherished tradition?"
Date: February 21, 2000
Creator: Benjamin, Chris
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lessons from Our Heritage: Churches of Christ in the 21st Century - Part 2 transcript

Lessons from Our Heritage: Churches of Christ in the 21st Century - Part 2

Lecture given Wednesday, February 23, 2000, 11:00 AM at Abilene Christian University
Date: February 23, 2000
Creator: Foster, Doug
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Where Have All the Ministers Gone - Motivating and Mentoring People For a Lifetime of Kingdom Service transcript

Where Have All the Ministers Gone - Motivating and Mentoring People For a Lifetime of Kingdom Service

Lecture given Monday, February 18, 2002, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "How can we identify and cultivate the next generation of ministers? This class offers suggestions for encouraging and equipping young ministers to deal with the day-to-day realities of service."
Date: February 18, 2002
Creator: Suttle, Larry
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Can These Bones Live? - How We Moved Our Church and Lived to Tell About It! transcript

Can These Bones Live? - How We Moved Our Church and Lived to Tell About It!

Lecture given Tuesday, February 21, 2006, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "This class deals with the relocation and transformation of the Midtown Church of Christ in Fort Worth, Texas, now the Heritage Church of Christ in Keller, Texas. How a church changed from a declining and dying entity into a thriving and growing church in a vibrant neighborhood."
Date: February 21, 2006
Creator: Hackney, Jim
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pray Always in the Spirit - Ephesians 6:10-20 transcript

Pray Always in the Spirit - Ephesians 6:10-20

Lecture given Wednesday, February 20, 2002, 7:00 PM at Abilene Christian University
Date: February 20, 2002
Creator: Atchley, Rick
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Trouble with Traditions; The Importance of Tradition - Wading in the Spiritual Streams transcript

The Trouble with Traditions; The Importance of Tradition - Wading in the Spiritual Streams

Lecture given Monday, February 18, 2002, 2:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "How can the past help us live in the present? Renovaré is a ministry committed to helping Christians answer this question. Come learn how Renovaré is transforming discipleship in local congregations."
Date: February 18, 2002
Creator: McCracken, Victor
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hollywood's Challenge for the Church - The Church Goes to the Movies transcript

Hollywood's Challenge for the Church - The Church Goes to the Movies

Lecture given Monday, February 20, 2006, 2:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "A well-informed understanding of how Hollywood communicates morally, sparks theological conversation, and culturally impacts our youth and churches will allow Christians to speak with a voice that is both redemptive and critically engaging."
Date: February 20, 2006
Creator: Stevenson, Gregory
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
In Their Steps - How the Trinity Teaches Us... transcript

In Their Steps - How the Trinity Teaches Us...

Lecture given Wednesday, February 20, 2002, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "We are often overwhelmed when determining god's will for our lives. Naming God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, this class focuses on the Trinity as a model for being. Come discover how our understandings of the Trinity should influence the way we make decisions."
Date: February 20, 2002
Creator: Reed, Kevin
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
What Is Truth? - John's Jesus in a Postmodern World transcript

What Is Truth? - John's Jesus in a Postmodern World

Lecture given Tuesday, February 21, 2006, 2:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Pilate's question for Jesus echoes through the ages into our day. Is Pilate a pre-modern postmodernist? These classes will discuss the claims about truth in John's Gospel and in our current culture."
Date: February 21, 2006
Creator: Benjamin, Chris
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Will the Grandkids Be in the Church? - One Family's Inter-generational Discussion About Church and Faith transcript

Will the Grandkids Be in the Church? - One Family's Inter-generational Discussion About Church and Faith

Lecture given Monday, February 20, 2006, 2:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Why are so many of our young people leaving our churches? In this session, three generations of a "CofC" family explore questions like these, and in doing so, explore the dynamics of tradition, commitment, truth, inheritance, love, trust and faith."
Date: February 20, 2006
Creator: Barton, John D.; Barton, Sara; Barton, John M.; Barton, Mary; Powell, Cynthia & Powell, Greg
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
What Is Truth? - John's Jesus in a Postmodern World transcript

What Is Truth? - John's Jesus in a Postmodern World

Lecture given Monday, February 20, 2006, 2:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Pilate's question for Jesus echoes through the ages into our day. Is Pilate a pre-modern postmodernist? These classes will discuss the claims about truth in John's Gospel and in our current culture."
Date: February 20, 2006
Creator: Benjamin, Chris
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regenerating the Church transcript

Regenerating the Church

Lecture given Monday, February 21, 2000, 3:30 PM at Abilene Christian University: "The church and communities need spiritually-deep women who know something about living in relationship with God. We are following worthy examples in our past, but we want our daughters to find the church, too."
Date: February 21, 2000
Creator: Lowry, Rhonda
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Leadership Adventure - Leading Without Seeming To transcript

The Leadership Adventure - Leading Without Seeming To

Lecture given Tuesday, February 19, 2002, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Why be limited to what secular sources tell us about leadership? Let's see what Jesus meant when he said of the world's leadership style, "It shall not be so among you" - Matthew 20:26"
Date: February 19, 2002
Creator: Oglesby, Robert, Sr.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Honoring the Marriage Covenant - The Church's Response to the Rise in Cohabitations? transcript

Honoring the Marriage Covenant - The Church's Response to the Rise in Cohabitations?

Lecture given Tuesday, February 19, 2002, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "As more young people choose to live together before marriage, and more single people choose cohabitation over marriage, how can the church respond faithfully and redemptively?"
Date: February 19, 2002
Creator: Soper, Matthew
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Racial Discrimination: Problems and Solutions - How Did We Get Here? transcript

Racial Discrimination: Problems and Solutions - How Did We Get Here?

Lecture given Tuesday, February 19, 2002, 2:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Racial discrimination remains a significant social and spiritual problem. This series of classes interweaves the stories of four families, racism, resilience, faith and how the Church should be an agent of change."
Date: February 19, 2002
Creator: Hinson, Waymon
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Spirituality of the Stone-Campbell Movement - Disciple Spirituality Between the Wars transcript

The Spirituality of the Stone-Campbell Movement - Disciple Spirituality Between the Wars

Lecture given Tuesday, February 19, 2002, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Dr. William Paulsell of Lexington, KY, is author of "Disciples at Prayer" and one of the leading scholars of spirituality in the Stone-Campbell Movement. In three fascinating lectures, Paulsell will examine the roots and development of what we have thought it means to be spiritual in a movement that has often been primarily identified by its rationality."
Date: February 19, 2002
Creator: Paulsell, William
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Praying the Psalms: Practical Help for Enriching Your Walk with God - Praying in the dawn's Early Light transcript

Praying the Psalms: Practical Help for Enriching Your Walk with God - Praying in the dawn's Early Light

Lecture given Wednesday, February 20, 2002, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "The Psalmists are mentors for naming God in the world. As we pay attention to the grammar of their praying, we rediscover God's gracious presence, even in times of sadness and loss. Come to enrich your own praying. Come to be a better servant to those asking life's hardest questions."
Date: February 20, 2002
Creator: LaValley, Mark A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Children Should Be Seen and Heard: Nurturing the Spirituality of Children - Let the Little Children Come: Who? transcript

Children Should Be Seen and Heard: Nurturing the Spirituality of Children - Let the Little Children Come: Who?

Lecture given Monday, February 18, 2002, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "When Jesus said, "Let the little children come to Me," He wasn't just inviting them to Sunday school; He was affirming their place in His Kingdom, His church. Growing a new generation of faith-filled Christians requires a commitment to rich communal practices that enable children to learn the language of faith, participate in the life of God's people and receive their lives as a celebration of the believing community."
Date: February 18, 2002
Creator: Neilson, Shelley
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blind Revelations - "He Opened My Eyes" transcript

Blind Revelations - "He Opened My Eyes"

Lecture given Monday, February 20, 2006, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "How we see the problem is the problem! "Faith is the power...to understand those things which are not perceived by worldly senses." This class moves us from "self-realization" to "savior realization.""
Date: February 20, 2006
Creator: Murray, Kevin
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Passage for Families of Troubled Youth transcript

A Passage for Families of Troubled Youth

Lecture given Wednesday, February 23, 2000, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Themes from the Prodigal Son story provide strong implications for families of troubled youth."
Date: February 23, 2000
Creator: Hinson, Waymon
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Satan and His Allies transcript

Satan and His Allies

Lecture given Tuesday, February 22, 2000, 11:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Revelation takes on a new significance in a time of millennial madness and an increasing interest in 'spiritual warfare.' What shall we make of it?"
Date: February 22, 2000
Creator: Harris, Randall
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
How to Dance with Brokenness transcript

How to Dance with Brokenness

Lecture given Monday, February 19, 2001, 3:30 PM at Abilene Christian University: "When God breaks bones, he is blameless, and you will never be the same. That is good because he replaces guilt, grudges and grief with grace, goodness and gladness."
Date: February 19, 2001
Creator: Fenter, Randy
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Out Father In Heaven - A Theology of Prayer from Matthew 6 transcript

Out Father In Heaven - A Theology of Prayer from Matthew 6

Lecture given Monday, February 20, 2006, 2:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "The question of what to pray and how to pray are determined in part by the question "to whom do we pray?" Let's consider together Jesus' picture of prayer in the Sermon on the Mount."
Date: February 20, 2006
Creator: Seamster, Ervin D.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History