Staying Saved in a Challenging World: Are You Up to the Task at Hand? - Part 2 transcript

Staying Saved in a Challenging World: Are You Up to the Task at Hand? - Part 2

Lecture given Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Women are planting seeds of hope where many times the world is at odds against you. We work to transform lives from the core of broken dreams as we build ones capacity to esteem."
Date: September 21, 2010
Creator: Whitney, Mary
System: The Portal to Texas History
God's Demand for Social Justice: "I Will Surely Hear Their Cry" transcript

God's Demand for Social Justice: "I Will Surely Hear Their Cry"

Lecture given Monday, September 21, 2009, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "The mission of Eternal Threads is dedicated to improving the lives of women and children most at risk of extreme poverty, trafficking and other forms of exploitation by income-generating projects."
Date: September 21, 2009
Creator: Egle, Linda
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reclaiming the Imagination: The Exodus as Paradigmatic Narrative: remember the Midway. transcript

Reclaiming the Imagination: The Exodus as Paradigmatic Narrative: remember the Midway.

Lecture given Monday, September 21, 2009, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "This class offers perspectives on how the Exodus narrative continues to speak an important and powerful message to Christians today."
Date: September 21, 2009
Creator: Fleer, David & Bland, Dave L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Another Brick in the Wall: A Way Out of Our Dehumanizing Economies transcript

Another Brick in the Wall: A Way Out of Our Dehumanizing Economies

Lecture given Monday, September 21, 2009, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "What are the forces that dehumanize our work? What are the powers that treat people like commodities? How are we complicit and how are we trapped in this broken system? The story of Exodus proclaims that our calling is to worship God rather than make bricks."
Date: September 21, 2009
Creator: Benjamin, Chris
System: The Portal to Texas History
Have Mercy on Me, a Sinner: When We Take the Easy Way in Worship Renewal, Don't Be Surprised That We're Not Renewed transcript

Have Mercy on Me, a Sinner: When We Take the Easy Way in Worship Renewal, Don't Be Surprised That We're Not Renewed

Lecture given Monday, September 21, 2009, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Worship renewal without confession leaves the church empty and sick. We are right to desire renewal, but it comes with a cost: owning up to our sinfulness and waving the white flag of surrender. With confession restored to its rightful place, the church is open to the kind of renewal only God can do, and that is renewal indeed."
Date: September 21, 2009
Creator: Reese, Jack
System: The Portal to Texas History
What the American Church Can Learn From the African Church transcript

What the American Church Can Learn From the African Church

Lecture given Monday, September 21, 2009, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "More than 100 years ago, American missionaries began planting Churches of Christ in Africa. Since then, the African church has grown and matured. Today, African congregations outnumber American congregations and the African church continues to grow as American church declines. What lessons may American churches learn from African churches?"
Date: September 21, 2009
Creator: Asare, Fred
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forget DIY, Let's Have a Barn Raising - Part 2. transcript

Forget DIY, Let's Have a Barn Raising - Part 2.

Lecture given Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 1:30 PM at Abilene Christian University: "God's salvation is more than saving the soul; it's remaking the whole of creation, and God's rescuer is also a recruitment to join him in his world-renovating work. Come explore what it means to become co-laborers in God's renovation."
Date: September 21, 2010
Creator: Reynolds, Bert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Teaching and Learning Spiritual Formation - Creative Ideas and New Research transcript

Teaching and Learning Spiritual Formation - Creative Ideas and New Research

Lecture given Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Explore whether or not Bible classes are helping us make disciples. Join our conversation surrounding the latest research on teaching in churches and how creative teaching methods can lead to achieving our goal of transformation."
Date: September 21, 2011
Creator: Heflin, Houston
System: The Portal to Texas History
Restoring Alex and Bart: The Possibility of Emerging Church of Christ transcript

Restoring Alex and Bart: The Possibility of Emerging Church of Christ

Lecture given Monday, September 21, 2009, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: ""Emerging." "Missional." What do these words mean? Simply trendy terms for "faithful" (how many would confess to being "anti-Missional"?). In this moment of multiple definitions, we need an understanding of what these movements are and what they are not."
Date: September 21, 2009
Creator: Flanders, Chris
System: The Portal to Texas History
God's Story, Your Story - When His Becomes Yours transcript

God's Story, Your Story - When His Becomes Yours

Lecture given Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 3:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "The great promise of the Bible is that your story dwells in God's story. By understanding God's grand saga, we come to grasp the purpose and meaning of our own."
Date: September 21, 2011
Creator: Lucado, Max
System: The Portal to Texas History
Working Grace by Reclaiming an Old Calling for the New Church: Desire - Part 2. transcript

Working Grace by Reclaiming an Old Calling for the New Church: Desire - Part 2.

Lecture given Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Along with the amazing grace by which we are saved stands an amazing grace for which we are saved; to embody God's life on our planet. Join this vibrant conversation with new church planters who are witnessing the life-transforming impact of this calling firsthand."
Date: September 21, 2010
Creator: Smith, Kent; Chapin, Hobby; Willis, Mark & Willis, Katrina
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sleep Walking: Trusting the Light in Dark Seasons - Part 1 transcript

Sleep Walking: Trusting the Light in Dark Seasons - Part 1

Lecture given Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "It's hard to see the Light during the dormant season of life. This class will explore how God works in every season of our lives, even when we are seemingly "sleepwalking.""
Date: September 21, 2010
Creator: Wilson, Sharita
System: The Portal to Texas History
Training the Deaf to Be Missionaries to the Deaf transcript

Training the Deaf to Be Missionaries to the Deaf

Lecture given Monday, September 21, 2009, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "How can deaf people "hear" the gospel? Is there a need all over the world? What are some advantages and disadvantages of training deaf people? What role, if any, can hearing people have in this task?"
Date: September 21, 2009
Creator: Anderson, Bob
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seeing His Glory Again: When We Don't Have an Answer of Our Own (John 6) transcript

Seeing His Glory Again: When We Don't Have an Answer of Our Own (John 6)

Lecture given Monday, September 21, 2009, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Two studies from the Gospel of John that encourage Christians to explore the meaning of trusting in Christ. These classes will challenge participants to once again see His glory, and in doing so, place their trust in Him."
Date: September 21, 2009
Creator: Puente, Arthur
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Still and Quiet Soul - Embracing Contentment transcript

A Still and Quiet Soul - Embracing Contentment

Lecture given Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Schedules, stress and strife can quickly spiral out of control leaving you frustrated and exhausted. But God wants more for you. He wants you to be content."
Date: September 21, 2011
Creator: Messecar, Cathy
System: The Portal to Texas History
How Can We Sing The Lord's Song?: Sing The Psalms Through the Ages transcript

How Can We Sing The Lord's Song?: Sing The Psalms Through the Ages

Lecture given Monday, September 21, 2009, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "The Psalms have always been a major source for the church's theology, vocabulary and practice of worship. We marginalize the Psalms, the fount of the church's worship theology, to our peril. But how can we sing the ancient Psalms in the contemporary church?"
Date: September 21, 2009
Creator: Shipp, R. Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
In a Hostile atmosphere: A very personal salvation - Part 1 transcript

In a Hostile atmosphere: A very personal salvation - Part 1

Lecture given Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 9:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "This class explores the hostile atmosphere foreigners face, and how suffering is the fire that refines our faith like gold. Our relationship with God is the most important thing in life. Learn how we may bring God glory through our refining."
Date: September 21, 2010
Creator: Uribe, Jose
System: The Portal to Texas History
When Prayer Meets Justice: Cultivating a Church of Intercessors transcript

When Prayer Meets Justice: Cultivating a Church of Intercessors

Lecture given Monday, September 21, 2009, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "There is a marriage needed in local churches between prayer and justice. This union ushers us into the rhythm of Jesus. God longs to cultivate prayerful communities for the sake of the world."
Date: September 21, 2009
Creator: Ross, Joshua
System: The Portal to Texas History
Encouraged or Eclipsed? - School-Aged Girls' Experience of Gender Roles in Church Settings transcript

Encouraged or Eclipsed? - School-Aged Girls' Experience of Gender Roles in Church Settings

Lecture given Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Girls attending gender exclusive congregations receive mixed messages about the role of females. This class reveals the dreams and disappointments of school-aged girls as they reflect on gender roles in church, at school and in culture."
Date: September 21, 2011
Creator: Flanagan, Cherisse & Johnson, Stephen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Supporting Others Through Mentoring: Mentoring Shattered Lives transcript

Supporting Others Through Mentoring: Mentoring Shattered Lives

Lecture given Monday, September 21, 2009, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Many people today seek answers in all the wrong places. Beyond suffering invitations to attend church, what can Christians do to reach their community? Mentoring allows Christians to make a difference in a hurting world. We have been trained by life and we are connected to the Healer. When they will not come, we must go to them."
Date: September 21, 2009
Creator: Rogers, Dominique Dor
System: The Portal to Texas History
Relationships That Matter: Jesus and Women of the Gospel: What Does This Say to the 21st Century? transcript

Relationships That Matter: Jesus and Women of the Gospel: What Does This Say to the 21st Century?

Lecture given Monday, September 21, 2009, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "This class explores the Gospel stories of Jesus interacting with women to find antecedence for the church's reaction to gender-related issues in ministry."
Date: September 21, 2009
Creator: York, John & Lowry, Rhonda
System: The Portal to Texas History
This is the Song That Never Ends - Isaiah's Song and the Mission transcript

This is the Song That Never Ends - Isaiah's Song and the Mission

Lecture given Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Few songs transcend time. How many lyrics in our hymnals go back 800 years? Yet Luke relied upon Isaiah's words to shape his community and he expected them to shape the church."
Date: September 21, 2011
Creator: Niccum, Curt
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Enduring Life in Prayer: Living in Constant Conversation with the Lord transcript

An Enduring Life in Prayer: Living in Constant Conversation with the Lord

Lecture given Monday, September 21, 2009, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Throughout Exodus, Moses experienced an ongoing conversation with the Lord. This class explores ways we may experience ongoing intimate encounters with our Lord through prayer, meditation and self-examination."
Date: September 21, 2009
Creator: Wilson, Sharita
System: The Portal to Texas History
Practices of Missional Renewal and Church Planting: Making the Kingdom Tangible in Communion, Mission, and Community - Part 2. transcript

Practices of Missional Renewal and Church Planting: Making the Kingdom Tangible in Communion, Mission, and Community - Part 2.

Lecture given Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Missional leaders nurture intimate, Christ-filled environments, not by replicating programs but through personal relationships focused on mission. These churches have the potential to spread like a virus. What energizes these movements? What do they look like? How do they minister?"
Date: September 21, 2010
Creator: Rheenen, Gailyn Van
System: The Portal to Texas History