No Passport Needed - Moving Beyond Service to Social Justice transcript

No Passport Needed - Moving Beyond Service to Social Justice

Lecture given Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "What exactly are we teaching our students through mission trips? Do they return from Mexico with more than just Montezuma's Revenge? And, most important, are we missing the call of the Gospel and the mandate for social justice in our own backyard?"
Date: September 23, 2008
Creator: McCollum, Casey & Sargent, Steve
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Justice Imperative - The Rhetoric of the Letter to the Romans transcript

The Justice Imperative - The Rhetoric of the Letter to the Romans

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Romans does more than oppose grace and law or protect Gentile converts from adopting traditional identity markers of Judaism. Romans is to call the Jesus community in Rome to practice the justice they see in God's work in Christ Jesus."
Date: September 22, 2008
Creator: Foster, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adoption: Real-Life Adoption Experiences Remind Us That We Are All God's Adopted Children - Do You Believe God is Your Adoptive Father? transcript

Adoption: Real-Life Adoption Experiences Remind Us That We Are All God's Adopted Children - Do You Believe God is Your Adoptive Father?

Lecture given Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "We are God's children, but do we act like it? One mother's experience with adoption reminds us of our true identity in Christ."
Date: September 24, 2008
Creator: Vaughn, Kelly
System: The Portal to Texas History
Women's Violence in Global Politics - The Narratives of Women's Violence transcript

Women's Violence in Global Politics - The Narratives of Women's Violence

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "These sessions introduce Gentry's book (with L. Sjoberg), "Mothers, Monsters, Whores" (2007), a critique of how politically violent women are portrayed. These portrayals remove agency from women and Christians need to explore how this perpetuates injustice."
Date: September 22, 2008
Creator: Gentry, Caron E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Will the Real God Please Stand Up? The Search for Justice in the Old Testament - God as Vindicator and Deliverer: Justice in the Pentateuch transcript

Will the Real God Please Stand Up? The Search for Justice in the Old Testament - God as Vindicator and Deliverer: Justice in the Pentateuch

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "These lessons explore biblical resources for our pursuit of justice. While justice and love often are played against each other, in the Bible they are complementary features of God's redemptive work. Justice is more than punishment for sin. Justice is commitment to a reality in which all humans have enough power, status and wealth to function as human beings made in God's image."
Date: September 22, 2008
Creator: Hamilton, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
At Work in the Fields of the Lord: Being a Chaplain to a Secular University - What Is a Nice Chaplain Like You Doing in a Place Like This? transcript

At Work in the Fields of the Lord: Being a Chaplain to a Secular University - What Is a Nice Chaplain Like You Doing in a Place Like This?

Lecture given Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Randolph is the first chaplain to the institute at MIT. This class will discuss why the institute made the decision to have a chaplain and the theology of presence that undergirds the role of chaplain in a secular university."
Date: September 23, 2008
Creator: Randolph, Robert M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
How to Win the War Against Drug Abuse - In Your Home transcript

How to Win the War Against Drug Abuse - In Your Home

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "The U.S. Justice Department, Congress, and the CIA are convinced the war against drugs cannot be won by this nation. But some have been winning the ware for the past 19 years. Learn how the Metropolitan Church of Christ and her ministry, the Metropolitan Fresh Start House, experience the miracle of broken lives made whole through the living Word of God."
Date: September 22, 2008
Creator: DeVore, Kinwood H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reflections on Youth Ministry - A Special Session Designed for Youth Ministers and Youth Ministry Students transcript

Reflections on Youth Ministry - A Special Session Designed for Youth Ministers and Youth Ministry Students

Lecture given Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "A panel will reflect on what keeps them in ministry and the moments that made them want to quit."
Date: September 23, 2008
Creator: Oglesby, Robert, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
How Visual Media Saved My Life - How Media Will Help You Communicate transcript

How Visual Media Saved My Life - How Media Will Help You Communicate

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Understanding the power of media and how to best use it to communicate God's ultimate story. We'll talk through how God's story influences movies and overall storytelling, and we'll also talk about ideas for how to use media in the 21st century."
Date: September 22, 2008
Creator: Thomas, Rob
System: The Portal to Texas History
Growing Old In Christ: Blessings and Challenges of Ministry to the Aging - Are You As Old As You Feel? Social, Psychological and Theological Perspectives transcript

Growing Old In Christ: Blessings and Challenges of Ministry to the Aging - Are You As Old As You Feel? Social, Psychological and Theological Perspectives

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "The changing demographics of the aging population, particularly the baby boomer generation create opportunity for ministry. These sessions consider aging from theological and pastoral perspective in responding to these needs."
Date: September 22, 2008
Creator: Holland, Jack
System: The Portal to Texas History
Why Believing is Seeing transcript

Why Believing is Seeing

Lecture given Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 1:30 PM at Abilene Christian University: "How should we understand the nature of faith? How can we make the claim that Jesus is 'God with us' in a postmodern culture? This presentation makes a positive case for basic Christian affirmations that are central to orthodox faith."
Date: September 23, 2008
Creator: Shelly, Rubel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Growing Old In Christ: Blessings and Challenges of Ministry to the Aging - Aging with Grace: Growing Old for the Next Generation transcript

Growing Old In Christ: Blessings and Challenges of Ministry to the Aging - Aging with Grace: Growing Old for the Next Generation

Lecture given Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "The changing demographics of the aging population, particularly the baby boomer generation create opportunity for ministry. These sessions consider aging from theological and pastoral perspective in responding to these needs."
Date: September 24, 2008
Creator: Holland, Jack
System: The Portal to Texas History
Living, Loving, and Leading From the Heart - Leadership Realities Facing Christian Women transcript

Living, Loving, and Leading From the Heart - Leadership Realities Facing Christian Women

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Responsible for educating more than 10,000 college students across three campuses, Nutt confronts the realities of being a Christian woman who is a college vice president...and the realities of being a college vice president who is a Christian woman."
Date: September 22, 2008
Creator: Nutt, Lee Ann
System: The Portal to Texas History
Redefining Christianism - Disturbing the Comfortable transcript

Redefining Christianism - Disturbing the Comfortable

Lecture given Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Come be challenged and encouraged by stories of ministry among homeless youth from the Dry Bones ministry in Denver, Colorado. Hear how the disturbed have begun to find comfort, the comfortable have been shaken from their comfort and everyone's faith has been forever changed. A new Christianism is alive on the streets of Denver."
Date: September 24, 2008
Creator: Wallace, Matt & Wallace, Nikki
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sexy Sacrifices: Have We Laid Our Children on the Altar of Commercial Culture? - Media Influences on Girls' Identities transcript

Sexy Sacrifices: Have We Laid Our Children on the Altar of Commercial Culture? - Media Influences on Girls' Identities

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Children's ideas concerning sex and sexuality develop gradually and are influenced by their environment. Are Christians comfortable with the images media and culture provide? How does our spiritual community protect our children and provide a healthy context to support parents in raising healthy children?"
Date: September 22, 2008
Creator: Shewmaker, Jennifer & Talley, Stephanie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Emerging Elders - Family Elders Shepherding Today's Families transcript

Emerging Elders - Family Elders Shepherding Today's Families

Lecture given Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "We in the Restoration Movement are unique. We have a model of leadership that involves ministers/evangelists and elders/pastors. We train ministers but unfortunately have not intentionally developed elders for the church in a post-Christian culture. However, elders emerge in an intentional development ministry."
Date: September 23, 2008
Creator: Clark, Ron
System: The Portal to Texas History
R&R of Ministry and Missions - Rewards and Risks of Being in Ministry and Missions transcript

R&R of Ministry and Missions - Rewards and Risks of Being in Ministry and Missions

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "These sessions examine two sides of ministry. First, ministers and missionaries experience joys and dangers. Second, we explore the rewards and stresses minister and missionary care providers experience."
Date: September 22, 2008
Creator: Allison, Steve & Holland, Jeff
System: The Portal to Texas History
Covenant Righteousness In Romans - The Narrative of God's Right Decisions transcript

Covenant Righteousness In Romans - The Narrative of God's Right Decisions

Lecture given Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Underlying Romans is a narrative of God's promise that He will bless all of humankind through the descendants of Abraham. God did right through the obedience of Jesus who calls humankind to the obedience of faith."
Date: September 23, 2008
Creator: Olbricht, Thomas H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Activism - It's About Tastes, Interests and Values transcript

Christian Activism - It's About Tastes, Interests and Values

Lecture given Monday, September 22, 2008, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "We are driven by tastes, interests and values. Our Christian activism, or lack thereof, is determined by what we have a taste for, and interest in and what we value. These tastes, interests and values are determined by parental, social and religious environments."
Date: September 22, 2008
Creator: Rose, Floyd
System: The Portal to Texas History
Emptying Your Heart So God Can Fill It transcript

Emptying Your Heart So God Can Fill It

Lecture given Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 1:30 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Come discover the amazing power in the ancient wisdom of the world's greatest lover as he gives us a pattern for living in dynamic community."
Date: September 23, 2008
Creator: Walling, Jeff
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transformed by God (Romans 12:1-21) transcript

Transformed by God (Romans 12:1-21)

Lecture given Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 11:00 AM at Abilene Christian University
Date: September 24, 2008
Creator: Wilson, Eric L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Justice Imperative - The Justice of God and the Just Community in Romans transcript

The Justice Imperative - The Justice of God and the Just Community in Romans

Lecture given Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Romans does more than oppose grace and law or protect Gentile converts from adopting traditional identity markers of Judaism. Romans is to call the Jesus community in Rome to practice the justice they see in God's work in Christ Jesus."
Date: September 23, 2008
Creator: Foster, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcendent Leadership - We Are Called transcript

Transcendent Leadership - We Are Called

Lecture given Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Walking daily with God calls us to lead in multiple ways as we interact in the workplace, at home with our spiritual family. How does transcendent leadership give us a way to look at our calling as God's people?"
Date: September 23, 2008
Creator: Weber, Margaret J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Righteousness of God Revealed Through Faith and for Faith - Romans 1:8-17 transcript

Righteousness of God Revealed Through Faith and for Faith - Romans 1:8-17

Lecture given Sunday, September 21, 2008, 7:00 PM at Abilene Christian University
Date: September 21, 2008
Creator: Garrett, Leroy
System: The Portal to Texas History