Fresh Look at Familiar Texts - Content, Context, and Campbellites from Acts 2:38 transcript

Fresh Look at Familiar Texts - Content, Context, and Campbellites from Acts 2:38

Lecture given Monday, September 19, 2011, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Baptism and spiritual gifts are intended as blessings from God, but have too often become captives of controversy. When prayerfully read in context, passages on both subjects reveal long-buried treasures that strengthen and enrich Christianity."
Date: September 19, 2011
Creator: Fudge, Edward
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Other People's Children - Why the American Dream is Determined by ZIP Code transcript

Other People's Children - Why the American Dream is Determined by ZIP Code

Lecture given Monday, September 19, 2011, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "America's schools have fallen apart. Hear from one who has taught Special Education in the highly controversial Washington, D.C., public school system. Learn America's most pressing educational reforms and what role the church can and should play."
Date: September 19, 2011
Creator: Worthington, Matt
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
In Your Face Worship Restores Mutuality to Church Life - Face To Face the Rest of the Week transcript

In Your Face Worship Restores Mutuality to Church Life - Face To Face the Rest of the Week

Lecture given Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "In a world of airbrushing and avatars, humans still long for the real deal, for authenticity. Discover how living the Christian life demands 'face time' to nourish our faith and build genuine community."
Date: September 19, 2012
Creator: King, Linda A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Children's Missions Ministry - Loving, Learning and Service transcript

Children's Missions Ministry - Loving, Learning and Service

Lecture given Monday, September 19, 2011, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "In this class you will find practical ways to help children develop an awareness of the needs of others, foster and nurture children's inherent desire to serve, and instill a lifelong habit of sharing God's love through service to others."
Date: September 19, 2011
Creator: Young, Shauna
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Leading While Suffering - Keeping God's Integrity transcript

Leading While Suffering - Keeping God's Integrity

Lecture given Monday, September 19, 2011, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "It is not easy to continue to lead God's people while suffering through family crisis. Neither is it easy to extend beyond racial barriers. Learn how to model God in suffering and experience unity in purpose."
Date: September 19, 2011
Creator: Crenshaw, Arnelious, Jr.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Exploring Intentional Christian Community - How Does Shared Governance Occur in Community? transcript

Exploring Intentional Christian Community - How Does Shared Governance Occur in Community?

Lecture given Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Many Christians are considering more simple, sustainable and community-based lifestyles. This six-part series invites you into dialogue with the research of three ACU professors on intentional Christian community."
Date: September 19, 2012
Creator: Lynn, Monty; Smith, Kent & Young, Brandon
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Putting Away Traditinoal Teaching on Divorce - Harmonizing Moses, Jesus and Paul transcript

Putting Away Traditinoal Teaching on Divorce - Harmonizing Moses, Jesus and Paul

Lecture given Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Do the multiple interpretations of marriage texts leave you confused? Have you heard that divorced people must remain unmarried despite being innocent of marital sin? Come examine whether the traditional teachings of mandatory celibacy for the divorced is biblical or reasonable."
Date: September 19, 2012
Creator: Jones, Barron
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Building Your Congregation Over the Long Haul - Things Learned After 33 Years with One Church transcript

Building Your Congregation Over the Long Haul - Things Learned After 33 Years with One Church

Lecture given Monday, September 19, 2011, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "There is a lot to consider in leading a church – leadership, growth, community, spiritual formation, outreach. All of us are still learning. Discover lessons learned from both successes and failures in leading a church."
Date: September 19, 2011
Creator: Adcox, Jimmy
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
From Solitude to Community to Ministry - A Model for Renewed Intimacy With God transcript

From Solitude to Community to Ministry - A Model for Renewed Intimacy With God

Lecture given Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Henri Nouwen proposes a simple yet significant model for intimacy through discipleship in the concepts of solitude, community, and ministry. Come explore the many applications for youth, college and adult ministries."
Date: September 19, 2012
Creator: Meyer, Jan
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Striking Images from Isaiah - Nudity as a Political Statement transcript

Striking Images from Isaiah - Nudity as a Political Statement

Lecture given Monday, September 19, 2011, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "This three-member panel of leading scholars will present three striking and central images from Isaiah. A different panelist will present at each session. Then, the other panelists respond before opening the class for general discussion."
Date: September 19, 2011
Creator: Roberts, J.J.M.; Willis, John & Willis, Tim
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tradition - Building Intimacy or Enmity With God transcript

Tradition - Building Intimacy or Enmity With God

Lecture given Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "The church has a long held love/hate relationship with tradition. Tradition has both brought us together and torn us apart. Is it possible for tradition to help lead us into deeper intimacy with God without dividing the body of Christ?"
Date: September 19, 2012
Creator: Beller, Jeremie
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rules Are There Are No Rules - Reconciling a Book of Commands With a God of Grace transcript

The Rules Are There Are No Rules - Reconciling a Book of Commands With a God of Grace

Lecture given Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "If God saves us by grace, then why do there seem to be so many rules in the Bible? Learn a biblical perspective and embrace the apparent paradox of grace and law."
Date: September 19, 2012
Creator: Roper, Randy
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Search for Shalom - In the Midst of Grief transcript

The Search for Shalom - In the Midst of Grief

Lecture given Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "As humans, we yearn for well-being, wholeness and security in our lives: what the Hebrew Bible calls shalom. Explore how three books – the Song of Songs, Ruth and Lamentations – help us find what we desperately seek."
Date: September 19, 2012
Creator: Ashlock, Rodney
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
I Cry to the Lord - Encountering God in Grief transcript

I Cry to the Lord - Encountering God in Grief

Lecture given Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Explore one woman's spiritual journey through grief and how a period of lament can draw us closer to God. Come hear how a journey through grief can be a path to intimacy with God."
Date: September 19, 2012
Creator: Shankle, Nancy
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Righteousness in Philippians 3:4-11 - Personal Righteousness and the Believer transcript

Righteousness in Philippians 3:4-11 - Personal Righteousness and the Believer

Lecture given Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Does Paul teach imputed righteousness or personal righteousness and how does it relate to us today? Examine the doctrine of Lutheran and Reformed Theology regarding righteousness, seeking to determine whether they are distinctly Pauline Theology."
Date: September 19, 2012
Creator: Fair, Ian A.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Cross-Shaped Heart transcript

A Cross-Shaped Heart

Lecture given Monday, September 19, 2011, 1:30 PM at Abilene Christian University: "The cross is not just a historical event but a story we live. The cross is not just about saving us but guides us in life. Explore how everything in our lives can be cruciform (shaped by the cross)."
Date: September 19, 2011
Creator: Harris, Randy
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
In Returning and Rest - Isaiah 30 transcript

In Returning and Rest - Isaiah 30

Lecture given Monday, September 19, 2011, 11:00 AM at Abilene Christian University
Date: September 19, 2011
Creator: Jones, Barron
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pastoral Care and Companioning the Suffering - Resurrection: Do You Believe This? transcript

Pastoral Care and Companioning the Suffering - Resurrection: Do You Believe This?

Lecture given Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "At some point we will enter the deep waters of suffering. We go to offer care to those facing tragedy and loss. We do not rescue or save, but we give witness to the faith."
Date: September 19, 2012
Creator: Holland, Heather E.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dangers of a Domesticated Vampire - A Christian Response to Twilight transcript

Dangers of a Domesticated Vampire - A Christian Response to Twilight

Lecture given Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Focusing on Stephenie Meyer's popular Twilight series of young adult novels, we will confront the popularity of the vampire in contemporary culture and consider an appropriate Christian response to these novels and their film adaptations."
Date: September 19, 2012
Creator: Delony, Mikee
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dynamic Pastor or Dynamic Team? - Lead Team vs. Pastoral Team transcript

Dynamic Pastor or Dynamic Team? - Lead Team vs. Pastoral Team

Lecture given Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "The Northwest Church intentionally left the senior pastor model and the traditional elder-led model to seek a different model of unity. Discover what we have learned after four years of serving in a collaborative work model."
Date: September 19, 2012
Creator: Goldman, Chris; Landrum, Kent; Lawrence, Bill & Porche, Ryan
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
True Grit, Part 2 transcript

True Grit, Part 2

Lecture given Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Jesus teaches His followers to pray for things to be on earth as they are in heaven. But what does it look like when things on earth begin to take on realities of heaven? In the wake of Jesus, the future is more present than many realize."
Date: September 19, 2012
Creator: Graves, Josh & Seidman, Chris
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elisha Was Bald, Too - Identifying the Challenges and Rewards in a Longtime Ministry transcript

Elisha Was Bald, Too - Identifying the Challenges and Rewards in a Longtime Ministry

Lecture given Monday, September 19, 2011, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Jesus may be the same yesterday, today, and forever, but the local church is not. A 65-year-old preacher reflects on four decades with one congregation and offers practical advice in ministry for young and old."
Date: September 19, 2011
Creator: Henderson, Bruce
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Worship for a New Generation - Great Music, Great Worship transcript

Worship for a New Generation - Great Music, Great Worship

Lecture given Monday, September 19, 2011, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Take a church from good worship to great worship! Inspire singers to become uninhibited worshipers and lead others in worship. Educate churches to go from half-hearted singing to becoming lost in praise and worship."
Date: September 19, 2011
Creator: Bledsoe, Darrell
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Balancing the Scales - Restoration Through Justice transcript

Balancing the Scales - Restoration Through Justice

Lecture given Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Hosea shows how Israel has betrayed God through its inability to grasp the true meaning of Hesed. We return to God and restore our relationship with Him when we reflect His justice in our relationships with others."
Date: September 19, 2012
Creator: Bingham, Elizabeth
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History