What About Women in Worship? - New Testament Texts transcript

What About Women in Worship? - New Testament Texts

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2012, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "How does Scripture inform our understanding about women participating in the worship life of our churches? What are some of the practical aspects of incorporating women into the life of a church community, both thinking through specific practices and reflecting pastorally?"
Date: September 17, 2012
Creator: Cukrowski, Ken
System: The Portal to Texas History
How Do We Stop the Bleeding - Why Young Adults Leave Church transcript

How Do We Stop the Bleeding - Why Young Adults Leave Church

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2012, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Explore what contributes to the mass exodus of young adults in churches across all denominational lines. Learn practical ways to bridge the generation gap and intentionally foster healthy multi-generational ministries."
Date: September 17, 2012
Creator: Jones, Stacy B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
What Was It Like in the Beginning? - The Beginnings of Youth Ministry During the 1960s in Churches of Christ transcript

What Was It Like in the Beginning? - The Beginnings of Youth Ministry During the 1960s in Churches of Christ

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2012, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Learn the story of the beginnings of youth ministry in 1963 at the College/University Church of Christ in Abilene, Texas. The initial philosophy, involvement and activities will be presented."
Date: September 17, 2012
Creator: Heflin, Houston; Oglesby, Robert & Zickefoose, Ben H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Varieties and Illusions of Relgious Experience - Theological and Psychological Reflections transcript

The Varieties and Illusions of Relgious Experience - Theological and Psychological Reflections

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2012, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Churches are filled with people struggling with faith. Faith can fail completely or become fragile and pathological. What is happening in these cases and what can we do to help? Two psychologists offer some answers."
Date: September 17, 2012
Creator: Beck, Richard & McAnulty, David P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lacking Knowledge of God - Hosea 4:1-12 transcript

Lacking Knowledge of God - Hosea 4:1-12

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2012, 7:00 PM at Abilene Christian University
Date: September 17, 2012
Creator: Goldman, Chris
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lepers, Storms and Conartists - Missions Stories from the Edge: Praise You in the Storm transcript

Lepers, Storms and Conartists - Missions Stories from the Edge: Praise You in the Storm

Lecture given Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 9:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "God continues to teach lessons to our family that parallel what Luke records in his Gospel. Join us for family stories from Asia and Africa that are thought-provoking and encouraging."
Date: September 17, 2013
Creator: Henderson, Larry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Moving from Generation Extinct to Generation Excel - Communication Barriers transcript

Moving from Generation Extinct to Generation Excel - Communication Barriers

Lecture given Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "As young people put on headphones and old people run away from technology, we witness a communication barrier between generations. Seek ways to understand and communicate over this divide so we all can benefit from the promise with future generations to come."
Date: September 17, 2013
Creator: Bowman, Ryan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Parables as Geography of Edge Living - Exploring Parables in the Context of Pastoral Care Ministries transcript

Parables as Geography of Edge Living - Exploring Parables in the Context of Pastoral Care Ministries

Lecture given Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "By exploring the history of interpreting the parables, learn how to move the parables beyond Sunday schools and sermons and into pastoral care and ministry contexts."
Date: September 17, 2013
Creator: Samuels, Joy R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Easier Said Than Done transcript

Easier Said Than Done

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2012, 1:45 PM at Abilene Christian University: "As you read the Gospels, it seems Jesus is always interrupted. Diversion will look over Jesus' shoulder to observe how he interacts with and sees people who intrude. Jesus never seems to see an interruption, he always sees the person."
Date: September 17, 2012
Creator: Storment, Jonathan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Commited to the Cause - My Life in Christian Churches/Churches of Christ transcript

Commited to the Cause - My Life in Christian Churches/Churches of Christ

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2012, 10:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Rick Atchley says, "Few in our movement have committed themselves to the cause of unity like Victor Knowles." Discover candid observations from four decades in the pursuit of Christian unity from Victor's autobiography."
Date: September 17, 2012
Creator: Knowles, Victor
System: The Portal to Texas History
Global Mission in the 21st Century - From Tabora to Stellenbosch transcript

Global Mission in the 21st Century - From Tabora to Stellenbosch

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2012, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Join us to investigate the changing shape of 21st-century missionaries, churches and the world."
Date: September 17, 2012
Creator: Flanders, Chris
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - The Strange Cast of Characters in the Parables in Luke, Part 2 transcript

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - The Strange Cast of Characters in the Parables in Luke, Part 2

Lecture given Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "In most stories the good guys are easy to recognize from the bad guys. In the best stories, however, the characters are harder to peg and full of surprises. Jesus tells the best stories. Listen to them again."
Date: September 17, 2013
Creator: Atchley, Rick
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Meaning of Love - Were We Look for Love transcript

The Meaning of Love - Were We Look for Love

Lecture given Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 9:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "We will examine the radical difference in the meaning of love when it is defined by the dictionary and when it is defined by how God loves."
Date: September 17, 2013
Creator: McKnight, Scot
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pushing Jesus Off A Cliff - The Church’s Response to the Sick transcript

Pushing Jesus Off A Cliff - The Church’s Response to the Sick

Lecture given Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Are Christians today, like Jesus' first "home church," happier to push Jesus off a cliff than accept the radical reorientation of his "good news"? Explore the church's response to Luke's stories of the oppressed set free."
Date: September 17, 2013
Creator: Niccum, Curt
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Devotional Power of Poetry - How Poets Can Draw Us Near to God transcript

The Devotional Power of Poetry - How Poets Can Draw Us Near to God

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2012, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Poet Adrienne Rich said, "When poetry lays its hand on our shoulder, we are, to an almost physical degree, touched and moved." Reading and thinking about poetry can open our imaginations to the intimacy God wants with us."
Date: September 17, 2012
Creator: Blassingame, Susan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Getting the Fuller Sense of Scripture - Living God's Future transcript

Getting the Fuller Sense of Scripture - Living God's Future

Lecture given Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 9:00 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Disciples of Jesus can experience a deeper reading of God's Word through the variety of ways the early church read and interpreted Scripture. Explore the four classic ways of reading the Bible from the early church fathers."
Date: September 17, 2013
Creator: Helton, Stanley N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freely Eat a Gift from God - Freely Eat of God’s Word and Live transcript

Freely Eat a Gift from God - Freely Eat of God’s Word and Live

Lecture given Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 9:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "God is the key to success over addiction. God preserved me while I learned to submit my will to His. Hear God's story through my journey of losing the weight of about five women. May we freely eat of His Word and live."
Date: September 17, 2013
Creator: Doggan, Carlee E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
How to Love the Least of These - Effective Ways of Loving the Homeless transcript

How to Love the Least of These - Effective Ways of Loving the Homeless

Lecture given Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "When you look at someone, how do you see them? Do you see them at all? A homeless person is someone normally not seen, but what about the everyday folk?"
Date: September 17, 2013
Creator: Hewitt, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ultimate Confession - Understanding Sexual Identity transcript

Ultimate Confession - Understanding Sexual Identity

Lecture given Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 1:15 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Myths about sex abound as people pursue it, often unaware of their true longings for love and intimacy. Discover the passion that drives desire, and laugh as you learn about a subject that can actually be fun and comfortable to discuss."
Date: September 17, 2013
Creator: Holladay, Steve & Holladay, Holly
System: The Portal to Texas History
God, The Master Potter - God Shapes Us transcript

God, The Master Potter - God Shapes Us

Lecture given Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "A live demonstration relating the ancient art of pottery to the scriptures, showing how God works to prepare, shape and finish us to serve Him according to His purpose. God is the Potter, we are the clay and the work of His hands."
Date: September 17, 2013
Creator: Harbron, Nancy
System: The Portal to Texas History
How Can I Trust the Bible or God - If God Commanded Old Testament Wars transcript

How Can I Trust the Bible or God - If God Commanded Old Testament Wars

Lecture given Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 9:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Explore how Christians may respond to common objections to faith and some of the most difficult moral objections to the Old Testament."
Date: September 17, 2013
Creator: Williams, Peter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christ's Church in the Community - Ambassadors of Reconciliation in a World of Hurt transcript

Christ's Church in the Community - Ambassadors of Reconciliation in a World of Hurt

Lecture given Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 9:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Christians are increasingly perceived to be judgmental and intolerant. Concern about life hereafter is interpreted as no concern for life here and now. Christ was holy and a "friend to sinners." Discover how to become Christ's church in our communities."
Date: September 17, 2013
Creator: Langford, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pastoral Care and Companioning the Suffering - Deep River transcript

Pastoral Care and Companioning the Suffering - Deep River

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 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 17, 2012
Creator: Holland, Heather E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Questions I Am Asking - The Challenges of a Student Beginning Ministry transcript

Questions I Am Asking - The Challenges of a Student Beginning Ministry

Lecture given Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 4:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "As a generation of millennials prepare to enter congregational ministry, what are their most pressing concerns about serving the church? What can we learn from the hopes and questions of young ministers and students?"
Date: September 17, 2013
Creator: Bouchelle, Seth
System: The Portal to Texas History