Lecture given Sunday, September 16, 2007, 7:00 PM at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2007, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "This series of three lectures will cover material from an important new book on the life of Alexander Campbell. They will trace his family heritage, home life in Ahorey, and his college days at the University of Glasgow and his early days in America, including the founding of Brush Run and his early debates on baptism."

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2007, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "What are the factors that have led to the present re-evangelization of Europe? How can we fully participate in this shift? What are the principles to be understood and key strategies to be implemented?"

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2007, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "This class will focus on the need for Christians to live authentically in the world. Culture's current obsession with hyper-reality, celebrities and image distorts humanity and creates a need for the authenticity of the gospel"

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2007, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "In Romans 1:16-3:26, Paul explains that God has issued four calls to humanity, four overtures to the human race to draw us to Him so that we might serve His purposes."

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2007, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "This class will challenge consumer-oriented identities with a more cruciform conception of the Lord's Body as a people called out of the world to empty itself of glory for the sake of the world."

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2007, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Few leadership skills are so vital in establishing healthy families of Christ as coaching. Gain practical insight and ability to draw forth the latent grace in God's people through this class."

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2007, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Often our relationships as men and women serving in the Kingdom is more influenced by the latest gender research rather than on sound biblical theology. This class will examine the biblical message that challenges believers to rethink how we live and work together in numerous contexts."

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2007, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Many things familiar are passing away, and new Kingdom communities are emerging in unexpected ways and places. Join us for a series of conversations about how God is reaching the unreached people of North America."

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2007, 3:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "After 2000 years of church history, Scripture is difficult without overlaying it with historic baggage. In this class we will attempt to read again in Acts of the Apostles the story of the earliest Christians and their communities of faith, trying to see church as they saw it."

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2007, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Some of the most powerful language in Scripture and least used in contemporary preaching is found in the prophets. These classes will look at the message of the eight-century prophets and offer suggestions for preaching various texts."

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2007, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Jesus' Great Commission is primarily a call to teachers, not "church planters" or "evangelists" per se. Come see how Jesus describes the peculiar act of teaching within the Kingdom of God and how it is transforming lives in Eastern Europe."

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2007, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Child sexual abuse occurs in one out of four girls. What should you look for? How should the church respond if the abuser is a stranger, a family member or a member of the church? Come, listen, discuss, and leave with the intent to bless children and their families."

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2007, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "We have very few accounts of enslaved Africans who transitioned from slavery to freedom and emerged as leaders in the Stone-Campbell Movement. How did Robert Cassius' experiences as a Slave affect his view of race, his view of Scripture and his relationship with whites in the Stone-Campbell movement?"

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2007, 2:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "The first missionary to become head of state, Sir Garfield Todd, suffered ridicule, detention and imprisonment as he fought for full democracy for all Africans. Hear the remarkable story of one of the most heroic figures of the Restoration Movement."

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2007, 2:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "God has a knack of turning things upside down, a theme that begins in Genesis and runs through Revelation. Kenny Jones will explore several of the visually evocative images from the Bible, focusing on the material transmutations used in the fine arts, such as ceramics and metal works."

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2007, 3:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "This session will give examples of various iron-melting cupolas, describe the melting process and compare the fire within the furnace to the fire of the spirit within us as Christians. Just as Micah urged for the positive use of tools that were once destructive, we also can be tools for God to work in us."

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2007, 2:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "While our world clamors for perfection, it needs authenticity. What does authenticity look like? Feel like? What's the goal of this authenticity? That we might be His hand extended to those drowning in the reality of life."

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2007, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Paul's understanding of history in Romans features four different acts of creation: God's, Adam's, Christ's and the creation that stands at the end of time. Knowing which creation we belong to makes all the difference in how we live here and now."

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2007, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "The first day of the three-day workshop will focus on biblical spiritual growth in the lives of individual members of the Church, and then on what biblical church growth is. Some of the questions that will be raised are, "Have the Churches of Christ confused Spiritual growth with numerical growth? If so, how, why and with what?" and "Is the Church of Christ in a crisis today when it comes to spiritual and/or numerical growth today?""

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2007, 2:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "A panel of writers from the new book for elders, Good Shepherds, will offer summaries of their chapters on topics including Paul's pastoral theology, leading a church of highly diverse people, ministering to those who are ill or grieving, caring for a congregation traumatized by sexual abuse, and leading a church to become a community of virtue."

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2007, 2:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "A panel of writers from the new book for elders, Good Shepherds, will offer summaries of their chapters on topics including Paul's pastoral theology, leading a church of highly diverse people, ministering to those who are ill or grieving, caring for a congregation traumatized by sexual abuse, and leading a church to become a community of virtue."

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2007, 11:00 AM at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Monday, September 17, 2007, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Hosea prophesied against Israel's "spiritual adultery and idolatry," portrayed in his marriage to Gomer, a prostitute, and the birth of their "children." But God also planned for Israel's restoration as his "bride.""