Lecture given Tuesday, February 20, 2001, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "God is moving mightily in Europe, using events, government and faithful Christians to expand his kingdom. What's next in Europe? We will share the possibilities with you."

Lecture given Wednesday, February 21, 2001, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Tuesday, February 20, 2001, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Churches of Christ have recently been included in a major study of American congregations. This series of classes examines the nature of the study, what we have learned about our congregations, and how the survey can be useful in the local church."

Lecture given Monday, February 19, 2001, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Early Christians announced the in-breaking of God's kingdom as good news, not only in the message they proclaimed, but in the lives they lived. God's welcome in Jesus Christ became the welcome they extended to each other and to the world. Practicing Christianity in a contemporary culture characterized by individualism and competition will not be easy."

Lecture given Wednesday, February 21, 2001, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Christian principles are always in tension with pagan ideologies. Encountering these ideas and their cultural histories challenge our faith."

Lecture given Wednesday, February 21, 2001, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Philosophies of church growth and the mechanisms for making them work are varied and subject to change. What works in one locale may or may not work in another locale. What works now is no guarantee that it will always succeed."

Lecture given Tuesday, February 20, 2001, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "The Temple was to last forever. History tells us that it was destroyed in A.D. 70. Amazingly, Luke and Paul place it 40 years earlier. Why?"

Lecture given Wednesday, February 21, 2001, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "The first session will focus on the call of Jesus, particularly Luke 14:33, and the second session will focus on how the call of Jesus lives itself out in the life of the church and in the message of the witnesses in Acts."

Lecture given Wednesday, February 21, 2001, 11:00 AM at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Monday, February 19, 2001, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Can the church survive in a post-Christian culture? Will it trivialize and privatize its historic faith? History is filled with stories of faith communities that not only survived but they thrived on the threatening conditions."

Lecture given Wednesday, February 21, 2001, 7:00 PM at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Tuesday, February 20, 2001, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Churches of Christ have recently been included in a major study of American congregations. This series of classes examines the nature of the study, what we have learned about our congregations, and how the survey can be useful in the local church."

Lecture given Tuesday, February 20, 2001, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Evangelism is in danger of being as "lost" as a mission of the church as are the people who are lost until they receive the saving grace of God through Christ."

Lecture given Wednesday, February 21, 2001, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Grievers may face unrealistic expectations from themselves and their friends. Normalizing the grieving experience and learning what to say and how to say it can relieve some complications."

Lecture given Wednesday, February 21, 2001, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Utilizaré las "notas de truinfo" a través de los Hechos (Ejemplo: Hechos 5:32) para acentuar la necesidad de la unidad para tener una evangelización eficaz. Esta unidad se debe basar en las Escrituras, así como la esneñanza en nuestro evangelismo. Hechos 14:19-22 demuestra la persecucíón y el sufrimiento de Pablo ens sus jornadas misioneras, así como su amor y humilidad para con la Causa de Christo que deben ser las características de cada cristiano, especialmente aquellos de nosotros que predicamos."

Lecture given Tuesday, February 20, 2001, 3:30 PM at Abilene Christian University: "The need is urgent to translate the Bible into thousands of unwritten languages around the world. Access to the Bible and help to understand God's revealed mercies through Christ will result in obedient faith-responses. The process of translation will be explored."

Lecture given Wednesday, February 21, 2001, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Good family health is founded on strong biblical and self-esteem issues. There are helpful means to achieve this foundation and some positive/negative tools will be discussed."

Lecture given Monday, February 19, 2001, 3:30 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Christians are increasingly eager for training in everyday evangelism because they want to share Jesus with friends, work associates and family. Class sessions will provide effective tools to strengthen skills in conversations, relational evangelism. Examples will be provided of testimony, invitational and special outreach events."

Lecture given Tuesday, February 20, 2001, 3:30 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Evangelism is in danger of being as "lost" as a mission of the church as are the people who are lost until they receive the saving grace of God through Christ."

Lecture given Monday, February 19, 2001, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "ACU and Munster - the international project on the text of Acts is engaged in the collection and analysis of data on the text of Acts from ancient manuscripts, versions and church fathers, with intent to publish a new edition of the Greek text in Acts. These lectures, aimed at the non-Greek reader, will discuss the history of the text of Acts, illustrate the way textual decisions are made, and in the third session will address one particularly difficult text in detail."

Lecture given Sunday, February 18, 2001, 7:30 PM at Abilene Christian University

Lecture given Monday, February 19, 2001, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Developing a series of Bible class lessons for children of aging parents; a response to Ephesians 6:1-4. Practical ways adult Christian children can assist aging parents emotionally, physically and spiritually."

Lecture given Monday, February 19, 2001, 3:30 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Christians must seek spiritual strength so they will not faint in the day of adversity that is sure to come (2 Timothy 3:12)"

Lecture given Monday, February 19, 2001, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Based on reflections from the text of Acts 17:16-34, class sessions will track the evangelism style of the apostle Paul to people in a world city of his time, and offer a parallel strategy for our time."