That You May Be Completely One John 17 transcript

That You May Be Completely One John 17

Lecture given Tuesday, September 19, 2006, 7:00 PM at Abilene Christian University
Date: September 19, 2006
Creator: McLaughlin, Don
System: The Portal to Texas History
Falling Away: Why Christians Lose Faith and What Can Be Done About It - Who is Most Likely to Fall Away? transcript

Falling Away: Why Christians Lose Faith and What Can Be Done About It - Who is Most Likely to Fall Away?

Lecture given Monday, February 20, 2006, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "This class discusses the research that has been done on why Christians lose faith. We will describe how it comes about, what can be done to prevent it, and how to help those who have fallen away."
Date: February 20, 2006
Creator: Simmons, Brian
System: The Portal to Texas History
Danger On the Internet: Keeping Children Safe - Internet Safety for Children transcript

Danger On the Internet: Keeping Children Safe - Internet Safety for Children

Lecture given Wednesday, February 22, 2006, 2:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Sexual abuse rates are high in and out of the church. Learn to recognize symptoms of sexual abuse, and explore how the church can respond to members who are abused."
Date: February 22, 2006
Creator: Wherry, Jeffrey N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Runaway and the Rich Man - Probing Philemon transcript

The Runaway and the Rich Man - Probing Philemon

Lecture given Wednesday, February 22, 2006, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Philemon, like every other book of the Bible, is essential reading! Paul left us a compact and intriguing triple study in how early Christians approached motivation, reconciliation, and pressing social evils"
Date: February 22, 2006
Creator: Jacoby, Doug
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sending, Peace, and the Holy Spirit - Lectio Divina for the Sake of the World transcript

Sending, Peace, and the Holy Spirit - Lectio Divina for the Sake of the World

Lecture given Tuesday, September 19, 2006, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "A chaplain, minister and ACU student bring their lives under the penetrating influence of John 20:19-23. After living with this text in a manner of lectio divina, these three bring their reflections as an invitation for us to join them in seeing the world through this text."
Date: September 19, 2006
Creator: Fry, Virgil; Sargent, Kelly & Soper, Matt
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Fruit of the Spirit - Reading Galatians 5 in Light of Contemporary Culture transcript

The Fruit of the Spirit - Reading Galatians 5 in Light of Contemporary Culture

Lecture given Tuesday, February 21, 2006, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "This class will open the conversation surrounding Paul's 'fruit of the Spirit' in Galatians 5, as well as other passages of Scripture where virtues are listed as characteristics of those who follow Christ. How might we cultivate these virtues today as people of God?"
Date: February 21, 2006
Creator: Christian, Jeff
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - A Mother and Son Reflect on God's Forever Faithful Presence in Their Daily Lives transcript

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - A Mother and Son Reflect on God's Forever Faithful Presence in Their Daily Lives

Lecture given Tuesday, September 19, 2006, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Analyze? Dissect? Explain? There are many ways to intentionally study the Psalms, but perhaps one of the most effective ways is to experience them. We will try our best to allow the passion and convictions that fueled Psalm 139 to speak freshly to our heats."
Date: September 19, 2006
Creator: Robinson, Alpha & Robinson, Jerrod
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disciple's Mission Outside the Church Walls - What Chickens Learn Outside the Pen transcript

Disciple's Mission Outside the Church Walls - What Chickens Learn Outside the Pen

Lecture given Wednesday, September 20, 2006, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Jesus' followers have always struggled with staying too close to the nest. Experience stories of god at work in apartments, in bars and through everyday people. Rediscover the gospel in motion in our new world."
Date: September 20, 2006
Creator: Bryce, Brady
System: The Portal to Texas History
Releasing the Guilt - Striving to Forgive Like Christ transcript

Releasing the Guilt - Striving to Forgive Like Christ

Lecture given Tuesday, September 19, 2006, 2:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Can Christians learn to forgive as Christ did? Being people of the cross necessitates that we forgive friends and enemies in an unnatural way. Come and consider how Christ's journey can change our hearts toward the guilty."
Date: September 19, 2006
Creator: Rush, Dusty
System: The Portal to Texas History
Come As You Are - Creating a Climate of Acceptance in the Church transcript

Come As You Are - Creating a Climate of Acceptance in the Church

Lecture given Tuesday, September 19, 2006, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "How can the church welcome spiritual seekers? What can the church to do create a culture that promotes both acceptance and growth? Discover how the church can capitalize on the opportunities of a postmodern world."
Date: September 19, 2006
Creator: McNeese, Art
System: The Portal to Texas History
Developing Leaders - Three Ways transcript

Developing Leaders - Three Ways

Lecture given Monday, February 20, 2006, 2:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Leadership development should occupy the attention of all churches. These sessions focus on helping church leaders develop maturity and leadership among men and women in the local congregation."
Date: February 20, 2006
Creator: Fair, Ian & Mitchell, Mitch
System: The Portal to Texas History
Families in Formation - Practical Strategies for Ministry With Families transcript

Families in Formation - Practical Strategies for Ministry With Families

Lecture given Tuesday, September 19, 2006, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "The class will discuss principles of spiritual formation and family theory. From this we will find practical strategies for a ministry that affirms the importance of a healthy family life and the role that families play in shaping us into the image of Christ."
Date: September 19, 2006
Creator: McMichael, B. J.; Oglesby, Rober & Wray, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Eclipse of a Vision? - The 20th Century: The Irony of History transcript

The Eclipse of a Vision? - The 20th Century: The Irony of History

Lecture given Tuesday, September 19, 2006, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Like America itself, our goal was to transcend history. But can any movement escape the assumptions of its own time? In fact, at inception, we were the religious expression of the spirit of the republic. Can that vision thrive?"
Date: September 19, 2006
Creator: Thomson, Ross
System: The Portal to Texas History
Can These Bones Live? - How We Moved Our Church and Lived to Tell About It! transcript

Can These Bones Live? - How We Moved Our Church and Lived to Tell About It!

Lecture given Tuesday, February 21, 2006, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "This class deals with the relocation and transformation of the Midtown Church of Christ in Fort Worth, Texas, now the Heritage Church of Christ in Keller, Texas. How a church changed from a declining and dying entity into a thriving and growing church in a vibrant neighborhood."
Date: February 21, 2006
Creator: Hackney, Jim
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hollywood's Challenge for the Church - The Church Goes to the Movies transcript

Hollywood's Challenge for the Church - The Church Goes to the Movies

Lecture given Monday, February 20, 2006, 2:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "A well-informed understanding of how Hollywood communicates morally, sparks theological conversation, and culturally impacts our youth and churches will allow Christians to speak with a voice that is both redemptive and critically engaging."
Date: February 20, 2006
Creator: Stevenson, Gregory
System: The Portal to Texas History
What Is Truth? - John's Jesus in a Postmodern World transcript

What Is Truth? - John's Jesus in a Postmodern World

Lecture given Tuesday, February 21, 2006, 2:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Pilate's question for Jesus echoes through the ages into our day. Is Pilate a pre-modern postmodernist? These classes will discuss the claims about truth in John's Gospel and in our current culture."
Date: February 21, 2006
Creator: Benjamin, Chris
System: The Portal to Texas History
Will the Grandkids Be in the Church? - One Family's Inter-generational Discussion About Church and Faith transcript

Will the Grandkids Be in the Church? - One Family's Inter-generational Discussion About Church and Faith

Lecture given Monday, February 20, 2006, 2:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Why are so many of our young people leaving our churches? In this session, three generations of a "CofC" family explore questions like these, and in doing so, explore the dynamics of tradition, commitment, truth, inheritance, love, trust and faith."
Date: February 20, 2006
Creator: Barton, John D.; Barton, Sara; Barton, John M.; Barton, Mary; Powell, Cynthia & Powell, Greg
System: The Portal to Texas History
What Is Truth? - John's Jesus in a Postmodern World transcript

What Is Truth? - John's Jesus in a Postmodern World

Lecture given Monday, February 20, 2006, 2:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "Pilate's question for Jesus echoes through the ages into our day. Is Pilate a pre-modern postmodernist? These classes will discuss the claims about truth in John's Gospel and in our current culture."
Date: February 20, 2006
Creator: Benjamin, Chris
System: The Portal to Texas History
Families in Formation - Practical Strategies for Ministry With Families transcript

Families in Formation - Practical Strategies for Ministry With Families

Lecture given Wednesday, September 20, 2006, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "The class will discuss principles of spiritual formation and family theory. From this we will find practical strategies for a ministry that affirms the importance of a healthy family life and the role that families play in shaping us into the image of Christ."
Date: September 20, 2006
Creator: McMichael, B. J.; Oglesby, Rober & Wray, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blind Revelations - "He Opened My Eyes" transcript

Blind Revelations - "He Opened My Eyes"

Lecture given Monday, February 20, 2006, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "How we see the problem is the problem! "Faith is the power...to understand those things which are not perceived by worldly senses." This class moves us from "self-realization" to "savior realization.""
Date: February 20, 2006
Creator: Murray, Kevin
System: The Portal to Texas History
City Saturation - Jesus in Close Reach transcript

City Saturation - Jesus in Close Reach

Lecture given Wednesday, September 20, 2006, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "Metropolitan Resource Teams are a powerful means God is using to launch church planting movements in North American cities. Learn from people who are seeing it happen."
Date: September 20, 2006
Creator: Looney, Jared; Schroeder, Chadd & Smith, Kent
System: The Portal to Texas History
I Was Blind But Now I See John 9:1-41 transcript

I Was Blind But Now I See John 9:1-41

Lecture given Sunday, September 17, 2006, 7:00 PM at Abilene Christian University
Date: September 17, 2006
Creator: Reese, Jack
System: The Portal to Texas History
Out Father In Heaven - A Theology of Prayer from Matthew 6 transcript

Out Father In Heaven - A Theology of Prayer from Matthew 6

Lecture given Monday, February 20, 2006, 2:00 PM at Abilene Christian University: "The question of what to pray and how to pray are determined in part by the question "to whom do we pray?" Let's consider together Jesus' picture of prayer in the Sermon on the Mount."
Date: February 20, 2006
Creator: Seamster, Ervin D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Developing Faith that Endures - Fix Your Eyes on Jesus: From Fabrication to Focus to Freedom transcript

Developing Faith that Endures - Fix Your Eyes on Jesus: From Fabrication to Focus to Freedom

Lecture given Wednesday, September 20, 2006, 8:30 AM at Abilene Christian University: "When crisis hit, why does one person's faith soar while another person's crumbles? Faith substitutes are easily adopted by us all, but they leave us confused and powerless in moments of trial. Faith focused in Jesus leads to freedom."
Date: September 20, 2006
Creator: McAlister, Mike
System: The Portal to Texas History